Melissa Sue Anderson began her career in acting with low budget television commercials but quickly became a star. Ate the age of 9, Anderson starred on an episode of Bewitched. Shortly thereafter, she made an appearance on The Brady Bunch. At the age of eleven, she broke through with her most famous role as Mary Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie. She continued in this role for eight seasons. Anderson was nominated for many awards in this role and became an international star. She continued acting in notable television series such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CHiPs, The Equalizer, and Murder, She Wrote. In 1990, Anderson was married to Michael Sloan, a writer, producer and director, and the couple had two children. It did not take long for Anderson to make the choice to focus on motherhood over acting. Her family relocated to Canada in 2002, and the family officially became Canadian citizens in 2007.
Jodie Foster started her acting career at the incredibly young age of two, and appeared in quite a few commercials and TV shows during her childhood. She became a well-known face after appearing as a teenage prostitute in 1976’s Taxi Driver, but she didn’t stop there. Movies like Freaky Friday and Candleshoe continued to bolster her star, and she earned her first Academy Award in 1988 for her role in The Accused. In 1991, she was in the horror film The Silence of the Lambs, which earned her a second Academy Award and a reputation as an iconic actress for years to come. In recent years, Jodie has taken a bit of a break from acting and has instead been working as a director on critically-acclaimed shows like Orange is the New Black and House of Cards.
There aren’t many celebrities out there who are iconic enough to be called only by their first names, but Cher is one of them. The singer has been a staple of the music industry for decades, both with her ex-husband Sonny Bono and on her own. She’s played an important role as a fashion icon and trendsetter, and she even managed to successfully spin her musical fame into an acclaimed acting career. Some of her more notable roles include 1983’s Silkwood, 1985’s Mask, and 1987’s Moonstruck, for which she won an Academy Award. Cher attempted to retire in the early 2000s, but it didn’t take long for her to tire of her self-imposed exile and return to the stage, Today, she is still a touring force, and has been working on producing a Broadway musical about her life.
Born in 1950, Cybill Shepherd won several beauty contests in high school that made it easy for her to start a modeling career. After being spotted on a Glamour magazine cover by director Peter Bogdanovich, Cybil made her on-screen debut in the 1972 film The Last Picture Show. Her star grew even brighter thanks to her roles in 1972’s The Heartbreak Kid and 1976’s Taxi Driver. Her more recent works include a role in The L Word between 2007 and 2009, and guest starring appearances on Psych from 2008 to 2013. In addition to being a talented actress, Cybil is the proud mother of three children, including the actress Clementine Ford. She’s also an outspoken activist for issues like gay marriage and abortion rights.
Charlene Tilton is best known for playing the rambunctious wildchild Lucy Ewing on Dallas, a role that earned her the nickname ‘poisonous dwarf’ because of her short stature and her character’s tendency to get into trouble. Considering that Charlene is just 4’11”, the nickname is more than appropriate! She stayed in the spotlight for a while after Dallas ended, experimenting with a brief pop career in the 80s, guest hosting Saturday Night Live, and posing topless for Playboy. In 2012, she reprised the role of Lucy in TNT’s revival of Dallas. After that, she switched gears, and these days she spends most of her time doing charity work for foster children. She also has a daughter of her own, and a net worth of $2 million!
