Janet Landgard

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| name = Janet Landgard

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| birth_name = Janet Alice Landgard

| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|12|2}}

| birth_place = Pasadena, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|6|1947|12|2}}

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1963–1974

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| notable_works = The Donna Reed Show
The Swimmer

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Janet Alice Landgard (December 2, 1947 – November 6, 2023) was an American actress and model.

Life and career

Janet Alice Landgard was born in Pasadena, California on December 2, 1947.{{Cite web |title=Janet Alice Landgard, Born 12/02/1947 in California {{!}} CaliforniaBirthIndex.org |url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/janet_alice_landgard_born_1947_3444044 |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=www.californiabirthindex.org}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent-star-news-janet-landgard/135101842/|newspaper=Independent Star News|date=April 21, 1968|page=41|title=Janet Landgard in Lancaster Film|via = Newspapers.com }}{{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=November 11, 2023|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/janet-landgard-dead-swimmer-donna-reed-show-1235644872/|title=Janet Landgard, Actress in ‘The Swimmer’ and ‘The Donna Reed Show,’ Dies at 75|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

When Landgard was 14, her grandmother suggested modeling to her. She was seen in commercials on television and on magazine covers. She attended Pasadena High School, but after she obtained a role on The Donna Reed Show she was educated at the studio.

Landgard starred with Burt Lancaster in the 1968 film The Swimmer written by Eleanor Perry and directed by Frank Perry. Landgard was also a regular on the 1960s television series The Donna Reed Show. She also starred in 1970's Land Raiders with Telly Savalas and the 1974 film Moonchild with Victor Buono.

Landgard was interviewed for the behind-the-scenes documentary directed by Chris Innis, The Story of the Swimmer, which was featured on the 2014 Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars Blu-ray/DVD restoration of The Swimmer.{{cite web|last=Dursin|first=Andy|date=March 24, 2014|url=http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/daily/article.cfm/articleID/7067/Aisle-Seat-3-25--The-Swimmer-Wolf-of-Wall-Street/|title=Aisle Seat 3–25: The Swimmer, Wolf of Wall Street|website=Film Score Monthly}}

Landgard died of brain cancer on November 6, 2023, less than a month before her 76th birthday.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/obituaries-people-news/janet-landgard-dead-the-swimmer-1235788235/|title=Janet Landgard, ‘The Swimmer’ and ‘The Donna Reed Show’ Actor, Dies at 75|first=Michaela|last=Zee|website=Variety|date=November 11, 2023}}

Filmography

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scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
scope="row" \| The Donna Reed Show \| 1963–1965 \| Various (Karen, Sabrina, etc.) \| 12 episodes
scope="row" \| My Three Sons \| 1963 \| Georgia Fleck \| Episode: "The Proposals"
scope="row" \| The Swimmer \| 1968 \| Julianne Hooper \| Dir. Frank Perry
scope="row" \| Land Raiders \| 1970 \| Kate Mayfield \|
scope="row" \| Deadly Dream \| 1971 \| Betty \| TV movie
scope="row" \| Moonchild \| 1974 \| Girl \| Final film role
scope="row" \| The Story of the Swimmer \| 2014 \| Herself \| Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of The Swimmer

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

scope="row" | The Donna Reed Show

| 1963–1965

| Various (Karen, Sabrina, etc.)

| 12 episodes

scope="row" | My Three Sons

| 1963

| Georgia Fleck