Sofia Landon Geier

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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1949|1|24}}

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Sofia Landon Geier (born January 24, 1949) is a television soap opera writer and actress. She is also credited as Sofia Landon or Sophia Landon.

Born in Canada, Geier grew up in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, the child of a commercial artist and a bank legal secretary. In her freshman year of high school, she auditioned for a role in the play Laura. Classmates included Barbara Rucker and Bruce Boxleitner, which whom she performed with numerous times. She studied theatre at Northwestern University.

After college, Geier appeared on television series such as The Rookies, Marcus Welby, M.D. and Medical Center before landing her major role on Guiding Light in 1978. Other early work include the film Murph the Surf directed by Marvin Chomsky as well as off-Broadway roles in The Red, White and Black, Heardbreak House, and Missouri Legend. Her performance in Peg O' My Heart garnered a Drama Desk nomination for best actress in 1977.{{cite news |last1=Forsyt |first1=Faith |title=Sofia Landon - A 1980s Renaissance Woman |url=https://soapoperasaga.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/guiding-light-sofia-landon-a-1980s-renaissance-woman/ |access-date=13 February 2023 |work=Soap Opera Digest |date=October 14, 1980}}

Geier was a founding company member of Lexington Conservatory Theatre in Lexington, New York, run by Artistic Director Oakley Hall III along with Executive Director Michael Van Landingham.{{cite web |title=Independent Lens - The Loss of Nameless Things |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/lossofnamelessthings/index.html |website=PBS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060915041604/https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/lossofnamelessthings/index.html |archive-date=September 15, 2006}} Her numerous roles included Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, Elizabeth in Frankenstein and Evelyn in the world premiere of Close Ties by Elizabeth Diggs. In 1979, she originated the role of Mrs. Grinder in Oakley Hall III's Grinder's Stand.{{cite news |last1=DiNicola |first1=Dan |title='Grinder's Stand' Important New Play |work=The Daily Gazette |date=August 30, 1979}}{{cite news |last1=DiNicola |first1=Dan |title='A powerfully magnificent evening' -- 'Streetcar' is splendid at Lexington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hNkwAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22court+miller%22+streetcar&pg=PA7 |access-date=19 September 2023 |work=The Daily Gazette |date=June 30, 1978}}{{cite news |title=LCT Presents 'Frankenstein' |work=Stamford Mirror-Recorder |date=August 25, 1976}}{{cite journal |last1=Bilowit |first1=Ira J. |title=Spotlight on Someone Worth Watching - Sofia Landon |journal=New York Theatre Review |date=1977 |volume=Spring/Summer 1977 |page=28}}{{cite news |last1=Borak |first1=Jeffrey |title='Close Ties' is Unforgettable |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |date=August 23, 1980}}

Geier continued to work with the company as it moved to Albany, New York and became Capital Repertory Theatre, appearing in its inaugural production of George M. Cohan's The Tavern in 1980, as well Peter Nichols' Joe Egg later that year.{{cite news |last1=Goudas |first1=John N. |title=Opera Singer is New Face on 'Hospital' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCJUAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22the+tavern%22+%22capital+repertory%22&pg=PA23&article_id=6177,4105736 |access-date=13 February 2023 |work=Boca Raton News |date=February 22, 1980}}{{cite news |title=Capital Repertory Company Opens Season with 'Joe Egg' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wdHAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Lexington+Conservatory%22&pg=PA8 |access-date=13 February 2023 |work=Schenectady Gazette |date=November 26, 1980}}{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=James R. |title='Tavern' offers joyous toast to new Capital Rep |work=The Knickerbocker News |date=March 24, 1980}}

She was married to Michael Van Landingham from 1977 to 1982.