Janet Landgard, who played Karen on The Donna Reed Show, has died. She was 75 years old. Paul Petersen, who costarred with Landgard in the 1960s ABC sitcom, told The Hollywood Reporter that she passed away this week after a brief battle with brain cancer. “She never told me how gravely ill she was from the cancer that took her life earlier this week,” Petersen wrote on Facebook on Friday. “Typical behavior from the best TV girlfriend my alternate ego, Jeff Stone, ever had on the last three years of The Donna Reed Show. Janet was gorgeous, inside and out… a flawless Scandinavian beauty that literally stunned jaded Hollywood types into silence.” Everett Collection Landgard was born on December 2, 1947, and raised in Pasadena, California. She was still a high schooler when she started her screen career in 1963, guest-starring as a different character on The Donna Reed Show and popping up in...
- 11/12/2023
- TV Insider
Janet Landgard, who starred in 1968’s “The Swimmer” alongside Burt Lancaster and played Paul Petersen’s love interest for three seasons on “The Donna Reed Show,” has died. She was 75.
Petersen shared the news of co-star Landgard’s death on Facebook, noting that cancer “took her life earlier this week.” He added that Landgard was “the best TV girlfriend my alternate ego, Jeff Stone, ever had on the last three years of ‘The Donna Reed Show.’ Janet was gorgeous, inside and out… We were always close no matter the time or distance.”
Landgard was born on Dec. 2, 1947, in Pasadena, Calif. She made her onscreen debut in 1963 on “The Donna Reed Show,” playing a girl named Sabrina in one episode of the sitcom’s fifth season. She also guested on ABC’s “My Three Sons” that year.
Landgard returned to portray Jeff’s (Petersen) girlfriend Karen on 11 episodes of “The Donna Reed Show...
Petersen shared the news of co-star Landgard’s death on Facebook, noting that cancer “took her life earlier this week.” He added that Landgard was “the best TV girlfriend my alternate ego, Jeff Stone, ever had on the last three years of ‘The Donna Reed Show.’ Janet was gorgeous, inside and out… We were always close no matter the time or distance.”
Landgard was born on Dec. 2, 1947, in Pasadena, Calif. She made her onscreen debut in 1963 on “The Donna Reed Show,” playing a girl named Sabrina in one episode of the sitcom’s fifth season. She also guested on ABC’s “My Three Sons” that year.
Landgard returned to portray Jeff’s (Petersen) girlfriend Karen on 11 episodes of “The Donna Reed Show...
- 11/11/2023
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Janet Landgard, who starred in “The Donna Reed Show” and “The Swimmer,” has died at the age of 75 shortly after a fatal brain cancer diagnosis.
Actor Paul Petersen, who she played opposite of on “Donna Reed,” posted about Landgard’s death on Facebook.
“She never told me how gravely ill she was from the cancer that took her life earlier this week,” Petersen wrote of Langard. “Typical behavior from the best TV girlfriend my alternate ego, Jeff Stone, ever had on the last three years of ‘The Donna Reed Show.'”
“Janet was gorgeous, inside and out … a flawless Scandinavian beauty that literally stunned jaded Hollywood types into silence,” he continued. “‘Easy on the eyes’ doesn’t begin to describe her. We were always close no matter the time or distance. She gave me a share in her racehorse, Pioneer Prince, who didn’t run well in his last race.
Actor Paul Petersen, who she played opposite of on “Donna Reed,” posted about Landgard’s death on Facebook.
“She never told me how gravely ill she was from the cancer that took her life earlier this week,” Petersen wrote of Langard. “Typical behavior from the best TV girlfriend my alternate ego, Jeff Stone, ever had on the last three years of ‘The Donna Reed Show.'”
“Janet was gorgeous, inside and out … a flawless Scandinavian beauty that literally stunned jaded Hollywood types into silence,” he continued. “‘Easy on the eyes’ doesn’t begin to describe her. We were always close no matter the time or distance. She gave me a share in her racehorse, Pioneer Prince, who didn’t run well in his last race.
- 11/11/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
Janet Landgard, who accompanied Burt Lancaster on a portion of his bizarre tour of backyard swimming pools in the acclaimed 1968 drama The Swimmer, has died. She was 75.
Landgard died this week after a very brief bout with brain cancer, actor Paul Petersen told The Hollywood Reporter. She recurred as his love interest on the final three seasons of the ABC family comedy The Donna Reed Show.
On Facebook, Petersen called her “the best TV girlfriend my alternate ego, Jeff Stone, ever had. Janet was gorgeous, inside and out … a flawless Scandinavian beauty that literally stunned jaded Hollywood types into silence. We were always close no matter the time or distance.”
In Columbia Pictures’ The Swimmer — directed by Frank Perry and adapted by his then-wife, Eleanor Perry, from a John Cheever short story in The New Yorker — Landgard was memorable as Julie Ann Hooper, who used to babysit Ned Merrill’s...
Landgard died this week after a very brief bout with brain cancer, actor Paul Petersen told The Hollywood Reporter. She recurred as his love interest on the final three seasons of the ABC family comedy The Donna Reed Show.
On Facebook, Petersen called her “the best TV girlfriend my alternate ego, Jeff Stone, ever had. Janet was gorgeous, inside and out … a flawless Scandinavian beauty that literally stunned jaded Hollywood types into silence. We were always close no matter the time or distance.”
In Columbia Pictures’ The Swimmer — directed by Frank Perry and adapted by his then-wife, Eleanor Perry, from a John Cheever short story in The New Yorker — Landgard was memorable as Julie Ann Hooper, who used to babysit Ned Merrill’s...
- 11/11/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The Walking Dead” producers toned down the violence in the smash hit zombie show after resounding backlash from fans to a gruesome scene in the season 7 premiere, Variety reports.
While fans are used to seeing favorite characters perish violently, the killing of two beloved characters with a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire struck many as going too far. Producer Gale Anne Hurd admitted the strong response caused producers to alter production for the episodes that were still in production at the time of the October 23 premiere.
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“We were able to look at the feedback on the level of violence,” Hurd said during a panel session at the Natpe conference, moderated by IndieWire’s Michael Schneider. “We did tone it down for episodes we were still filming for later on in the season.
While fans are used to seeing favorite characters perish violently, the killing of two beloved characters with a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire struck many as going too far. Producer Gale Anne Hurd admitted the strong response caused producers to alter production for the episodes that were still in production at the time of the October 23 premiere.
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“We were able to look at the feedback on the level of violence,” Hurd said during a panel session at the Natpe conference, moderated by IndieWire’s Michael Schneider. “We did tone it down for episodes we were still filming for later on in the season.
- 1/19/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
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