Janet Landgard, who played Paul Petersen’s lover on The Donna Reed Show for three seasons and later starred in a drama film with Burt Lancaster. The swimmerAccording to several friends on social media, he died of brain cancer on November 6 at the age of 75.
On Facebook, actor Petersen called her “the best TV boyfriend my alter ego, Jeff Stone, ever had.” Janet was beautiful inside and out…a flawless Scandinavian beauty that literally silenced jaded Hollywood types. We were always close to each other, regardless of time or distance.”
Landgard was born on December 2, 1947, grew up in Pasadena and worked for the William Adrian Modeling Agency. She made her film debut in 1963 The Donna Reed Show While still in high school, he played a girl named Sabrina in a fifth season episode. She has also appeared on ABC My three sons this year.
This led to a recurring role as Petersen’s girlfriend Karen in eleven episodes of The Donna Reed Show.
In the 1968 Columbia Pictures drama the swimmer, Landgard played a former nanny for Burt Lancaster’s character Ned Merrill. She accompanies him on a tour of swimming pools, but flees when he tries to get too intimate.
Then Langard appeared inside Land Rover (1969) with Telly Savalas, George Maharis and Arlene Dahl; in the 1971 ABC television film The deadly dream, with Lloyd Bridges and Janet Leigh; and in moon child (1972) starring Victor Buono.
After that she left acting.
Information about survivors or memorial plans was not immediately available.
Source: Deadline
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