Rosalyn Landor

Last updated

Rosalyn Landor (born 7 October 1958) [1] is an English film, television and stage actress and audio book narrator.

Contents

Early life

Landor was born in 1958 in Hampstead, London, [1] the daughter of English actor and radio presenter Neil Landor and of an Irish mother. Landor was educated at the Royal Ballet School, Richmond, and at Tolworth Girls' School, in Surrey. A child actress in films in the late 1960s and early 1970s, she began her career at the age of nine, when she appeared in the Hammer Horror film The Devil Rides Out (1968). [2] [3]

Career

Landor appeared in Jane Eyre (1970), playing Helen Burns, with Susannah York as the adult Jane Eyre. [4] She co-starred in the film The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972), based on the book The Ghosts by Antonia Barber, [5] and appeared opposite Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in the TV film Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973). She made many appearances on British and American television during the 1980s, with roles including Allison in Hammer House of Horror : "Guardian Of The Abyss" (1980), Polly Hampton in Thames Television's Love in a Cold Climate , [6] Fiona Allways in four episodes of Rumpole of the Bailey (1983) and Pru Standfast in C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985). [7] She played Guinevere in the TV film Arthur the King (1985), and Helen Stoner in Granada's TV adaptation of Sherlock Holmes short story "The Speckled Band" opposite Jeremy Brett. [8]

Her theatre roles have included Sorel in Hay Fever by Noël Coward in London's West End in 1984 with Penelope Keith and Moray Watson, [9] and Raina in Shaw's Arms and the Man at Leicester's Haymarket Theatre opposite Malcolm Sinclair. [10]

In the United States, Landor's television guest appearances have included Star Trek: The Next Generation (in the 1989 episode "Up the Long Ladder"), [11] Matlock and Hunter . She played the major role of Thelma Morgan Converse in the mini-series Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) and Britt in the 1990 film Bad Influence opposite Rob Lowe and James Spader.

Personal life

Landor moved to the west coast of the U.S. in the second half of the 1980s. She has two daughters and lives in London. She continues with her career, including voice work for Disney and audiobooks for Random House as a narrator. [12] [13]

Feature films

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edward Hardwicke</span> English actor (1932–2011)

Edward Cedric Hardwicke was an English actor, who had a distinguished career on the stage and on-screen. He was best known for playing Captain Pat Grant in Colditz (1972–73), and Dr. Watson in Granada Television's Sherlock Holmes (1986–94).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Una Stubbs</span> British actress, television personality, and dancer (1937–2021)

Una Stubbs was a British actress, television personality, and dancer who appeared on British television, in the theatre, and occasionally in films. She became known after appearing in the film Summer Holiday (1963) and later played Rita Rawlins in the BBC sitcoms Till Death Us Do Part (1965–1975) and In Sickness and in Health (1985–1992). Her other television roles include Aunt Sally in Worzel Gummidge (1979–1981) and Miss Bat in The Worst Witch (1998–2001). She also appeared as Sherlock Holmes's landlady Mrs. Hudson in the BAFTA-winning television series Sherlock (2010–2017).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Problem of Thor Bridge</span> Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle

"The Problem of Thor Bridge" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle collected in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927). It was first published in 1922 in The Strand Magazine (UK) and Hearst's International (US).

Madeline Smith is an English actress. After working as a model in the late 1960s, she went on to appear in many television series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tammy Grimes</span> American actress (1934–2016)

Tammy Lee Grimes was an American film and stage actress.

David Burke is an English actor, known for playing Dr. John Watson in the initial series of Granada Television's 1980s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which starred Jeremy Brett in the title role. He also starred as Joseph Stalin in the last two episodes of Reilly, Ace of Spies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sophie Ward</span> British actress

Sophie Anna Ward is an English stage and screen actress, and a writer of non-fiction and fiction. As an actress, she played Elizabeth Hardy, the female lead in Barry Levinson's Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), and in other feature film roles including in Cary Joji Fukunaga's period drama Jane Eyre (2011), and Jane Sanger's horror feature, Swiperight (2020). In 1982 she had a role in the Academy Award-winning best short film, A Shocking Accident. On television she played Dr Helen Trent in British police drama series Heartbeat from 2004 to 2006, the character Sophia Byrne in the series Holby City from 2008 to 2010, the role of Lady Ellen Hoxley in the series Land Girls from 2009 to 2011, and that of Lady Verinder in the mini-series The Moonstone (2016). She has had a variety of other roles on stage and in short and feature films.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Jayston</span> English actor (1935–2024)

Michael A. James, known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He also made many television appearances, which included portraying Peter Guillam in 1979 miniseries Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986), and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barry Foster (actor)</span> English actor (1927–2002)

John Barry Foster was an English actor who had an extensive career in film, radio, stage and television over almost 50 years. He was best known for portraying the title character in the British crime series Van der Valk (1972–1992) and Bob Rusk in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972).

<i>Jane Eyre</i> (1970 film) 1970 British film

Jane Eyre is a 1970 British television film directed by Delbert Mann, starring George C. Scott and Susannah York. It is based on the 1847 novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. The film had its theatrical debut in the United Kingdom in 1970 and was released on television in the United States in 1971.

Judi Bowker is an English film and television actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evelyn Ankers</span> British-American actress

Evelyn Felisa Ankers was a British-American actress who often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s, most notably The Wolf Man (1941) opposite Lon Chaney Jr., a frequent screen partner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Gray (actor)</span> English actor

Charles Gray was an English actor and voice artist. Appearing in around 140 films and TV series, he was best known as the arch-villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever; Dikko Henderson in a previous Bond film, You Only Live Twice; Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; and The Criminologist in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeremy Kemp</span> English actor (1935–2019)

Edmund Jeremy James Walker, known professionally as Jeremy Kemp, was an English actor. He was known for his significant roles in the miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, the film The Blue Max, and the TV series Z-Cars.

<i>Fallen Angels</i> (play)

Fallen Angels is a comedy by the English playwright Noël Coward. It opened at the Globe Theatre, London on 21 April 1925 and ran until 29 August. The central theme of two wives admitting to premarital sex and contemplating adultery met hostility from the office of the official theatre censor, the Lord Chamberlain, and the necessary licence was granted only after the personal intervention of the Chamberlain.

<i>The Amazing Mr. Blunden</i> 1972 film by Lionel Jeffries

The Amazing Mr. Blunden is a 1972 British family mystery film involving ghosts directed by Lionel Jeffries. It was based on the 1969 novel The Ghosts by Antonia Barber. It stars Laurence Naismith, Lynne Frederick, Garry Miller, Rosalyn Landor, Marc Granger, Diana Dors, Madeline Smith, and James Villiers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Madden (actor)</span> British actor

Peter Madden was a British actor who was born in Ipoh in the Federated Malay States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lockwood West</span> British actor (1905–1989)

Harry Lockwood West was a British actor. He was the father of actor Timothy West and the grandfather of actor Samuel West.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jane Carr (actress, born 1909)</span> British actress

Jane Carr was the stage name of English stage and film actress Rita Brunstrom.

The Amazing Mr. Blunden is a 2021 fantasy television film, written and directed by Mark Gatiss and is a remake of Lionel Jeffries' 1972 film The Amazing Mr. Blunden. Both films were based on the 1969 novel The Ghosts by Antonia Barber.

References

  1. 1 2 "Rosalyn Landor".
  2. ↑ Tom Johnson, Deborah Del Vecchio, Hammer Films: an exhaustive filmography (McFarland, 1996), p. 295
  3. ↑ "Rosalyn Landor". TV.com. CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ↑ H. Philip Bolton, Women writers dramatized: a calendar of performances from narrative works published in English to 1900 (2000), p. 93
  5. ↑ Alan-Bertaneisson Jones, Fright Xmas (2010), p. 95
  6. ↑ Larry James Gianakos, Television Drama Series Programming: a comprehensive chronicle (1983), p. 134
  7. ↑ Jon E. Lewis, Penny Stempel, Cult TV: the essential critical guide (1996), p. 61
  8. ↑ Ronald Burt De Waal, George A. Vanderburgh, The Universal Sherlock Holmes: Volume 4 (1994), p. 1223
  9. ↑ Stephen Cole, Noël Coward: a bio-bibliography (Greenwood Press, 1993)
  10. ↑ Gareth Lloyd Evans, 'The Midlands' in Drama: the quarterly theatre review: Issues 139-154 (1981) p. 37
  11. ↑ Larry Nemecek, The Star Trek the Next Generation Companion (2003), p. 87
  12. ↑ Rosalyn Landor at www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com
  13. ↑ "Rosalyn Landor". TV.com. CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 27 May 2023.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.