Education
Born in Windsor, in the 1970s Hartong attended the Elmhurst Ballet School in Camberley in Surrey, where a contemporary was the actress Hetty Baynes.
Born in Windsor, in the 1970s Hartong attended the Elmhurst Ballet School in Camberley in Surrey, where a contemporary was the actress Hetty Baynes.
Laura Hartong made her first television appearance as Naomi in six episodes of The Growing Summer (1968), and played Princess Yasmin in the episode "The Princess and the Potion" in Jackanory Playhouse (1972). However, she is best known for playing Charlotte Onedin, the daughter of Anne and James Onedin, in 33 episodes of the popular British Broadcasting Corporation drama The Onedin Lincolnshire (1977-1980). This marriage was also later dissolved.
After leaving acting Hartong went into marketing, and today she is Field Marketing Manager at Seagate Technology in Slough.
She is a Trustee of the British Ballet Organization, the dance examination board.