Background
Landor was born in Hampstead, London, the daughter of English actor and radio presenter Neil Landor and of an Irish mother.
Landor was born in Hampstead, London, 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 British 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. In 1970 she appeared with Susannah York in Jane Eyre, playing Helen Burns. She co-featured in the film The Amazing Mr, based on the book The Ghosts by Antonia Barber, and appeared opposite Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in the television movie Divorce His, Divorce Hers in 1973.
She had many appearances on British and American television during the 1980s, as Polly Hampton in Thames "s Love in a Cold Climate, Rumpole of the Bailey (as Fiona Allways in 1983) and C.A.T.S. Eyes (starring as Pru Standfast in 1985).
She played Guinevere in the television movie, and appeared in the role of Helen Stoner in Granada"s television adaption Sherlock Holmes (The Speckled Band) opposite Jeremy Brett. 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, and Raina in Shaw"s Arms and the Manitoba at Leicester"s Haymarket Theatre opposite Malcolm Sinclair.
In the United States, Landor"s television guest appearances have included Star Trek: The Next Generation (in the 1989 episode "Up the Long Ladder"), Matlock and Hunter. She also appeared as Britt in the 1990 film Bad Influence opposite Rob Lowe and James Spader.