Judy Landers

Judy Landers (born October 7, 1958)^[1] is a retired American film and television actress.

Judy Landers
Landers and Franklin Cover on The Jeffersons
Born	(1958-10-07) October 7, 1958 (age 66) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1976–2019
Spouse	Tom Niedenfuer ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	2
Relatives	Audrey Landers (sister)

Early years

Landers is the daughter of Ruth Landers and is the younger sister of actress Audrey Landers. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.^{[citation needed]}

Career

During the 1970s and 1980s, Landers, known for her sweet and friendly persona and her beautiful figure, starred and made several guest appearances in many television series, including eight episodes of The Love Boat (1977), Happy Days (1977), two episodes of Charlie's Angels (1978), 14 episodes of Vega$ (1978-1979), 15 episodes of B. J. and the Bear (1979), The Jeffersons (1979),^{[citation needed]} Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1980), CHiPs (1980), three episodes of Fantasy Island (1980–84), The Fall Guy (1982), three episodes of Night Court (1984), L.A. Law (1986), Murder, She Wrote (1987) and ALF. Landers was also a series regular for all 75 episodes of Madame's Place (1982–83).

She appeared twice in both the original Knight Rider (1982, 1985), and The A-Team (1985) television series, but as completely distinct characters with different story lines.^[2] Between 1978 and 1981, Landers appeared several times on Match Game^[3][4] and on Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour.

Landers has also had film roles, including Goldie and the Boxer (1979), The Black Marble (1980), Hellhole (1985), Doin' Time (1985), Deadly Twins (1985), Stewardess School (1986), Armed and Dangerous (1986), Ghost Writer (1989), Dr. Alien (1989), Club Fed (1990), The Divine Enforcer (1992), Expert Weapon (1993), Dragon Fury (1995), Circus Camp (2006), and Manipulated (2019).^{[citation needed]}

Judy and her sister Audrey were featured on the cover of the January 1983 issue of Playboy magazine, and they were in a non-nude pictorial.

Landers has often worked with Audrey, including collaborating with her on the children's shows The Huggabug Club (1996) and The Treehouse Club (1997). Together with their mother Ruth, they own and operate Landers Productions^[5] and produced the family film Circus Island (2006).^[6][7][8]