Michael Landon - Personal Life

Personal Life

Landon was married three times, and fathered nine children.

• Dodie Levy-Fraser (married March 1956; Landon filed for divorce in March 1962 – divorce finalized in December 1962)
  • Mark Fraser Landon, born 1948 (adopted; Dodie's biological son), died May 11, 2009 – did some small acting, including role in the Landon TV movie Us
  • Josh Fraser Landon, born 1960 (adopted as infant)

• Lynn Noe (married January 12, 1963 – divorced 1982) had several small uncredited roles, including one in Bonanza
  • Cheryl Lynn Landon / Cheryl Ann Pontrelli, born 1953, was Lynn's daughter from her first marriage and was nine when her mother and Landon married. Though Landon was unable to legally adopt her, he referred to her as his daughter. She has a Master's degree in Education and a teaching credential. She has one son.
  • Leslie Ann Landon, born 1962, is the biological child of Lynn Noe and Mannie Baier and was legally adopted by Landon according to what was written in his last will and testement. With a Ph.D. in psychology, Leslie Landon is a therapist, specializing in children who have experienced loss. She is married and has four children.
  • Michael Landon, Jr., born 1964
  • Shawna Leigh Landon, born 1971, appeared on Little House Years television movie and one episode of Little House on the Prairie
  • Christopher Beau Landon, born 1975, a producer, writer and director

• Cindy Clerico (married on February 14 1983), a makeup artist on Little House on the Prairie; currently also a producer
  • Jennifer Rachel Landon, born 1983, a Daytime Emmy-winning actress (played Gwen Norbeck Munson on As the World Turns)
  • Sean Matthew Landon, born 1986

In February 1959, Landon's father succumbed to a heart attack. In 1973, while a student at the University of Arizona, his eldest daughter Cheryl was involved in a serious car collision just outside of Tucson, Arizona. The sole survivor out of four involved in the collision, Cheryl Landon was hospitalized with serious injuries and remained in a coma for days. In March 1981, Landon's mother, Peggy O'Neill, died.