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Meet Jennifer Landon, Yellowstone’s Teeter: IRL the actress behind the tough-talking ranch hand looks at home on the red carpet and is Hollywood royalty – her father was actor Michael Landon

Meet Jennifer Landon, Yellowstone’s Teeter and daughter of the late TV icon Michael Landon. Photos: Getty Images; @thejenlandon/Instagram
Meet Jennifer Landon, Yellowstone’s Teeter and daughter of the late TV icon Michael Landon. Photos: Getty Images; @thejenlandon/Instagram

Jennifer Landon may be best known for her work on the neo-Western, but she also has a growing film career, including in this year’s Brothers, starring Josh Brolin, Brendan Fraser and Peter Dinklage

Yellowstone actress Jennifer Landon may give a convincing portrayal of the pink-haired, foul-mouthed, tomboyish Teeter in director Taylor Sheridan’s hit neo-Western – but in real life, not only does the actress attend red carpet premieres, she’s also the daughter of the late TV icon Michael Landon.
Jennifer Landon plays Teeter on the hit neo-Western TV show Yellowstone. Photo: @thejenlandon/Instagram
Jennifer Landon plays Teeter on the hit neo-Western TV show Yellowstone. Photo: @thejenlandon/Instagram

As the curtain comes down on the fifth, and possibly last, season of the beloved Paramount+ show, here’s a look at Jennifer Landon and how different her life is from her Yellowstone character’s.

Her famous father

Cindy Landon, Jennifer Landon, Michael Landon and Sean Landon in Malibu, California, in 1989. Photo: Getty Images
Cindy Landon, Jennifer Landon, Michael Landon and Sean Landon in Malibu, California, in 1989. Photo: Getty Images
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Unlike Landon’s on-screen character Teeter, who works as a ranch hand at the Dutton Ranch, the actress was exposed to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood from a young age.

She was born to parents Michael and Cindy Landon. The couple wed in 1983 and welcomed two children, Jennifer and her brother Sean.

Michael, who passed away in 1991 from pancreatic cancer, was recognised for his work on the small screen. His best-known roles are as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza, Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie, and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven.

Her mother was a make-up artist on Little House on the Prairie, per The Mirror.

With the backing of her famous father, Jennifer Landon made her TV debut in an episode of Highway to Heaven in 1989, when she was only six years old.

She has eight siblings

Jennifer Landon has a lot of siblings in her blended family, thanks to her late father’s three marriages. Photo: Getty Images
Jennifer Landon has a lot of siblings in her blended family, thanks to her late father’s three marriages. Photo: Getty Images

Michael Landon was married three times and is survived by his nine children, including Jennifer.