Katie Landers
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| Neighbours character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Sally Jensen | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1988–89 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 15 February 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 6 September 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Reg Watson | ||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Student | ||||||||||||
| Home | Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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| Father | Bob Landers |
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| Mother | Annette Landers |
| Brothers | Todd Landers |
| Grandfathers | Rhys Marshall |
| Aunts | Beverly Marshall |
| Nieces | Hope Gottlieb |
Katie Landers is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Sally Jensen. She made her first on screen appearance on 15 February 1988. Katie is the niece of Beverly Marshall and sister to Todd Landers. During her time in the show, she became close friends with Toby Mangel. Katie departed on 6 September 1989.
Jensen and Kristian Schmid (who played Todd Landers) had not met before or had any acting experience until they attended a drama class with the Actor's Training Studio in Melbourne. Scouts from the Grundy Organisation were also in attendance, on the look out for a pair of actors for Neighbours. Jensen and Schmid attended an audition for the roles of regular characters, Katie and Todd, and following a screen test, they were cast. Both actors were at school when they were cast, so they were given an on set tutor and a schoolroom was built behind the studio.
Katie and her brother Todd are the children of Adelaide couple, Annette (Tania Uren) and Bob Landers (Robin Harrison/Bruce Kilpatrick). They come to Ramsay Street to live with their aunt, Beverly (Shaunna O'Grady), after their parents go through a difficult time in their marriage. Katie developed a close friendship with Toby Mangel (Finn Greentree-Keane) and the BBC said that they "set about causing all sorts of mischief." Katie also grew close to Helen Daniels (Anne Haddy) and when she learnt that her father was attempting to blackmail her, Katie did not really forgive him. Katie began missing her mother she eventually returned to Adelaide, while Todd stayed behind.
Katie and her older brother Todd arrive in Ramsay Street with family friend Hilary Robinson (Anne Scott-Pendlebury), for their aunt Beverly's wedding to Hilary's cousin, Jim (Alan Dale). After the service, Katie and Todd run away but are eventually found by Scott (Jason Donovan) and Charlene Robinson (Kylie Minogue). After settling into the family, Katie begins to view Helen Daniels, Jim's mother-in-law as a surrogate grandmother and begins calling her Gran.
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