Laura Lynn Hartong (born 1958) is a British former television actress best known for playing Charlotte Onedin in four series of ''
The Onedin Line'' created by
Cyril Abraham.
Born in
Windsor, in the 1970s Hartong attended the
Elmhurst Ballet School in
Camberley
Camberley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately south-west of Central London. The town is in the far west of the county, close to the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire. Once part of Windsor Forest, Cambe ...
in
Surrey
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, where a contemporary was the actress
Hetty Baynes.
Laura Hartong made her first television appearance as Naomi in six episodes of ''The Growing Summer'' (1968), and played Princess Yasmin in the episode 'The Princess and the Potion' in ''
Jackanory Playhouse'' (1972). However, she is best known for playing Charlotte Onedin, the daughter of Anne and James Onedin, in 33 episodes of the popular
BBC drama ''
The Onedin Line'' (1977-1980). In 1989 she married John Alley; the marriage was later dissolved. In 2001 she married marketing executive Guy Andrew Coite Tarring (born 1953). This marriage was also later dissolved.
After leaving acting Hartong went into
marketing, and today she is Field Marketing Manager at Seagate Technology in
Slough
Slough () is a town and unparished area in the unitary authority of the same name in Berkshire, England, bordering west London. It lies in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4 ...
. She is a Trustee of the
British Ballet Organization, the dance examination board.
Hartong
at the British Ballet Organization website
References
1958 births
Living people
English television actresses
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