Early Life
Landau was born in Los Angeles to actor parents Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. Her older sister is film producer Susan Landau Finch, born Susan Meredeth Landau, and the sisters spent their early childhood in a Tudor style house in West Los Angeles. Her family is Jewish. When Juliet was a toddler, both of her parents were regulars on the original Mission: Impossible TV series.
Landau was a professional ballerina, and her mentor was the late actress, Susan Peretz.
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