Janet Wright
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 8, 1945
- Died
- November 14, 2016 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
Biography
Janet Wright was born in 1945 in England and grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was raised in a family of theatre actors. Her siblings are: Anne Wright, John Wright and Susan Wright. Janet had the chance to work with her two sisters, Susan and Anne, in the theater play "Les Belles Soeurs". Besides from her work on television and cinema, Janet has also been involved in several theater projects like: Memoir, The Club, Miss Margarida's Way, Hedda Gabler, The Seahorse, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, A Lie of the Mind, Not Wanted on the Voyage, Uncle Vanya, Shirley Valentine, King John, In the Ring , Hamlet, The Bacchae, Glengarry Glen Ross, Mabel Leaves Forever and Fool For Love, Dancing at Lughnasa and Wrong for Each Other among others. Janet Wright was married to Brian Richmond and had a son with him named Jacob Richmond who is a playwright, She has a daughter named Celine Richmond. She is married to Bruce Davis. In 29 December 1991, her 44-year-old sister Susan and her parents, Jack and Ruth, died in a house fire.
Known For
Filmography
Corner Gas: The Movie
Movie · as Emma Leroy
The Tall Man
Movie · as Trish
Ramona and Beezus
Movie · as Grandma Kemp
Love and other Dilemmas
Movie · as Jojo Landro
Wisegal
Movie · as Angie - Patty's Mother
Corner Gas
TV · as Emma Leroy · 107 eps
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
TV · as Liz Hinton · 13 eps
Emile
Movie · as Alice
Betrayed
Movie · as Dr. Fleming
A Tale of Two Wives
Movie · as Phyllis
Rollerball
Movie · as Coach Olga
Framed
Movie · as Joan Thomas
Monk
TV · as Bonnie · 2 eps
Blackwoods
Movie · as Ma Franklin
Chasing Cain
Movie · as Sonia
Lola
Movie · as Ma Keller
The Perfect Storm
Movie · as Ethel Shatford
Redwall: The Movie
Movie · as Constance(voice)
Dark Angel
TV · as Annie · 1 ep
Redwall
TV · as Constance (voice) · 39 eps
Mr. Headmistress
Movie · as Naomi Bascombe
More Tales of the City
TV · as Vita Keating · 1 ep
Emily of New Moon
TV · as Aunt Thom · 4 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Naomi Bascombe · 1 ep
Lexx
TV · as First Lady Priest, Lorca · 1 ep
Beyond the Call
Movie · as Fran
We the Jury
Movie · as Gladys McKenzie
Due South
TV · as Sgt. Sam Thorn · 1 ep
Bordertown Cafe
Movie · as Maxine
Bingo
Movie · as Waitress
Laura Lansing Slept Here
Movie · as Francie
American Gothic
Movie · as Fanny
After the Promise
Movie · as Waitress
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
Movie · as Martha Jane
Home Is Where the Hart Is
Movie · as J.P.'s Wife
Wiseguy
TV · 2 eps
Brotherly Love
Movie · as Helen Neary
Danger Bay
TV · 2 eps
Turnaround: A Story of Recovery
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Movie · as Helen Armstrong
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Movie · as Brenda
Who'll Save Our Children?
Movie
Wolfpen Principle
Movie
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Movie · as Eunice
Obscene House
Movie