Janet Wright
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 8, 1945
- Died
- Nov 14, 2016 (aged 71)
- Place of birth
- Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 45
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
2014Movie
Emma Leroy
The Tall Man
2012Movie
Trish
Ramona and Beezus
2010Movie
Grandma Kemp
Wisegal
2008Movie
Angie - Patty's Mother
Love and other Dilemmas
2008Movie
Jojo Landro
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
2004TV
Liz Hinton
Corner Gas
2004TV
Emma Leroy
Betrayed
2003Movie
Dr. Fleming
A Tale of Two Wives
2003Movie
Phyllis
Emile
2003Movie
Alice
Monk
2002TV
Bonnie
Framed
2002Movie
Joan Thomas
Rollerball
2002Movie
Coach Olga
Blackwoods
2001Movie
Ma Franklin
Lola
2001Movie
Ma Keller
Chasing Cain
2001Movie
Sonia
Dark Angel
2000TV
Annie
The Perfect Storm
2000Movie
Ethel Shatford
Redwall: The Movie
2000Movie
Constance(voice)
Redwall
1999TV
Constance (voice)
More Tales of the City
1998TV
Vita Keating
Mr. Headmistress
1998Movie
Naomi Bascombe
Emily of New Moon
1998TV
Aunt Thom
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997TV
Naomi Bascombe
Lexx
1997TV
First Lady Priest, Lorca
We the Jury
1996Movie
Gladys McKenzie
Beyond the Call
1996Movie
Fran
Due South
1994TV
Sgt. Sam Thorn
Bordertown Cafe
1992Movie
Maxine
Bingo
1991Movie
Waitress
Laura Lansing Slept Here
1988Movie
Francie
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
1987Movie
Martha Jane
After the Promise
1987Movie
Waitress
Wiseguy
1987TV
American Gothic
1987Movie
Fanny
Home Is Where the Hart Is
1987Movie
J.P.'s Wife
Danger Bay
1985TV
Brotherly Love
1985Movie
Helen Neary
Turnaround: A Story of Recovery
1984Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
1983Movie
Helen Armstrong
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1982Movie
Brenda
Who'll Save Our Children?
1978Movie
Wolfpen Principle
1974Movie
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971Movie
Eunice
Obscene House
1969Movie