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Janet Wright

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Janet Wright

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Mar 8, 1945 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting
2014Corner Gas: The MovieEmma Leroy
2012The Tall ManTrish
2010Ramona and BeezusGrandma Kemp
2008Love and other DilemmasJojo Landro
2008WisegalAngie - Patty's Mother
2004Corner GasEmma Leroy
2004Stephen King's Kingdom HospitalLiz Hinton
2003EmileAlice
2003BetrayedDr. Fleming
2003A Tale of Two WivesPhyllis
2002RollerballCoach Olga
2002FramedJoan Thomas
2002MonkBonnie
2001BlackwoodsMa Franklin
2001Chasing CainSonia
2001LolaMa Keller
2000The Perfect StormEthel Shatford
2000Redwall: The MovieConstance(voice)
2000Dark AngelAnnie
1999RedwallConstance (voice)
1998Mr. HeadmistressNaomi Bascombe
1998More Tales of the CityVita Keating
1998Emily of New MoonAunt Thom
1997The Wonderful World of DisneyNaomi Bascombe
1997LexxFirst Lady Priest
1997LexxLorca
1996Beyond the CallFran
1996We the JuryGladys McKenzie
1994Due SouthSgt. Sam Thorn
1992Bordertown CafeMaxine
1991BingoWaitress
1988Laura Lansing Slept HereFrancie
1987American GothicFanny
1987After the PromiseWaitress
1987Christmas Comes to Willow CreekMartha Jane
1987Home Is Where the Hart IsJ.P.'s Wife
1987Wiseguy
1985Brotherly LoveHelen Neary
1985Danger Bay
1984Turnaround: A Story of RecoveryNarrator (voice)
1983The Best Christmas Pageant EverHelen Armstrong
1982Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous StainsBrenda
1978Who'll Save Our Children?
1974Wolfpen Principle
1971McCabe & Mrs. MillerEunice
1969Obscene House