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Janet Munro

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Janet Munro

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Sep 28, 1934 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Blackpool, England, UK

Biography

Born Janet Neilson Horsburgh, Janet Munro, was an English actress, best known for Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) for which she won a Golden Globe Award. and Life for Ruth (1962), for which she received a BAFTA Film Award nomination. She died aged 38 of a heart condition.

Known For

Acting
2002Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the MakingSelf (archive)
1971The PianoMabel
1970Play for Today
1968SebastianCarol Fancy
1968The Admirable CrichtonTweeny
1968Cry WoIfPolly
1968The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1964Hide and SeekMaggie
1964A Jolly Bad FellowDelia Brooks
1964Daylight RobberyDarryl's mum
1963Bitter HarvestJennie
1962Afternoon of a NymphElaine
1962Life for RuthPat Harris
1961The Day the Earth Caught FireJeannie Craig
1961The HorsemastersJanet Hale
1960Swiss Family RobinsonRoberta 'Bertie'
1960Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1959Third Man on the MountainLizbeth Hempel
1959Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleKatie O'Gill
1959Tommy the ToreadorAmanda
1959Perilous AssignmentSelf
1959I Captured the King of the LeprechaunsKatie O'Gill
1958The Crawling EyeAnne Pilgrim
1958The Young and the GuiltySue Connor
1957Small HotelEffie
1956Armchair TheatreAnne
1956Armchair TheatreRuth Cornelius
1956Armchair TheatreJuliet
1956Armchair TheatreElaine
1951Hallmark Hall of FameHelen Pettigrew
1951Hallmark Hall of FameAmanda
1951Hallmark Hall of FameTweeny