- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 8, 1945
- Place of Birth
- Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
- Died
- November 14, 2016
Janet Wright
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 R…
Filmography
movieCorner Gas: The Movie
2014 · Emma Leroy
movieThe Tall Man
2012 · Trish
movieRamona and Beezus
2010 · Grandma Kemp
movieWisegal
2008 · Angie - Patty's Mother
Love and other Dilemmas
2008 · Jojo Landro
tvStephen King's Kingdom Hospital
2004 · Liz Hinton
tvCorner Gas
2004 · Emma Leroy
movieBetrayed
2003 · Dr. Fleming
movieA Tale of Two Wives
2003 · Phyllis
movieEmile
2003 · Alice
tvMonk
2002 · Bonnie
movieFramed
2002 · Joan Thomas
movieRollerball
2002 · Coach Olga
movieBlackwoods
2001 · Ma Franklin
movieLola
2001 · Ma Keller
Chasing Cain
2001 · Sonia
tvDark Angel
2000 · Annie
movieThe Perfect Storm
2000 · Ethel Shatford
movieRedwall: The Movie
2000 · Constance(voice)
tvRedwall
1999 · Constance (voice)
tvMore Tales of the City
1998 · Vita Keating
movieMr. Headmistress
1998 · Naomi Bascombe
tvEmily of New Moon
1998 · Aunt Thom
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1997 · Naomi Bascombe
tvLexx
1997 · First Lady Priest, Lorca
movieWe the Jury
1996 · Gladys McKenzie
movieBeyond the Call
1996 · Fran
tvDue South
1994 · Sgt. Sam Thorn
Bordertown Cafe
1992 · Maxine
movieBingo
1991 · Waitress
movieLaura Lansing Slept Here
1988 · Francie
movieChristmas Comes to Willow Creek
1987 · Martha Jane
movieAfter the Promise
1987 · Waitress
tvWiseguy
1987
movieAmerican Gothic
1987 · Fanny
movieHome Is Where the Hart Is
1987 · J.P.'s Wife
tvDanger Bay
1985
movieBrotherly Love
1985 · Helen Neary
movieTurnaround: A Story of Recovery
1984 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever
1983 · Helen Armstrong
movieLadies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1982 · Brenda
movieWho'll Save Our Children?
1978
Wolfpen Principle
1974
movieMcCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 · Eunice
movieObscene House
1969