Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 08, 1945
Died
Nov 14, 2016
Place of Birth
Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
Credits
45 titles
Janet Wright
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
Emma Leroy
The Tall Man
Trish
Ramona and Beezus
Grandma Kemp
Wisegal
Angie - Patty's Mother
Love and other Dilemmas
Jojo Landro
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Liz Hinton
Corner Gas
Emma Leroy
Betrayed
Dr. Fleming
A Tale of Two Wives
Phyllis
Emile
Alice
Monk
Bonnie
Framed
Joan Thomas
Rollerball
Coach Olga
Blackwoods
Ma Franklin
Lola
Ma Keller
Chasing Cain
Sonia
Dark Angel
Annie
The Perfect Storm
Ethel Shatford
Redwall: The Movie
Constance(voice)
Redwall
Constance (voice)
More Tales of the City
Vita Keating
Mr. Headmistress
Naomi Bascombe
Emily of New Moon
Aunt Thom
The Wonderful World of Disney
Naomi Bascombe
Lexx
First Lady Priest
We the Jury
Gladys McKenzie
Beyond the Call
Fran
Due South
Sgt. Sam Thorn
Bordertown Cafe
Maxine
Bingo
Waitress
Laura Lansing Slept Here
Francie
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
Martha Jane
After the Promise
Waitress
Wiseguy
American Gothic
Fanny
Home Is Where the Hart Is
J.P.'s Wife
Danger Bay
Brotherly Love
Helen Neary
Turnaround: A Story of Recovery
Narrator (voice)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Helen Armstrong
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Brenda
Who'll Save Our Children?
Wolfpen Principle
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Eunice
Obscene House