Janet Wright
Born: 1945-03-08 in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
Died: 2016-11-14
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2014
- Corner Gas: The Movie as Emma Leroy
2012
- The Tall Man as Trish
2010
- Ramona and Beezus as Grandma Kemp
2008
- Wisegal as Angie - Patty's Mother
- Love and other Dilemmas as Jojo Landro
2004
- Corner Gas as Emma Leroy
- Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Liz Hinton
2003
- Emile as Alice
- A Tale of Two Wives as Phyllis
- Betrayed as Dr. Fleming
2002
- Monk as Bonnie
- Rollerball as Coach Olga
- Framed as Joan Thomas
2001
- Blackwoods as Ma Franklin
- Chasing Cain as Sonia
- Lola as Ma Keller
2000
- Dark Angel as Annie
- The Perfect Storm as Ethel Shatford
- Redwall: The Movie as Constance(voice)
1999
- Redwall as Constance (voice)
1998
- More Tales of the City as Vita Keating
- Emily of New Moon as Aunt Thom
- Mr. Headmistress as Naomi Bascombe
1997
- Lexx as First Lady Priest
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Naomi Bascombe
1996
- Beyond the Call as Fran
- We the Jury as Gladys McKenzie
1994
- Due South as Sgt. Sam Thorn
1992
- Bordertown Cafe as Maxine
1991
- Bingo as Waitress
1988
- Laura Lansing Slept Here as Francie
1987
- Wiseguy
- After the Promise as Waitress
- American Gothic as Fanny
- Home Is Where the Hart Is as J.P.'s Wife
- Christmas Comes to Willow Creek as Martha Jane
1985
- Danger Bay
- Brotherly Love as Helen Neary
1984
- Turnaround: A Story of Recovery as Narrator (voice)
1983
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever as Helen Armstrong
1982
1974
1971
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller as Eunice