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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

44

Gender

Female

Birthday

1945-03-08

Day of Death

2016-11-14 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK

Also Known As

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

Acting

The Perfect Storm

2000

The Perfect Storm

as

Ethel Shatford

Rollerball

2002

Rollerball

as

Coach Olga

Blackwoods

2001

Blackwoods

as

Ma Franklin

Framed

2002

Framed

as

Joan Thomas

Émile

2003

Émile

as

Alice

Mr. Headmistress

1998

Mr. Headmistress

as

Naomi Bascombe

American Gothic

1987

American Gothic

as

Fanny

Bingo

1991

Bingo

as

Waitress

The Tall Man

2012

The Tall Man

as

Trish

Chasing Cain

2001

Chasing Cain

as

Sonia

Brotherly Love

1985

Brotherly Love

as

Helen Neary

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

1983

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

as

Helen Armstrong

Beyond the Call

1996

Beyond the Call

as

Fran

Corner Gas: The Movie

2014

Corner Gas: The Movie

as

Emma Leroy

Betrayed

2003

Betrayed

as

Dr. Fleming

We the Jury

1996

We the Jury

as

Gladys McKenzie

Ramona and Beezus

2010

Ramona and Beezus

as

Grandma Kemp

Lola

2001

Lola

as

Ma Keller

Love and other Dilemmas

2008

Love and other Dilemmas

as

Jojo Landro

Wisegal

2008

Wisegal

as

Angie - Patty's Mother

Turnaround: A Story of Recovery

1984

Turnaround: A Story of Recovery

as

Narrator (voice)

Redwall The Movie

2000

Redwall The Movie

as

Constance(voice)

Bordertown Cafe

1992

Bordertown Cafe

as

Maxine

Corner Gas

Corner Gas

as

Emma Leroy

Monk

Monk

as

Bonnie

Redwall

Redwall

as

Constance (voice)

Lexx

Lexx

as

First Lady Priest

Dark Angel

Dark Angel

as

Annie

Lexx

Lexx

as

Lorca

Due South

Due South

as

Sgt. Sam Thorn

Production

Crew

Directing