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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1945-03-08 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK

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

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

2004

Corner Gas as Emma Leroy

2003

Émile as Alice
Betrayed as Dr. Fleming

2002

Rollerball as Coach Olga
Framed as Joan Thomas
Monk as Bonnie

2001

Blackwoods as Ma Franklin
Chasing Cain as Sonia
Lola as Ma Keller

2000

The Perfect Storm as Ethel Shatford
Redwall The Movie as Constance(voice)
Dark Angel as Annie

1999

Redwall as Constance (voice)

1998

1997

Lexx as First Lady Priest
Lexx as Lorca

1996

We the Jury as Gladys McKenzie

1994

Due South as Sgt. Sam Thorn

1992

Bordertown Cafe as Maxine

1991

Bingo as Waitress

1988

1987

1985

1984

1983

1982

1978

1974

1971