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 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
Credits
- 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
- 2008 · Love and other Dilemmas as Jojo Landro
- 2004 · Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Liz Hinton
- 2004 · Corner Gas as Emma Leroy
- 2003 · Betrayed as Dr. Fleming
- 2003 · A Tale of Two Wives as
- 2003 · Émile as Alice
- 2002 · Monk as Bonnie
- 2002 · Framed as Joan Thomas
- 2002 · Rollerball as Coach Olga
- 2001 · Blackwoods as Ma Franklin
- 2001 · Lola as Ma Keller
- 2001 · Chasing Cain as Sonia
- 2000 · Dark Angel as Annie
- 2000 · The Perfect Storm as Ethel Shatford
- 2000 · Redwall The Movie as Constance(voice)
- 1999 · Redwall as Constance (voice)
- 1998 · More Tales of the City as Vita Keating
- 1998 · Mr. Headmistress as Naomi Bascombe
- 1998 · Emily of New Moon as
- 1997 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Naomi Bascombe
- 1997 · Lexx as First Lady Priest
- 1997 · Lexx as Lorca
- 1996 · We the Jury as Gladys McKenzie
- 1996 · Beyond the Call as Fran
- 1994 · Due South as Sgt. Sam Thorn
- 1991 · Bingo as Waitress
- 1988 · Laura Lansing Slept Here as Francie
- 1987 · Christmas Comes to Willow Creek as Martha Jane
- 1987 · After the Promise as
- 1987 · Wiseguy as
- 1987 · American Gothic as Fanny
- 1985 · Danger Bay as
- 1985 · Brotherly Love as Helen Neary
- 1984 · Turnaround: A Story of Recovery as Narrator (voice)
- 1983 · The Best Christmas Pageant Ever as Helen Armstrong
- 1982 · Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains as Brenda
- 1978 · Who'll Save Our Children? as
- 1974 · Wolfpen Principle as
- 1971 · McCabe & Mrs. Miller as Eunice