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

Birth Location Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
Born 1945-03-08
Died 2016-11-14

Movies

Corner Gas: The Movie as Emma Leroy
2014
The Tall Man as Trish
2012
Ramona and Beezus as Grandma Kemp
2010
Wisegal as Angie - Patty's Mother
2008
Love and other Dilemmas as Jojo Landro
2008
Betrayed as Dr. Fleming
2003
Émile as Alice
2003
Framed as Joan Thomas
2002
Rollerball as Coach Olga
2002
Blackwoods as Ma Franklin
2001
Lola as Ma Keller
2001
Chasing Cain as Sonia
2001
The Perfect Storm as Ethel Shatford
2000
Mr. Headmistress as Naomi Bascombe
1998
We the Jury as Gladys McKenzie
1996
Beyond the Call as Fran
1996
Bingo as Waitress
1991
1988
1987
American Gothic as Fanny
1987
Brotherly Love as Helen Neary
1985
Turnaround: A Story of Recovery as Narrator (voice)
1984
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever as Helen Armstrong
1983
1971
Janet Wright hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows