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Janet Wright
Actor
Died November 14, 2016 (71 years)
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 |
| 2006 | Love and Other Dilemmas · as Jojo Landro |
| 2004 | Corner Gas (TV Series) · as Emma Leroy |
| 2004 | Kingdom Hospital (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Thoughtcrimes · as Zoya |
| 2003 | Emile · as Alice |
| 2003 | Betrayed · as Dr. Fleming |
| 2003 | A Tale of Two Wives · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Jinnah: On Crime - White Knight, Black Widow · as Frosty |
| 2002 | Rollerball · as Coach Olga |
| 2002 | Framed · as Joan Thomas |
| 2002 | Monk (TV Series) · as Bonnie |
| 2002 | Taken (TV Series) · as Patty |
| 2001 | Blackwoods · as Ma Franklin |
| 2001 | Lola · as Ma Keller |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm · as Ethel Shatford |
| 2000 | Redwall: The Movie · as Constance |
| 2000 | Dark Angel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1999 | Redwall (TV Series) · as Constance (voice) |
| 1998 | Emily of New Moon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1998 | More Tales of the City (TV Series) · as Vita Keating |
| 1998 | Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (TV Series) · as Mrs. Floyd |
| 1997 | The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) · as Naomi Bascombe |
| 1997 | Fast Track (TV Series) · as Charlotte Scannel |
| 1996 | Beyond the Call · as Fran |
| 1996 | We the Jury · as Gladys McKenzie |
| 1996 | My Mother's Ghost · as actor |
| 1996 | Lexx (TV Series) · as Lorca |
| 1994 | Due South (TV Series) · as Sgt. Sam Thorn |
| 1991 | Bingo · as Waitress |
| 1989 | Neon Rider (TV Series) · as Michelle Pfeiffer |
| 1988 | Cowboys Don't Cry · as Pearl |
| 1988 | Laura Lansing Slept Here · as Francie |
| 1987 | American Gothic · as Fanny |
| 1987 | Christmas Comes to Willow Creek · as Martha Jane |
| 1987 | After the Promise · as Unknown |
| 1987 | Home Is Where the Hart Is · as J.P.'s Wife |
| 1987 | Deadly Deception · as Desk Clerk |
| 1987 | Wiseguy (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1986 | Loyalties · as Audrey Sawchuk |
| 1984 | Turnaround: A Story of Recovery · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | Danger Bay (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever · as Helen Armstrong |
| 1982 | Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains · as Brenda |
| 1979 | Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (TV Series) · as Mrs. Judith Loftus |
| 1978 | The Wiz · as The Wiz Singers Adult Choir |
| 1975 | King of Kensington (TV Series) · as Evelyn |
| 1972 | The Beachcombers (TV Series) · as Didee |
| 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller · as Eunice |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Woman Neighbor |