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Janet Wright

Janet Wright

Birthday: 1945-03-08 | Place of Birth: Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2014
Corner Gas: The Movie

as    Emma Leroy

2012
The Tall Man

as    Trish

2008
Wisegal

as    Angie - Patty's Mother

2004
Corner Gas

as    Emma Leroy

2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

as    Liz Hinton

2003
Émile

as    Alice

2002
Rollerball

as    Coach Olga

2002
Framed

as    Joan Thomas

2001
Blackwoods

as    Ma Franklin

2001
Chasing Cain

as    Sonia

1999
Redwall

as    Constance (voice)

1996
We the Jury

as    Gladys McKenzie

1988
American Gothic

as    Fanny

1983
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

as    Helen Armstrong