Portrait of Janet Wright

Janet Wright

Acting

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.

Born: March 8, 1945

Place of Birth: Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK

Filmography

2014
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
Betrayed

as Dr. Fleming

2003
2003
Emile

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

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 Aunt Thom

1997
1997
Lexx

as First Lady Priest

1997
Lexx

as Lorca

1996
We the Jury

as Gladys McKenzie

1996
1994
Due South

as Sgt. Sam Thorn

1991
Bingo

as Waitress

1987
1987
1987
1985
Brotherly Love

as Helen Neary

1984
1983