Janet Wright
Acting • Born 1945-03-08 – Died 2016-11-14
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.
Filmography
46 credits
The Perfect Storm
Movie • 2000
Ethel Shatford
Rollerball
Movie • 2002
Coach Olga
Blackwoods
Movie • 2001
Ma Franklin
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Movie • 1982
Brenda
Framed
Movie • 2002
Joan Thomas
Emile
Movie • 2003
Alice
Mr. Headmistress
Movie • 1998
Naomi Bascombe
American Gothic
Movie • 1987
Fanny
Bingo
Movie • 1991
Waitress
The Tall Man
Movie • 2012
Trish
Laura Lansing Slept Here
Movie • 1988
Francie
Chasing Cain
Movie • 2001
Sonia
Brotherly Love
Movie • 1985
Helen Neary
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Movie • 1983
Helen Armstrong
Beyond the Call
Movie • 1996
Fran
Corner Gas: The Movie
Movie • 2014
Emma Leroy
Who'll Save Our Children?
Movie • 1978
Betrayed
Movie • 2003
Dr. Fleming
We the Jury
Movie • 1996
Gladys McKenzie
Wolfpen Principle
Movie • 1974
Ramona and Beezus
Movie • 2010
Grandma Kemp
Lola
Movie • 2001
Ma Keller
After the Promise
Movie • 1987
Waitress
Love and other Dilemmas
Movie • 2008
Jojo Landro
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Movie • 1971
Eunice
Wisegal
Movie • 2008
Angie - Patty's Mother
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
Movie • 1987
Martha Jane
Turnaround: A Story of Recovery
Movie • 1984
Narrator (voice)
Redwall: The Movie
Movie • 2000
Constance(voice)
Bordertown Cafe
Movie • 1992
Maxine
A Tale of Two Wives
Movie • 2003
Phyllis
Home Is Where the Hart Is
Movie • 1987
J.P.'s Wife
Obscene House
Movie • 1969
Corner Gas
TV • 2004
Emma Leroy
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
TV • 2004
Liz Hinton
Monk
TV • 2002
Bonnie
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1997
Naomi Bascombe
Wiseguy
TV • 1987
Redwall
TV • 1999
Constance (voice)
Lexx
TV • 1997
First Lady Priest
Dark Angel
TV • 2000
Annie
Danger Bay
TV • 1985
Lexx
TV • 1997
Lorca
Due South
TV • 1994
Sgt. Sam Thorn
More Tales of the City
TV • 1998
Vita Keating
Emily of New Moon
TV • 1998
Aunt Thom