
Acting
Janet Wright
EN cinema · 33 credits
Born
8 March 1945
Died
14 November 2016 (aged 71)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography

Corner Gas: The Movie
as Emma Leroy

The Tall Man
as Trish

Ramona and Beezus
as Grandma Kemp

Wisegal
as Angie - Patty's Mother

Emile
as Alice

Betrayed
as Dr. Fleming

A Tale of Two Wives
as Phyllis

Rollerball
as Coach Olga

Framed
as Joan Thomas

Blackwoods
as Ma Franklin

Lola
as Ma Keller

The Perfect Storm
as Ethel Shatford

Redwall: The Movie
as Constance(voice)

Mr. Headmistress
as Naomi Bascombe

Beyond the Call
as Fran

We the Jury
as Gladys McKenzie

Bingo
as Waitress

Laura Lansing Slept Here
as Francie

American Gothic
as Fanny

After the Promise
as Waitress

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
as Martha Jane

Home Is Where the Hart Is
as J.P.'s Wife

Brotherly Love
as Helen Neary

Turnaround: A Story of Recovery
as Narrator (voice)

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
as Helen Armstrong

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
as Eunice




