Janet Wright
Actor
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
The Tall Man
as Trish 2012
Ramona and Beezus
as Grandma Kemp 2010
Rollerball
as Coach Olga 2002
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
as Eunice 1971
American Gothic
as Fanny 1987
Bingo
as Waitress 1991
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
as Brenda 1982
Corner Gas: The Movie
as Emma Leroy 2014
Wisegal
as Angie - Patty's Mother 2008
Blackwoods
as Ma Franklin 2001
After the Promise
as Waitress 1987
Framed
as Joan Thomas 2002
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
as Helen Armstrong 1983
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
as Martha Jane 1987
Emile
as Alice 2003
Redwall: The Movie
as Constance(voice) 2000