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Janet Wright

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1945-03-08

Day of Death

2016-11-14

Place of Birth

Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK

Janet Wright

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 (33)

⭐ 6.1 Role: Emma Leroy

Corner Gas: The Movie

2014
⭐ 6.0 Role: Trish

The Tall Man

2012
⭐ 6.6 Role: Grandma Kemp

Ramona and Beezus

2010
⭐ 5.4 Role: Angie - Patty's Mother

Wisegal

2008
No Image
⭐ 8.5 Role: Jojo Landro

Love and other Dilemmas

2008
⭐ 7.0 Role: Dr. Fleming

Betrayed

2003
⭐ 6.5 Role: Phyllis

A Tale of Two Wives

2003
⭐ 6.2 Role: Alice

Emile

2003
⭐ 5.3 Role: Joan Thomas

Framed

2002
⭐ 3.9 Role: Coach Olga

Rollerball

2002
⭐ 3.2 Role: Ma Franklin

Blackwoods

2001
⭐ 4.9 Role: Ma Keller

Lola

2001
No Image
⭐ 9.0 Role: Sonia

Chasing Cain

2001
⭐ 6.5 Role: Ethel Shatford

The Perfect Storm

2000
⭐ 7.6 Role: Constance(voice)

Redwall: The Movie

2000