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