Person Details

Birthday: 1945-03-08 18:27:13

Death: 2016-11-14 18:27:13

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 17

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Wonderful World of Disney
Average
7

The Wonderful World of Disney

(1997) Naomi Bascombe
The Perfect Storm
Average
6

The Perfect Storm

(2000) Ethel Shatford
The Tall Man
Average
6

The Tall Man

(2012) Trish
Redwall
Average
7

Redwall

(1999) Constance (voice)
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Average
7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Average
7

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

(1971) Eunice
Rollerball
Average
4

Rollerball

(2002) Coach Olga
American Gothic
Average
6

American Gothic

(1987) Fanny

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2014 Emma Leroy
2012 Trish
2010 Grandma Kemp
2008 Angie - Patty's Mother
Jojo Landro
2004 Liz Hinton
Emma Leroy
2003 Dr. Fleming
N/A
Alice
2002 Bonnie
Joan Thomas
Coach Olga
2001 Ma Franklin
Ma Keller
Sonia
2000 N/A
Ethel Shatford
1999 Constance (voice)
1998 Vita Keating
Naomi Bascombe
N/A
1997 Naomi Bascombe
Lorca
First Lady Priest
1996 Gladys McKenzie
Fran
1994 Sgt. Sam Thorn
1991 Waitress
1988 Francie
1987 Martha Jane
N/A
N/A
Fanny
1985 N/A
Helen Neary
1984 Narrator (voice)
1983 Helen Armstrong
1982 Brenda
1978 N/A
1974 N/A
1971 Eunice
Year Character Movie/Tv

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