Movie Mania

movie night
Janet Wright

Janet Wright

Born on March 8th, 1945

Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK

Died on November 14th, 2016

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

Corner Gas: The Movie

2014

Emma Leroy

Details

The Tall Man

2012

Trish

Details

Ramona and Beezus

2010

Grandma Kemp

Details

Wisegal

2008

Angie - Patty's Mother

Details

Love and other Dilemmas

2008

Jojo Landro

Details

Betrayed

2003

Dr. Fleming

Details

A Tale of Two Wives

2003

Character TBA

Details

Émile

2003

Alice

Details

Framed

2002

Joan Thomas

Details

Rollerball

2002

Coach Olga

Details

Blackwoods

2001

Ma Franklin

Details

Lola

2001

Ma Keller

Details

Chasing Cain

2001

Sonia

Details

The Perfect Storm

2000

Ethel Shatford

Details

Redwall The Movie

2000

Constance(voice)

Details

Mr. Headmistress

1998

Naomi Bascombe

Details

We the Jury

1996

Gladys McKenzie

Details

Beyond the Call

1996

Fran

Details

Bordertown Cafe

1992

Maxine

Details

Bingo

1991

Waitress

Details

Laura Lansing Slept Here

1988

Francie

Details

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek

1987

Martha Jane

Details

After the Promise

1987

Character TBA

Details

American Gothic

1987

Fanny

Details

Brotherly Love

1985

Helen Neary

Details

Turnaround: A Story of Recovery

1984

Narrator (voice)

Details

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

1983

Helen Armstrong

Details

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

1982

Brenda

Details

Who'll Save Our Children?

1978

Character TBA

Details

Wolfpen Principle

1974

Character TBA

Details

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971

Eunice

Details