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Janet Wright

Janet Wright

Actor · 1945–2016 · Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK

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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.

Acted in 40

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. 1998

    More Tales of the City

    Vita Keating · 1 episode

  3. Mr. Headmistress

    Naomi Bascombe

  4. Emily of New Moon

    Aunt Thom · 4 episodes

  5. 1997
  6. 1996

    We the Jury

    Gladys McKenzie

  7. 1994
  8. 1991

1980s

  1. 1988

    Laura Lansing Slept Here

    Francie

  2. 1987

    Christmas Comes to Willow Creek

    Martha Jane

  3. Home Is Where the Hart Is

    J.P.'s Wife

  4. 1985
  5. Brotherly Love

    Helen Neary

  6. 1983

    The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

    Helen Armstrong

  7. 1982

    Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

    Brenda

1970s

  1. 1978

    Who'll Save Our Children?

    Movie

  2. 1971

1960s

  1. 1969

    Obscene House

    Movie

Appearances1

1980s

  1. 1984

    Turnaround: A Story of Recovery

    Narrator (voice)