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Janet Munro

Janet Munro

Actor · 1934–1972 · Blackpool, England, UK

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Biography

Born Janet Neilson Horsburgh, Janet Munro, was an English actress, best known for Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) for which she won a Golden Globe Award. and Life for Ruth (1962), for which she received a BAFTA Film Award nomination. She died aged 38 of a heart condition.

Acted in 25

1970s

  1. 1971

    The Piano

    Mabel

  2. 1970

1960s

  1. 1968
  2. The Admirable Crichton

    Tweeny

  3. Sebastian

    Carol Fancy

  4. 1965
  5. 1964

    Daylight Robbery

    Darryl's mum

  6. Hide and Seek

    Maggie

  7. A Jolly Bad Fellow

    Delia Brooks

  8. 1963

    Bitter Harvest

    Jennie

  9. 1962

    Afternoon of a Nymph

    Elaine

  10. Life for Ruth

    Pat Harris

  11. 1961

    The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    Jeannie Craig

  12. The Horsemasters

    Janet Hale

  13. 1960
  14. Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

    Movie

1950s

  1. 1959

    Tommy the Toreador

    Amanda

  2. I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

    Katie O'Gill

  3. 1958
  4. The Young and the Guilty

    Sue Connor

  5. 1957

    Small Hotel

    Effie

  6. 1956

    Armchair Theatre

    Anne, Ruth Cornelius, Juliet, Elaine · 1 episode

  7. 1951

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Helen Pettigrew, Amanda, Tweeny · 1 episode

Appearances2

2000s

  1. 2002

    Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

    Self (archive)

1950s

  1. 1959

    Perilous Assignment

    Self