
Janet Wright
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
as Emma Leroy

The Tall Man
2012
as Trish

Ramona and Beezus
2010
as Grandma Kemp

Wisegal
2008
as Angie - Patty's Mother
- No poster
Love and other Dilemmas
2008
as Jojo Landro

Betrayed
2003
as Dr. Fleming

A Tale of Two Wives
2003
as Phyllis

Emile
2003
as Alice

Framed
2002
as Joan Thomas

Rollerball
2002
as Coach Olga

Blackwoods
2001
as Ma Franklin

Lola
2001
as Ma Keller
- No poster
Chasing Cain
2001
as Sonia

The Perfect Storm
2000
as Ethel Shatford

Redwall: The Movie
2000
as Constance(voice)

Mr. Headmistress
1998
as Naomi Bascombe

We the Jury
1996
as Gladys McKenzie

Beyond the Call
1996
as Fran
- No poster
Bordertown Cafe
1992
as Maxine

Bingo
1991
as Waitress

Laura Lansing Slept Here
1988
as Francie

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
1987
as Martha Jane

After the Promise
1987
as Waitress

American Gothic
1987
as Fanny