
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.
Movie Appearances

The Perfect Storm
as Ethel Shatford
2000

Rollerball
as Coach Olga
2002

Blackwoods
as Ma Franklin
2001

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
as Brenda
1982

Framed
as Joan Thomas
2002

Emile
as Alice
2003

Mr. Headmistress
as Naomi Bascombe
1998

American Gothic
as Fanny
1987

Bingo
as Waitress
1991

The Tall Man
as Trish
2012

Laura Lansing Slept Here
as Francie
1988
Chasing Cain
as Sonia
2001

Brotherly Love
as Helen Neary
1985

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
as Helen Armstrong
1983

Beyond the Call
as Fran
1996

Corner Gas: The Movie
as Emma Leroy
2014

Who'll Save Our Children?
1978

Betrayed
as Dr. Fleming
2003

We the Jury
as Gladys McKenzie
1996
Wolfpen Principle
1974
TV Appearances

Corner Gas
as Emma Leroy
2004

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
as Liz Hinton
2004

Monk
as Bonnie
2002

The Wonderful World of Disney
as Naomi Bascombe
1997

Wiseguy
1987

Redwall
as Constance (voice)
1999

Lexx
as First Lady Priest
1997

Dark Angel
as Annie
2000

Danger Bay
1985

Lexx
as Lorca
1997

Due South
as Sgt. Sam Thorn
1994

More Tales of the City
as Vita Keating
1998