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Janet Munro

Film Actress | * 09/28/1934 († 38, 12/06/1972) | Blackpool, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Janet Munro (born Janet Neilson Horsburgh; 28 September 1934 – 6 December 1972) was a British actress. She won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the film Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) and received a BAFTA Film Award nomination for her performance in the film Life for Ruth (1962). Munro starred in three Disney films: Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), Third Man on the Mountain (1959) and Swiss Family Robinson (1960). Other film credits were roles in The Trollenberg Terror (1958) and The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961). Munro married the actor Tony Wright, and then the actor Ian Hendry. She died of a heart attack at age 38. ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Kids & Family | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

The thrilling, critically acclaimed account of Rudi Matt (James MacArthur), a young kitchen worker who is determined to conquer the Citadel -- the jagged, snowcapped peak that claimed his father's lif ...

Third Man on the Mountain

NR

1959 | 3.3/5 | 1h 45min
Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family
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A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker. ...

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

G

1959 | 3.4/5 | 1h 33min
Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy, Romance / Love
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An American investigator for the U.N., a German scientist and a British reporter join forces to investigate a series of disappearances and mutilation-deaths confined to a Swiss Alp and involving a thi ...

The Crawling Eye

Certification unknown

1958 | 2.4/5 | 1h 24min
Horror, Science Fiction
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British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultan ...

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Certification unknown

1961 | 3.5/5 | 1h 38min
Science Fiction, Drama
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Movies with Janet Munro as Actress(18)

as Mabel1971 The Piano
as Tweeney1968 The Admirable Crichton
as Polly1968 Cry WoIf
as Carol Fancy1968 Sebastian
as Maggie1964 Hide and Seek
as Delia Brooks1963 A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Jennie1963 Bitter Harvest
as Pat Harris1962 Life for Ruth
as Elaine1962 Afternoon of a Nymph
as Jeannie Craig1961 The Day the Earth Caught Fire
as Janet Hale1961 The Horsemasters
as Roberta 'Bertie'1960 Swiss Family Robinson
as Katie O'Gill1959 I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
as Katie O'Gill1959 Darby O'Gill and the Little People
as Lizbeth Hempel1959 Third Man on the Mountain
as Anne Pilgrim1958 The Crawling Eye
as Sue Connor1958 The Young and the Guilty
as Effie1957 Small Hotel

TV Shows/Series with Janet Munro as Actress(4)

1970 Play for Today
as Helen Pettigrew1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Amanda1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Tweeny1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.janetmunro.com
Full Name: Janet Munro
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 09/28 1934 (September) in Blackpool, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Wednesday, 12/06 1972 (December) in London (aged: 38)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Ian Hendry, Tony Wright
Father: Alex Munro
Other names for Janet Munro (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Janet Neilson Horsburgh"
Janet Munro frequently works together with these people:
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
George Rose (7x, Actor)
Denholm Elliott (6x, Actor)
Christopher Plummer (5x, Actor)
James Woods (5x, Actor)
John Gielgud (5x, Actor)
Richard Thomas (5x, Actor)
Lamont Johnson (5x, Crew)
Judith Anderson (5x, Actress)
Anthony Hopkins (4x, Actor)
Walt Disney (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:306164, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024