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Janet Wright

Television Actress / Film Actress | * 03/08/1945 († 71, 11/14/2016) | Farnborough, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Janet Wright (March 8, 1945 – November 14, 2016) was an English-born Canadian actress and theatre director. She was best known for her role as Emma Leroy on the Canadian sitcom, Corner Gas. She performed in many film and television shows, and she also acted in, and directed, dozens of theatre productions in Saskatoon, Vancouver, and at the Stratford Festival. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Movies with Janet Wright as Actress(26)

as Emma Leroy2014 Corner Gas: The Movie
as Trish2012 The Tall Man
as Grandma Kemp2010 Ramona and Beezus
as Angie - Patty's Mother2008 Wisegal
as Jojo Landro2008 Love and other Dilemmas
as Dr. Fleming2003 Betrayed
as Alice2003 Émile
as Joan Thomas2002 Framed
as Coach Olga2002 Rollerball
as Sonia2001 Chasing Cain
as Ma Keller2001 Lola
as Ma Franklin2001 Blackwoods
as Ethel Shatford2000 The Perfect Storm
as Naomi Bascombe1998 Mr. Headmistress
as Gladys McKenzie1996 We the Jury
as Fran1996 Beyond the Call
as Fanny1987 American Gothic
as Narrator (voice)1984 Turnaround: A Story of Recovery
as Helen Armstrong1983 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
as Eunice1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller

TV Shows/Series with Janet Wright as Actress(11)

as Emma Leroy2004 Corner Gas
as Bonnie2002 Monk
as Constance (voice)1999 Redwall
as Vita Keating1998 More Tales of the City
as Naomi Bascombe1997 The Wonderful World of Disney
as Lorca1997 Lexx
as Sgt. Sam Thorn1994 Due South
1987 Wiseguy

Full Name: Janet Wright
Born: Thursday, 03/08 1945 (March) in Farnborough, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Monday, 11/14 2016 (November) in Vancouver (aged: 71)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for Janet Wright (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Janet Wright (Schauspielerin)"
Janet Wright frequently works together with these people:
Brent Butt (8x, Crew)
Peter Scoular (8x, Actor)
Shannon Jardine (7x, Cast)
David Geiss (6x, Actor)
Kevin Rushton (6x, Actor)
Paul Haggis (5x, Crew)
Paul Mather (5x, Crew)
Bill Gardiner (5x, Cast)
David Storey (5x, Crew)
Kevin White (5x, Crew)
Mischa Hausserman (3x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:406876, Added: 09/21/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024