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
Cast Credits

Corner Gas: The Movie
Character: Emma Leroy
MOVIE • 2014

The Tall Man
Character: Trish
MOVIE • 2012

Ramona and Beezus
Character: Grandma Kemp
MOVIE • 2010

Wisegal
Character: Angie - Patty's Mother
MOVIE • 2008
Love and other Dilemmas
Character: Jojo Landro
MOVIE • 2008

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Character: Liz Hinton
TV • 2004

Corner Gas
Character: Emma Leroy
TV • 2004

Betrayed
Character: Dr. Fleming
MOVIE • 2003

A Tale of Two Wives
Character: Phyllis
MOVIE • 2003

Émile
Character: Alice
MOVIE • 2003

Monk
Character: Bonnie
TV • 2002

Framed
Character: Joan Thomas
MOVIE • 2002

Rollerball
Character: Coach Olga
MOVIE • 2002

Blackwoods
Character: Ma Franklin
MOVIE • 2001

Lola
Character: Ma Keller
MOVIE • 2001
Chasing Cain
Character: Sonia
MOVIE • 2001

Dark Angel
Character: Annie
TV • 2000

The Perfect Storm
Character: Ethel Shatford
MOVIE • 2000

Redwall: The Movie
Character: Constance(voice)
MOVIE • 2000

Redwall
Character: Constance (voice)
TV • 1999