Janet Wright Net Worth

Janet Wright Net Worth is
$1.5 Million

Janet Wright Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Janet Wright (born March 8, 1945) is a Canadian actress and theatre director. She is best known for her role as Emma Leroy on the hit Canadian sitcom Corner Gas. Wright won a 2006 Canadian Comedy Award for Pretty Funny TV Female for her role on Corner Gas. She also won a 2003 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for her role in Betrayed (2003). She also won the 1992 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Bordertown Café (1992).

Full NameJanet Wright
Date Of BirthMarch 8, 1945
DiedNovember 14, 2016, Vancouver, Canada
Place Of BirthSaskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
ProfessionActress, Producer
SpouseBruce Davis
ChildrenCeline Richmond, Rachel Davis, Jacob Richmond
ParentsJack Preston, Ruth Preston
SiblingsSusan Wright, Anne Wright, John Wright
AwardsGemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series, Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Canadian Comedy Award for Television / Best ...
MoviesCorner Gas: The Movie, The Perfect Storm, The Tall Man, Ramona and Beezus, Rollerball, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, Thoughtcrimes, American Gothic, Redwall: The Movie, Love and Other Dilemmas, Bingo, Blackwoods, Laura Lansing Slept Here, Emile, Framed, Lola, Bordertown Café, Chasing C...
TV ShowsCorner Gas, Kingdom Hospital, Redwall
Star SignPisces
#Fact
1She is part of the cast of the Canadian sitcom "Corner Gas" (2004) [May 2005]
2She is currently playing the character of Jojo Ladro in the comedy 'Love and Other Dilemmas' directed by Larry Di Stefano. [June 2006]
3She and Eric Peterson, who play Brent Butt's parents in "Corner Gas", have been friends for 35 years. They are both proud Saskatchewan natives.
4She is a co-funder of Persephone Theatre productions along with her late sister Susan Wright.
5Was in the film Boondock Saints, The (1999), as Connor (Sean Patrick Flannery) and Murphy's (Norman Reedus) mother who calls them from Ireland (jokingly) threatening to kill herself. But the scene was cut from the final film, it can be seen in the deleted scene section of the DVD however.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Corner Gas: The Movie2014Emma Leroy
The Tall Man2012Trish
Ramona and Beezus2010Grandma Kemp
Corner Gas2004-2009TV SeriesEmma Leroy
Memory Lanes2009TV MovieSarah Duggen
Wisegal2008TV MovieAngie - Patty's Mother
Whistler2007TV SeriesCelia
Love and Other Dilemmas2006Jojo Ladro
Kingdom Hospital2004TV SeriesLiz Hinton
Thoughtcrimes2003TV MovieZoya
Arbor Vitae2003ShortSenior Nurse
Phenomenon II2003TV MovieJeri
A Tale of Two Wives2003TV MoviePhyllis
Jinnah: On Crime - White Knight, Black Widow2003TV MovieFrosty
Emile2003Alice
Betrayed2003TV MovieDr. Fleming
Taken2002TV Mini-SeriesPatty
Monk2002TV SeriesBonnie
Framed2002TV Movie
The Chris Isaak Show2002TV SeriesEvie
Rollerball2002Coach Olga
Hostage Rescue Team2001TV MovieSimone
Blackwoods2001Ma Franklin
Dark Angel2001TV SeriesAnnie
Lola2001Ma Keller
Lexx1999-2001TV SeriesFirst Lady Priest / Lorca
Chasing Cain2001Sonia
Redwall1999-2001TV Mini-SeriesConstance Ghost of Martin
Redwall: The Movie2000TV MovieConstance (voice)
The Perfect Storm2000Ethel Shatford
Emily of New Moon1998-1999TV SeriesAunt Thom
Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City1998TV Mini-SeriesVita Keating
Due South1998TV SeriesSgt. Sam Thorn
The Wonderful World of Disney1998TV SeriesNaomi Bascombe
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension1998TV SeriesMrs. Floyd
Fast Track1997TV SeriesCharlotte Scannel
My Mother's Ghost1996TV Movie
We the Jury1996TV MovieGladys McKenzie
Beyond the Call1996TV MovieFran
Street Legal1993-1994TV SeriesDoris Banachowska / Jessica Grant
Neon Rider1994TV SeriesMichelle Pfeiffer
Bordertown Cafe1992Maxine
Bingo1991Waitress
Wiseguy1988-1989TV SeriesMabel / Millicent
Laura Lansing Slept Here1988TV Movie
Cowboys Don't Cry1988Pearl
American Gothic1988Fanny
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek1987TV MovieMartha Jane
Home Is Where the Hart Is1987J.P.'s Wife
Danger Bay1986-1987TV Series
After the Promise1987TV MovieWaitress
The Beachcombers1987TV SeriesDidee
Loyalties1987Audrey Sawchuk
Deadly Deception1987TV MovieDesk clerk
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1986TV SeriesWoman Neighbor
Brotherly Love1985TV MovieHelen Neary
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier1984TV MovieWoman in Bar
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever1983TV MovieHelen Armstrong
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains1982Aunt Linda's Friend - Brenda
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends1980TV SeriesMrs. Judith Loftus
Who'll Save Our Children?1978TV Movie
King of Kensington1978TV SeriesEvelyn
The Wiz1978The Wiz Singers Adult Choir (voice, uncredited)
Peep Show1976TV SeriesLucy
Wolfpen Principle1974Miss Mervin
McCabe & Mrs. Miller1971Eunice
Obscene House1969

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Shock Therapy TV2011executive producer

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
It's Been a Gas2009TV Movie documentaryHerself / Emma Leroy
The 9th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards2008TV SpecialHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Emily of New Moon2000TV SeriesAunt Thom

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2007GeminiGemini AwardsBest Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or SeriesCorner Gas (2004)
2007LeoLeo AwardsBest Performance or Host(s) in a Music, Comedy or Variety Program or SeriesCorner Gas (2004)
2003GeminiGemini AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-SeriesBetrayed (2003)
1992GenieGenie AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleBordertown Cafe (1992)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2006GeminiGemini AwardsBest Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or SeriesCorner Gas (2004)
2006LeoLeo AwardsBest Performance or Host in a Music, Comedy or Variety Program or SeriesCorner Gas (2004)
2005LeoLeo AwardsMusic, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series: Best Performance or Host(s)Corner Gas (2004)
2004Canadian Comedy AwardCanadian Comedy AwardsTelevision - Pretty Funny Performance - FemaleCorner Gas (2004)
2004GeminiGemini AwardsBest Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or SeriesCorner Gas (2004)
2001GeminiGemini AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-SeriesChasing Cain (2001)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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