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Janet-Laine Green is a Actor born on 31 december 1951

Janet-Laine Green

Janet-Laine Green
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Birth 31 december 1951 (72 years)

Janet-Laine Green is a Canadian actress, director, producer and teacher, active for over 25 years. Best known for her roles in She's the Mayor, Seeing Things and This is Wonderland, this Toronto-based film and television personality has also been a voice actor for animated series such as Jacob Two-Two, Franklin, Little Bear (as Mother Bear) and The Care Bears (for which she played Wish Bear).

She also provided the voice of the arch villain Xayide in the animated version of The Neverending Story and also Void in WildC.A.T.S..

She has also worked as an associate producer on the film The Circle Game in which she also played as Anna.

Green has been nominated for three Gemini Awards and two Genie Awards.

She is also active on the Canadian stage. In fact, Theatre Saskatchewan has given the province's best stage actors, since 1992, a Lifetime Achievement Award named after her; Green even sponsors it.

Green is the mother of Goosebumps and Redwall actor Tyrone Savage. Her husband, Booth Savage, wrote the play version of Pillow Talk, which Green is now starring in and producing.

She has a production company of her own, Briefcase Productions.

Usually with

Michael Hirsh
Michael Hirsh
(3 films)
Kari Skogland
Kari Skogland
(1 films)
Dan Lett
Dan Lett
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Janet-Laine Green (25 films)

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Actress

Born to Be Blue, 1h37
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Stephen McHattie, Janet-Laine Green, Tony Nappo
Roles Mom
Rating67% 3.397273.397273.397273.397273.39727
L'histoire vraie, et tragique, du trompettiste de jazz Chet Baker, depuis son comeback dans les années 70 jusqu'à sa disparition brutale...
My Gal Sunday, 1h20
Directed by Kristoffer Tabori
Genres Drama
Actors Rachel Blanchard, Steve Bacic, Erica Carroll, Cameron Mathison, Vincent Gale, Janet-Laine Green
Roles Miriam Parker
Rating51% 2.5782.5782.5782.5782.578
Sunday et Parker profitent de leur premier anniversaire de mariage pour résoudre une affaire criminelle. Ils ont invité dans leur ranch la femme qu'ils soupçonnent et parviennent à lui faire avouer son crime devant les yeux médusés de Danny, chef du "Secret Service", le père de Sunday, et de Miriam, la mère de Parker. Le lendemain, Parker, ancien secrétaire d'Etat, doit inaugurer un musée du chemin de fer. En y allant, Miriam et Danny se font enlever. Le ravisseur demande la remise en liberté de Claudius Jovunet, un tueur à gage actuellement en prison, contre la libération de ses otages. Parker appelle le Président, son ami, afin qu'il lui donne l'autorisation de tout entreprendre pour libérer sa mère et son beau-père. Le Président accepte. Sunday demande à Molly, son assistante, d'analyser en détail les éléments en leur possession : les photos que le ravisseur leur a envoyées et les anciens dossiers dans lesquels elle a plaidé. Miriam et Danny sont enfermés dans un sous-sol. Sunday et Parker rendent visite à Jovunet et le persuadent de les aider. Il accepte de jouer leur jeu : ils vont faire semblant d'accepter les conditions du ravisseur pour gagner du temps. Molly trouve dans ses dossiers le nom d'un homme qui en voulait à Sunday, Wexler Klint, dont le frère, Wallace, a été injustement condamné à perpétuité.
The Good Witch's Charm, 1h29
Origin Canada
Genres Fantasy
Actors Catherine Bell, Chris Potter, Matthew Knight, Catherine Disher, Peter MacNeill, Janet-Laine Green
Roles Cassie's foster mother
Rating69% 3.4531853.4531853.4531853.4531853.453185
Good Witch Cassie Nightingale (Catherine Bell) is back to her bewitching ways, but this time she's also juggling a newborn daughter and her job as town Mayor. With such a busy schedule she and her husband, town sheriff Jake Russell (Chris Potter), aren't getting much sleep. Hoping for a break, Cassie plans a much needed vacation with her new family. But things go awry when a crime wave sweeps through town and an investigative reporter (Geordie Johnson) tries to ruin Cassie's image after a video of her magically disappearing turns up on the internet. To make matters worse, Cassie's estranged foster mother (Janet-Laine Green) appears in town and Cassie's stepdaughter (Hannah Endicott-Douglas) is suddenly accused of the recent robberies.
Secrets From Her Past, 1h30
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Ashley Jones, Nicole de Boer, Michael Woods, Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Al Sapienza, Janet-Laine Green
Roles Marilyn
Rating43% 2.1838052.1838052.1838052.1838052.183805
Alors qu'elle travaille comme serveuse dans un bar de Chicago, Stéphanie Wickers est témoin du meurtre de son directeur par Alek Ravik, membre d'une organisation criminelle. La peur au ventre, elle se fait passer pour morte mais décide, en parallèle, de changer de vie et d'identité en s'installant à Philadelphie. Elle se remarie, met au monde un fils et dirige un club de gym très prisé. Dix années se sont écoulées... mais elle est sur le point d'être rattrapée par son passé.
My Family's Secret, 1h29
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Nicholle Tom, Dylan Neal, Peter MacNeill, Janet-Laine Green
Roles June Shaeffer
Rating41% 2.0751852.0751852.0751852.0751852.075185
Grady souffre de troubles dissociatifs de la personnalité. Lara ne sait pas qu'elle a mis en colère la plus dangereuse des personnalités.
Waking Sleeping Beauty, 1h26
Directed by Don Hahn
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Roy E. Disney, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Frank Wells, Howard Ashman, Steven Spielberg
Roles Wish Bear (voice) (archive footage)
Rating74% 3.7418553.7418553.7418553.7418553.741855
The film covers the fall and rebirth of Disney's animation division, the effects the new corporate team of Michael Eisner, Frank Wells, and Jeffrey Katzenberg had on the division, the competition with Don Bluth's animation studio, the pivotal roles of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the CAPS system, the introduction of the home video format, and the new-found success the studio had from 1989-1999.
The Stone Angel, 1h56
Directed by Kari Skogland
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Cole Hauser, Christine Horne, Dylan Baker, Kevin Zegers, Sheila McCarthy
Rating60% 3.0469153.0469153.0469153.0469153.046915
The film spans several decades in the unconventional life of feisty nonagenarian Hagar Shipley, who sets off on a journey to reconcile herself with her past when she discovers her son Marvin and daughter-in-law Doris are moving her into a nursing home. In a crumbling house she had lived in when she was first married, Hagar recalls her estrangement from her father, a wealthy Manitoba shopkeeper who disowned her when she married farmer Bram Shipley. Despite her defiance, she considered herself superior to her husband, and treated him callously as their relationship disintegrated and he became an alcoholic. Her younger son John, her favorite, eventually broke her heart by becoming involved with Arlene, a wild girl of whom she disapproved.
I Me Wed
I Me Wed (2007)

Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Erica Durance, Paul Popowich, Cara Pifko, Janet-Laine Green, Vlasta Vrána, Meaghan Rath
Roles Lillian Darden
Rating49% 2.4604752.4604752.4604752.4604752.460475
When Isabel Darden, a successful, attractive 30-year-old woman, grows tired of people asking her "when are you going to get married?," she decides to honor the person she loves the most by tying the knot with herself. But then she meets a man and falls in love. When the man, Collin, finds out, he wants her to put a stop to it and save it for his and her wedding someday in the future. Although she kind of wants to, she can't since she is already noticed by the media and inspiring women all over the world. This is the essential conflict of the entire film - what should she do? It is awful. But at the end when she is about to get married, she explains to everyone about how she wanted a simple ceremony in the park with a sundress. Then she runs out of the room and then comes back with casual clothes instead of the wedding dress that was given to her for free.
The Limit
The Limit (2004)

Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Lauren Bacall, Claire Forlani, Henry Czerny, Pete Postlethwaite, Joris Jarsky, Janet-Laine Green
Roles Agent Henry
Rating47% 2.3693352.3693352.3693352.3693352.369335
Monica, agent de police infiltrée, cherche à tout prix à démanteler un réseau de trafiquants de drogue. Elle n'hésite pas une seule seconde à devenir la petite amie de Gale, le chef de bande, et à prendre régulièrement de l'héroïne pour arriver à ses fins. Mais le jour où Danny, le bras droit de Gale, est assassiné, Monica craint d'avoir été démasquée...
Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story, 2h
Directed by John L'Ecuyer
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Tyler Jeffrey Hynes, Marnie McPhail, Al Mukadam, Christopher Jacot, Ron White, Janet-Laine Green
Roles Nora
Rating70% 3.5358453.5358453.5358453.5358453.535845
Jonathan Wamback starts his daily jog through the streets of his suburban neighbourhood. During his run he catches the eye of Courtney Henderson. Shortly after, Jonathan and his best friend Tyler start their first day of high school, where Jonathan notices Courtney again. As the boys are waiting to register, four members of a high school gang, Kyle Simpson, Donald Brooks, Trevor Smith, and Ben Luekens make a noisy entrance. They waste no time ganging up on a small grade nine student, mocking and bullying him. Jonathan steps in to intervene and quickly makes an enemy of gang leader Kyle.
Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: The Movie, 1h17
Origin Canada
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Children's films
Actors Kristin Fairlie, Dan Hennessey, Janet-Laine Green, Max Morrow, Andrew Sabiston, Tracy Ryan
Roles Mother Bear
Rating64% 3.237393.237393.237393.237393.23739
Little Bear and Father Bear go out camping and they meet a new young bear named Cub and his friend Little Moose. Then Little Bear is met with Trouble, the mountain lion, but Cub saves him. Cub tries to get acquainted with Little Bear's house then plays with Little Bear and his friends, Cat, Owl, Duck, and Hen. When they learn that Cub's parents got lost, they search for them. Little Bear, Cub, and Duck get separated from Moose and the others. They soon encounter Cub's friends Poppy and Pete the two silly red foxes. When they get to the canyon, Trouble spies on them and tries to eat Duck, but Poppy and Pete save Duck. Little Bear manages to "defeat" Trouble and find Cub's parents.
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story, 2h
Directed by Lloyd Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Actors Penelope Ann Miller, Mercedes Ruehl, Rena Owen, Janet-Laine Green, Robert Clark, Lori Hallier
Roles Mrs. Schmitz
Rating56% 2.8004052.8004052.8004052.8004052.800405
The story follows the saga of a 35-year old teacher who quickly falls in love with a 13-year old student she comes to believe is her soul mate. The 13-year old student is a troubled artist Vili (Omar Anguiano). Their relationship begins in Mary Kay's classroom, when she sees that Vili is a very talented artist. She later confides in him that her father, whom she loves very much, has cancer. Her husband, Steve Letourneau, was not supportive upon hearing this information at all, simply asking Mary Kay sarcastically what he was supposed to do about it. As Mary Kay begins to trust Vili more and more, the more forceful his flirtation becomes.
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble, 1h55
Directed by James Keach
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jane Seymour, Keith Carradine, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Janet-Laine Green, James Keach, Colin Fox
Roles Elizabeth Sedgwick
Rating63% 3.193993.193993.193993.193993.19399
Set in the nineteenth-century, the film depicts the real-life story of British actress and abolitionist Fanny Kemble. When Kemble leaves her successful acting career to marry American lawyer and slave owner Pierce Butler, she becomes horrified by the treatment of the enslaved people. Her efforts to improve the lives of her husband's slaves result in their eventual divorce and the loss of access to her two daughters. Fanny later publishes her journals and their first-hand accounts of slavery, helping influence the British government's decision to withhold support of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story, 3h5
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Megan Follows, Jonathan Crombie, Schuyler Grant, Cameron Daddo, Janet-Laine Green, R. D. Reid
Roles Maud Montrose
Rating47% 2.388732.388732.388732.388732.38873
Anne Shirley returns to Avonlea after five years of teaching at an orphanage in Nova Scotia while separated from her fiancé, Gilbert Blythe, who was finishing medical school. After catching up with Diana Barry and other old friends. Anne and Diana visit Green Gables, and a horrified Anne realizes that since Marilla's death in an episode of Road to Avonlea the owners have treated Green Gables so poorly, that it is coming apart. Later, Anne is reunited with Gilbert on the island. However, instead of settling down immediately, Gilbert asks Anne to move to New York since he has been offered a staff position at a prestigious medical institution. Her reluctant agreement comes with the promise of being published and that they will return to Prince Edward Island to raise their family.
Babar: King of the Elephants, 1h20
Origin France
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Wayne Robson, Alexis Pivot, Kristin Fairlie, Paul Nivet, Emmanuel Curtil, Chris Wiggins
Roles Queen Celeste
Rating60% 3.000833.000833.000833.000833.00083
Le film est une adaptation des livres pour enfant Babar créés en 1931 par Jean de Brunhoff.