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Janet Wright is a Actor born on 8 march 1945 at England (United-kingdom)
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).
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Janet Wright
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).
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Corner Gas: The Movie (2014)
, 1h35Directed by David Storey
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Actors Brent Butt, Gabrielle Miller, Fred Ewanuick, Eric Peterson, Janet Wright, Tara Spencer-Nairn
Roles Emma Leroy
Rating68%
Hank, Brent, and Wanda stand silently at the Corner Gas counter. Hank cryptically asks "How long has it been?", with Brent answering April 13, 2009, referencing the series finale. An armed robber enters and demands money, but is attacked by Hank. The robber shoots Brent in the arm and rips off Wanda's face when she intervenes, revealing her to be a robot. Wanda uses lasers to disarm the robber, while Brent checks his now visible robotic arm. The robber turns into a werewolf, and Wanda begins to fight him when Hank wakes up with the National Star judge in front of him at the Regina Airport. They depart for Dog River, where the town is in a riot. Hank proceeds to explain the events that caused the town to fall apart.
The Tall Man (2012)
, 1h40Directed by Pascal Laugier
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children
Actors Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris, Colleen Wheeler
Roles Trish
Rating59%
Julia lives in a small town in Washington called Cold Rock. She is the town's local nurse, widowed by her husband, who was the town's doctor. Cold Rock was formerly a prosperous mining town, but has become poverty-stricken. There is little work, the school has been closed and the town is virtually vanished from the map. During her day, Julia visits several families. Jenny and Carol live with their mother and her violent, alcoholic boyfriend, who has impregnated Carol. Despite this, their mother did not kick him out, drawing Julia's ire. Instead, she sends away Carol and her baby, whom Julia helped to deliver. Because of her rough life, Jenny is selectively mute, communicating through a journal she carries. She also sketches things she's seen, including "the tall man". This is a local legend or urban myth surrounding a being who abducts local children who are never seen again.
Ramona and Beezus (2010)
, 1h43Directed by Elizabeth Allen, Elizabeth Allan, Elizabeth Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Joey King, Selena Gomez, Hutch Dano, Ginnifer Goodwin, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan
Roles Grandma Kemp
Rating64%
The adventurous and creative third grader Ramona Quimby (Joey King) often finds herself in trouble at school and at home, usually with her friend and neighbour, Howie (Jason Spevack). When her father Robert (John Corbett) loses his job and the family falls into severe debt, Ramona tries to find ways to earn money, such as selling "delishus lemonade" and a $20 car wash, which end up backfiring in humourous ways, include embarrassing her older sister, Beatrice (Selena Gomez), in front of Beatrice's childhood friend and crush, the paperboy Henry Huggins (Hutch Dano), especially when Ramona refers to her sister by her family nickname, "Beezus."
Love and other Dilemmas (2008)
, 1h28Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Actors Gabrielle Miller, John Cassini, Janet Wright, Stephen Lobo, Fred Ewanuick, Mark Acheson
Roles Jojo Landro
Rating63%
It's Ginger Shapiro's wedding day. It's going to be perfect even though she's eight months pregnant, been robbed, kidnapped and thinks her fiancé Henry is dead—he's not—and then there's her grandmother's curse! It's a race to the altar in this escalating comedy of errors where Ginger and Henry might just stand a chance of living happily ever after.
Wisegal (2008)
, 1h29Directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Alyssa Milano, James Caan, Gabriel Hogan, Jason Gedrick, Devon Graye, Janet Wright
Roles Angie - Patty's Mother
Rating60%
The story is narrated by an adult Nino Montanari, who reminisces on his family history...
Émile (2003)
, 1h35Directed by Carl Bessai
Genres Drama
Actors Ian McKellen, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian Tracey, Tygh Runyan, Chris William Martin, Janet Wright
Roles Alice
Rating62%
'Emile' is the third in a loose trilogy of films written and directed by Carl Bessai, all exploring aspects of personal identity. The first, 'Johnny', looked at a teenager with his life ahead of them, the second, 'Lola', portrayed a middle-aged woman trying to escape an abusive relationship, and 'Emile' is a Proustian examination of memory, imagination, regret, lost roots, and the possibility of redemption and reconciliation, all seen through the eyes of an old man whose life is almost over.
Thoughtcrimes (2003)
, 1h26Directed by Breck Eisner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Navi Rawat, Joe Flanigan, Peter Horton, Joe Morton, Jocelyn Seagrave, Kim Coates
Rating65%
A high-school student named Freya McAllister (Navi Rawat) begins hearing voices in her head and is misdiagnosed with schizophrenic catalepsy. She spends nine years in an institution before a government doctor (Peter Horton) for the fictional "National Security Administration" realizes Freya might instead be telepathic – and he promptly whisks her away from the institution and commences training her on an isolated farm for the NSA (not the actual National Security Agency). Teamed up with Homeland Security agent Brendan Dean (Joe Flanigan) to track down an elusive assassin known as Gazal, Freya has been ordered not to reveal her powers to her new partner. They manage to uncover Gazal's identity and bring him to justice.
A Tale of Two Wives (2003)
Directed by Rachel Talalay
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Gallagher, Cheryl Hines, Donnelly Rhodes, Janet Wright, Brittany Tiplady, Terry Chen
Rating55%
Le cabinet de Bill Goodman, psychothérapeute à New York, ne désemplit pas. La vie privée de ce célèbre praticien est elle aussi une réussite : un bel appartement, une femme ravissante et un magnifique garçon font la fierté de cet homme, apparemment comblé. Apparemment seulement, car en réalité, Bill mène une double vie, entre les États-Unis et l'Angleterre, où il a un autre cabinet, un autre appartement et une autre femme, qui, bien sûr, ignore tout de la vie conjugale que mène son époux sur le sol américain. Grâce à ce qu'il croit être un subtil stratagème, Bill pense réussir à mener de front ces deux existences.
Rollerball (2002)
, 1h39Directed by John McTiernan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Films set in the future, Roller derby, Dystopian films
Actors Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn, Naveen Andrews, Pink
Roles Coach Olga
Rating31%
It is the year 2005 and the new sport of Rollerball is hugely popular in Central Asia, Russia, China, Mongolia, and Turkey.
Framed (2002)
Directed by Daniel Petrie Jr.
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Rob Lowe, Sam Neill, Alicia Coppola, Dorian Harewood, Janet Wright, Kandyse McClure
Roles Joan Thomas
Rating55%
Mike Santini, policier à New York, arrête un jour un gangster du nom d'Eddie, qui révèle au cours d'un interrogatoire les noms des chefs de son réseau. Mike devra rapidement protéger Eddie de ces derniers, bien décidés à le faire taire...
Blackwoods (2001)
, 1h32Directed by Uwe Boll
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Patrick Muldoon, Clint Howard, Keegan Connor Tracy, Will Sanderson, Michael Paré, Matthew Walker
Roles Ma Franklin
Rating32%
Matt Sullivan (Patrick Muldoon) travels with his girlfriend Dawn (Keegan Connor Tracy) on a vacation to Blackwoods, only to discover a motel run by a motel clerk, Greg (Clint Howard), a deranged family, and a horrific secret.
The Perfect Storm (2000)
, 2h10Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Météorologie, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, John C. Reilly, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, William Fichtner
Roles Ethel Shatford
Rating64%
In October 1991, the commercial fishing boat Andrea Gail returns to port in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a poor catch. Desperate for money, Captain Billy Tyne (Clooney), convinces the Andrea Gail crew to join him for one more late season fishing expedition. The crew heads out past their usual fishing grounds in the Grand Banks, leaving a developing thunderstorm behind them. Initially unsuccessful, they head to the Flemish Cap, where their luck improves. At the height of their fishing the ice machine breaks; the only way to sell their catch before it spoils is to hurry back to shore. After debating whether to sail through the building storm or to wait it out, the crew decides to risk the storm. However, between the Andrea Gail and Gloucester is a confluence of two powerful weather fronts and a hurricane, which the Andrea Gail crew underestimates.
Bordertown Cafe (1992)
, 1h41Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Janet Wright, Susan Hogan, Gordon Michael Woolvett
Rating67%
Bingo (1991)
, 1h29Directed by Matthew Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Cindy Williams, David Rasche, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Kurt Fuller, Chelan Simmons, Glenn Shadix
Roles Waitress
Rating49%
Bingo is an outcast circus dog whom his owners pay little attention to. Their star puppy, Lauren, develops an infection so they use Bingo for their next act - The Ring of Fire. But Bingo is afraid of fire (due to the fact that he experienced it as a young puppy) and chickens out. His master (Simon Webb) gets ready to kill him, but his wife stops him and tells Bingo to start over and find a family. Bingo does so when the master's wife finally agrees to kill him when Bingo mistakes the wife's orders several times.
Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988)
, 1h40Directed by George Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Karen Austin, Brenda Forbes, Joel Higgins, Lee Richardson, Janet Wright
Roles Francie
Rating62%