Janet-Laine Green | |
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) Janet-Laine Green, reading an excerpt from "Good To A Fault" by Marina Endicott. | |
| Born | December 31, 1951 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Spouse(s) | Booth Savage |
| Children | 2 |
Janet-Laine Green (born December 31, 1951) 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 voiced 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.[1]
She is also active on the Canadian stage. In fact, Theatre Saskatchewan has given the province's best stage actors, since 1992,[2] a Lifetime Achievement Award named after her; Green even sponsors it.[3]
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.
Filmography
Film
- Love (1982) - Julia (segment "Julia")
- Chautauqua Girl (1983) - Sally
- Bullies (1986) - Jenny Morris
- One Police Plaza (1986, TV Movie) - Janet Fox
- Murder Sees the Light (1986, TV Movie)
- The Believers (1987) - Lisa Jamison
- The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe (1987, TV Movie) - Judy
- Cowboys Don't Cry (1988) - Lindsay Sutherland
- Primo Baby (1990) - Ann Williams
- Quiet Killer (1992, TV Movie) - Aunt Louise
- Vita da cane (1992)
- The Diamond Fleece (1992, TV Movie) - Ms. Green
- The Shower (1992) - Louise
- Medicine River (1993, TV Movie) - Ellen Lesly
- The Circle Game (1994) - Anna
- When the Dark Man Calls (1995, TV Movie) - Sue Winston
- Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story (1995, TV Movie) - Nancy's Mother
- Undertaker (1996)
- End of Summer (1997, TV Movie) - Lucie
- Moonlight Becomes You (1997, TV Movie) - Janice Moore
- Escape: Human Cargo (1998, TV Movie) - Pat
- My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story (1998, TV Movie) - Ariane
- The Girl Next Door (1998, TV Movie) - Joyce Williams
- Striking Poses (1999) - April Indigo
- All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story (2000, TV Movie) - Mrs. Schmitz
- Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000, TV Movie) - Elizabeth Sedgwick
- Thin Air (2000, TV Movie)
- Harry's Case (2000, TV Movie)
- Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story (2002, TV Movie) - Nora
- The Limit (2004) - Agent Henry
- Dead Lawyers (2004, TV Movie) - Kathryn Keillor
- Niagara Motel (2005) - Helen
- I Me Wed (2007, TV Movie) - Lillian
- The Stone Angel (2007) - Lottie
- My Family's Secret (2010) - June Shaeffer
- Dirty Singles (2014) - Joyce
- Wolves (2014) - Clara Tollerman
- Born to Be Blue (2015) - Vera Baker
- At First Light (2018) - Grandma
- Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter (2019, TV Movie) - Princess Elizabeth
- Family Pictures (2019, TV Movie) - Toni Baker
Television
- Seeing Things (1981-1987) - Heather Redfern
- Night Heat (1985) - Jennifer Breland
- The Ray Bradbury Theater (1986) - Mrs. Leary
- Hot Shots (1986) - Liz
- Adderly (1987) - Lisa
- T. and T. (1988) - Louise
- The Beachcombers (1988-1990) - Dana Battle
- Counterstrike (1991) - Claire Sinclair
- Beyond Reality (1991)
- Sweating Bullets (1991) - Estelle Clay
- The Hidden Room (1993) - Lucy
- E.N.G. (1993) - Diane Terlain
- Secret Service (1993) - Wolsten
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993-1994) - Annie Blaisdell
- Liberty's Street (1994) - Annie's Mom
- Road to Avonlea (1995) - Eliza Pike
- Goosebumps (1998) - Martha Morgan
- Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1998) - Dr. Joanne Bester
- The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1998) - Stratmann's Attorney
- Earth: Final Conflict (1998-1999) - Dr. Melissa Park
- Traders (1999) - Catherine Cunningham
- Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) - Maud Montrose
- Doc (2001-2002) - Elaine
- Blue Murder (2001-2004) - Lidi Delillo / Alice Watson
- Mutant X (2003) - Senator Morrison
- Playmakers (2003) - Miss Duberstein
- This is Wonderland (2004-2006) - Judge Serkis
- M.V.P. (2008) - Carla
- She's the Mayor (2011) - Iris Peters[4]
- Murdoch Mysteries (2013-2015) - Mrs. Lynd
Animation
- The Care Bears (1985-1986, TV Series) - Wish Bear
- The Care Bears Movie (1985) - Wish Bear
- The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986) - Wish Bear
- WildC.A.T.S. (1994, TV Series) - Void
- Ultraforce (1995, TV Series) - Lament
- The Neverending Story (1995-1996, TV Series) - Xayide
- Little Bear (1996-2003, TV Series) - Mother Bear
- Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend (1998-2000, TV Series) - Mother / Hera / Seagull
- Babar: King of the Elephants (1999) - Queen Celeste
- Diabolik (2000) - Micky
- Babar (2000, TV Series) - Queen Celeste
- The Little Bear Movie (2001) - Mother Bear
- Totally Spies! (2001)
- Jacob Two-Two (2003-2004) - Florence
- Franklin (2004) - Narrator
- Delilah and Julius (2005-2008)
Videogames
- Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (1999) - Blackarachnia / Predacon Computer
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-09-05. Retrieved 2005-12-21.
- ^ "She's the Mayor finds laughs in Hamilton". Hamilton Spectator, April 16, 2010.
