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Janet Whiteside

Actor · 1931 – 2015 · Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Janet was born in Birmingham on October 10 1931 and trained as an actress at Birmingham Repertory School, subsequently performing in repertory groups around the British Isles. In 1968 she made her Royal Shakespeare Company debut, remaining with them until 1976, then returning for a 7 year stint in 1995. During this period she cites her favourite director as Ronald Eyre, who helmed a production of 'London Assurance' with Judi Dench and Donald Sinden. Janet also acted with the National Theatre in 'The Life of Galileo' with Michael Gambon and 'Hedda Gabler' starring Juliet Stevenson. In later years she worked in Northampton at the Royal and Derngate. Though she made comparatively few movies her last appearance was as a 'scary old lady' in the 2012 'Snow White and the Huntsman'. A keen bridge player Janet died on 14 July 2015. She was unmarried.

Series15

  • TV5.8

    Holby City

    1999 · 48 votes

  • TV6.2

    Casualty

    1986 · 88 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Bill

    1984 · 47 votes

  • TV5.2

    BBC Play of the Month

    1965 · 8 votes

  • TV4.8

    Doctors

    2000 · 46 votes

  • TV5.5

    Crossroads

    1964 · 6 votes

  • TV8.2

    The IT Crowd

    2006 · 1.7K votes

  • TV9.0

    The Expert

    1968 · 2 votes

  • TV8.2

    Public Eye

    1965 · 6 votes

  • TV7.7

    Ashes to Ashes

    2008 · 119 votes

  • TV6.7

    My Parents Are Aliens

    1999 · 15 votes

  • TV7.1

    Drifters

    2013 · 20 votes

  • TV
  • TV5.0

    Hearts and Bones

    2000 · 5 votes

  • TV

Movies3

  • Movie8.1

    Pride & Prejudice

    2005 · 9K votes

  • Movie6.3

    Johnny English Reborn

    2011 · 3.7K votes

  • Movie6.1

    Burke & Hare

    2010 · 529 votes