Janet Munro

Janet Munro

Known for

Acting

Born

September 28, 1934

Birthplace

Blackpool, England, UK

Died

December 6, 1972 (aged 38)

Biography

Born Janet Neilson Horsburgh, Janet Munro, was an English actress, best known for Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) for which she won a Golden Globe Award. and Life for Ruth (1962), for which she received a BAFTA Film Award nomination. She died aged 38 of a heart condition.

Best known work

Swiss Family Robinson
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959
The Crawling Eye
The Crawling Eye
1958
Third Man on the Mountain
Third Man on the Mountain
1959
Bitter Harvest
Bitter Harvest
1963
Sebastian
Sebastian
1968
Life for Ruth
Life for Ruth
1962
Play for Today
Play for Today
1970
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Filmography

  1. 2002

    Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

    as Self (archive)

  2. 1971

    The Piano

    as Mabel

  3. 1970

    Play for TodayTV
  4. 1968

  5. 1968

    Cry Wolf

    as Polly

  6. 1968

  7. 1968

    Sebastian

    as Carol Fancy

  8. 1965

    Thirty-Minute TheatreTV

    as Carol (1 episode)

  9. 1964

    Daylight Robbery

    as Darryl's mum

  10. 1964

    Hide and Seek

    as Maggie

  11. 1964

    A Jolly Bad Fellow

    as Delia Brooks

  12. 1963

  13. 1962

  14. 1962

    Life for Ruth

    as Pat Harris

  15. 1961

  16. 1961

    The Horsemasters

    as Janet Hale

  17. 1960

    Swiss Family Robinson

    as Roberta 'Bertie'

  18. 1960

  19. 1959

  20. 1959

    Third Man on the Mountain

    as Lizbeth Hempel

  21. 1959

  22. 1959

  23. 1959

  24. 1958

    The Crawling Eye

    as Anne Pilgrim

  25. 1958

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