Janet Whiteside

Janet Whiteside

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, 1931-10-10

Died: 2015-07-14

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2005	Pride & Prejudice	Mrs. Hill	81
2	2010	Burke & Hare	Old Woman	61
3	2011	Johnny English Reborn	Pamela's Mother	62

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	Crossroads	Lily Harris	50
2	1965	Public Eye	Woman at Window	78
3	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Kalmykova	50
4	1966	This Man Craig	Woman Doctor	0
5	1968	The Expert	Mrs Jones	100
6	1984	The Bill	Ivy Murray	67
7	1984	The Bill	Margaret Lapinski	67
8	1986	Casualty	Ivy	61
9	1986	Casualty	Agnes Hearn	61
10	1986	Casualty	Norah Taper	61
11	1999	Holby City	Jeanine Campion	58
12	1999	My Parents Are Aliens	Elderly Lady	66
13	2000	Doctors	Violet Heale	48
14	2000	Doctors	Wallis Skinner	48
15	2000	Hearts and Bones	Old Lady 1	50
16	2006	The IT Crowd	Olive	82
17	2008	Ashes to Ashes	Woman	77
18	2013	Drifters	Margaret	71

Janet Whiteside

Film

Television