Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 28, 1934
Place of Birth:
Blackpool, England, UK
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.
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making | Self (archive) |
| 1971 | The Piano | Mabel |
| 1968 | Sebastian | Carol Fancy |
| 1968 | The Admirable Crichton | Tweeny |
| 1968 | Cry WoIf | Polly |
| 1964 | Hide and Seek | Maggie |
| 1964 | A Jolly Bad Fellow | Delia Brooks |
| 1964 | Daylight Robbery | Darryl's mum |
| 1963 | Bitter Harvest | Jennie |
| 1962 | Afternoon of a Nymph | Elaine |
| 1962 | Life for Ruth | Pat Harris |
| 1961 | The Day the Earth Caught Fire | Jeannie Craig |
| 1961 | The Horsemasters | Janet Hale |
| 1960 | Swiss Family Robinson | Roberta 'Bertie' |
| 1960 | Escape to Paradise/Water Birds | |
| 1959 | Third Man on the Mountain | Lizbeth Hempel |
| 1959 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Katie O'Gill |
| 1959 | Tommy the Toreador | Amanda |
| 1959 | Perilous Assignment | Self |
| 1959 | I Captured the King of the Leprechauns | Katie O'Gill |
| 1958 | The Crawling Eye | Anne Pilgrim |
| 1958 | The Young and the Guilty | Sue Connor |
| 1957 | Small Hotel | Effie |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Play for Today | |
| 1968 | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Helen Pettigrew |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Amanda |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Tweeny |