Cast & creator
Janet Munro
Best known for Play for Today, Thirty-Minute Theatre, Hallmark Hall of Fame
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.
Also known as: Janet Neilson Horsburgh
23
film credits
10
television credits
33
1951–2002 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (33)
Showing 33 of 33 credits
Play for Today
1970
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Carol
1965
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Helen Pettigrew
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Amanda
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tweeny
1951
Armchair Theatre
Anne
1956Armchair Theatre
Ruth Cornelius
1956Armchair Theatre
Juliet
1956Armchair Theatre
Elaine
1956
Cry Wolf
Polly
1968
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Katie O'Gill
1959
Swiss Family Robinson
Roberta 'Bertie'
1960
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Jeannie Craig
1961
The Horsemasters
Janet Hale
1961
Perilous Assignment
Self
1959
Third Man on the Mountain
Lizbeth Hempel
1959
The Crawling Eye
Anne Pilgrim
1958
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Katie O'Gill
1959
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Delia Brooks
1964
Afternoon of a Nymph
Elaine
1962The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1968
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
2002
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
Life for Ruth
Pat Harris
1962
The Admirable Crichton
Tweeny
1968
Daylight Robbery
Darryl's mum
1964
Sebastian
Carol Fancy
1968
The Young and the Guilty
Sue Connor
1958
Tommy the Toreador
Amanda
1959
Hide and Seek
Maggie
1964
Bitter Harvest
Jennie
1963
Small Hotel
Effie
1957
The Piano
Mabel
1971