Janet Carroll (Janet Thiese)
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Biography
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Janet began her stage career, right out of high school, at the legendary Kansas City Starlight Theatre, appearing in many many musicals including: "Hello Dolly", "Guys and Dolls"," Mame", "Gypsy", "South Pacific", "Pajama Game", "Carousel" and many others. Janet continued her stage work in California for many years, starring opposite Cloris Leachman in "A Couple of White Chicks", starred with Lynn Redgrave and John Lithgow in "Lady Windemere's Fan", among other productions. Janet made her Broadway debut in "Little Women", alongside Sutton Foster and Maureen McGovern. Read more...
Janet won the coveted Los Angeles Drama Logue Critics Award for outstanding achievement in theatre for Ezra Pound's "Electra". For eight years, she was the Artistic Director of The Jazz Series at The Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, Janet was the co-founder of "The Victory Ball" in Westport CT, annually benefiting ALS Foundation(Lou Gehrig's Disease). She served on the Executive Board of Directors of Ginny Mancini's "Society of Singers" as VP of Development.
Her ashes will be spread in the Edgebrook Lutheran Church Memorial Garden in Chicago, Illinois, in a ceremony to be determined at a later date.
Janet won the coveted Los Angeles Drama Logue Critics Award for outstanding achievement in theatre for Ezra Pound's "Electra". For eight years, she was the Artistic Director of The Jazz Series at The Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, Janet was the co-founder of "The Victory Ball" in Westport CT, annually benefiting ALS Foundation(Lou Gehrig's Disease). She served on the Executive Board of Directors of Ginny Mancini's "Society of Singers" as VP of Development.
Her ashes will be spread in the Edgebrook Lutheran Church Memorial Garden in Chicago, Illinois, in a ceremony to be determined at a later date.
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Grandma Clare
College Debts 2014
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Gloria
What Happens Next 2011
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Betty
Christmas Spirit 2011
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Helen Finkelstein
(Untitled) 2009
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Mother Superior
Confession 2005
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Constance Whilton
Living 'til the End 2005
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Mrs. Hiller
Enough 2002
10

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Mrs. Lane
Changing Hearts 2002
4

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Judge Dunbar
The Marriage Undone 2002
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Barbara Holmes
Forces of Nature 1999
45

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Dorothy Thompson
The Omega Code 1999
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Judge Billings
Born to Be Wild 1995
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Escabel
Destiny Turns on the Radio 1995
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Patty
Betrayed: A Story of Three Women 1995
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Miss Spinell
Timemaster 1995
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Herself
This Joint Is Jumpin' 1993
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Rachel Bodeen
Talent for the Game 1991
6

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Gail Brody
Daughters of Privilege 1991
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Margie
Family Business 1989
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Counselor
When He's Not a Stranger 1989
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Marjorie
The Right of the People 1986
2

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Toni's Mother
Secret Admirer 1985
12

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Myra Gibley
Getting Physical 1984
4

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Joel's Mother
Risky Business 1983
11

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Julia Baron
Beyond the Quest 2007
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Jane Sabistan
All You Need 2001
23

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Secretary General Barnes
The Art of War III: Retribution 2009
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Betty Tomlin
Yak Sada 1999
3

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Brenda Fairchild
Bullseye 2010
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Bonnie Cooke
My Own Personal Hell 2006
1

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Patsy Regan
Family Tree 1999
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Nurse Jill
I Dream of Feeny 1994
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Denise Merritt
Knight Rider 1982
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Doris Dial
Murphy Brown 1988
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Loretta
Coach 1989
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Helene Ledding
Cagney & Lacey 1981
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Joanne
A Year in the Life 1987
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Dr. Rose Goodwin
Alice 1976
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Joan Thompson
Jake and the Fatman 1987
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Gwenn Cohen
Ugly Naked People 1999
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Corinne
Mancuso, FBI 1989
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Sloane Dodelson
Family Portrait 2006
4

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Julia Barron
Crosser 2016
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Eunice
Pilot "We're All Screwed" 0
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Boob's Mother
Boob Visits His Parents! 0
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Mrs. Goodsen
Sexiest Movie Moments 0
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Helen Michaels
Still Thankful 0
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Helen Michaels
Still Responsible 0
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Phyllis Cameron
The Body 0
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Lucy Vard
He Who Smelt It 0
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