| Janet Munro (28 September 1934 – 6 December 1972) was a British actress. Born Janet Neilson Horsburgh, the daughter of Scottish comedian Alex Munro (real name Alexander Horsburgh), in Blackpool, she used her father's stage name professionally. Janet Munro starred in three Disney motion picture releases, Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), Third Man on the Mountain (1959) and Swiss Family Robinson (1960), as well as The Horsemasters (1961), which aired on Disney's weekly television series. Other film credits include science fiction films such as The Crawling Eye (1958) (released as The Trollenberg Terror in the UK) and The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961). In 1960, Munro won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress, and in 1962 was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Life for Ruth (released as Walk in the Shadow and Condemned to Life in the United States). Personal life Munro was married to Tony Wright from 1956 until 1959. She married the British actor Ian Hendry in 1963, and they had two children, Sally and Corrie. Munro and Hendry were divorced in 1971. Her cousin is Ellie Nicol-Hilton, a former child model and British television actress in the 1970/80s: The Mill on The Floss, Flambards, Bodyline, Barriers, Riders, Bagthorpe Saga. Death An alcoholic, Janet Munro died in London on 6 December 1972, aged 38, from myocarditis. She was cremated and interred at the Golders Green Crematorium. Filmography - Sebastian (1968)
- Flower Dew (1968)
- The Admirable Crichton (1968)
- Turn Off If You Know The Ending (1967)
- A Jolly Bad Fellow (1963)
- Hide and Seek (1963)
- Bitter Harvest (1963)
- Life for Ruth (1962)
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
- The Horsemasters (1961)
- Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
- Tommy the Toreador (1959)
- Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
- Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
- The Trollenberg Terror (1958)
- The Young and the Guilty (1958)
- Small Hotel (1957)
External links - Official Site
- Janet Munro at the Internet Movie Database
- Janet Munro at Find a Grave
| Persondata | | NAME | Munro, Janet | | ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Horsburgh, Janet Neilson | | SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actress | | DATE OF BIRTH | 28 September 1934 | | PLACE OF BIRTH | Blackpool, England, UK | | DATE OF DEATH | 6 December 1972 | | PLACE OF DEATH | London, England, UK | |
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