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name: "Janet MacLachlan"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 August 1933"
died: "11 October 2010"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T05:45:46.922792+00:00"
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# Janet MacLachlan

Actor. Born 27 August 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 11 October 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 August 1933, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 11 October 2010
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_MacLachlan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9165138, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15375

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sounder*](https://film.one/film/sounder.md) (83)

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## Biography

Janet MacLachlan was an American actress. Born Janet Angel MacLachlan on 27 August 1933 in Harlem, New York City, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Hunter College in 1955 before pursuing acting. She trained at the Harlem YMCA, the Herbert Berghof Acting Studio and the Little Theatre of Harlem, and performed at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. She later became a contract player for Universal Studios.

MacLachlan appeared in films including *Sounder* (1972), in which she played Camille Johnson, *The Man* (1972), *The Thirteenth Floor* (1999) and *Heart and Souls* (1993). On television she had roles in series such as *Star Trek* (1966), *The Rockford Files*, *ER* (1994), *Home Improvement* (1991), *Alias* (2001), *Wonder Woman* (1975), *Murder, She Wrote* (1984) and *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974). She won a Los Angeles-area Emmy Award in 1981 for her performance in *Voices of Our People: In Celebration of Black Poetry*.

MacLachlan served as grant committee chairman for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She died on 11 October 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, brightlightsfilm.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sounder* (1972), Fi1m 83, as Camille Johnson — [page](https://film.one/film/sounder.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alias* (2001), series, as Jane Banks — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *A Private Affair* (2000), as Cynthia
- *Family Law* (1999), series, as Judge Anne Taft
- *The Thirteenth Floor* (1999), as Ellen
- *My Last Love* (1999), as Dr. Francis
- *Pinocchio's Revenge* (1996), as Judge Allen
- *The Big Squeeze* (1996), as Bank Manager
- *In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?* (1994), as Nedda Losey
- *Criminal Passion* (1994), as Tracy's Lawyer
- *ER* (1994), series, as Mother Lawrence — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *There Goes My Baby* (1994), as Lottie
- *Heart and Souls* (1993), as Agnes Miller
- *Tracks of Glory* (1992), as Mrs. Morris
- *Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story* (1992), as Mrs. Barrett
- *Home Improvement* (1991), series, as Dean Cummings
- *A Family for Joe* (1990), as Judge Delaney
- *Killer Instinct* (1988), as Nurse Stoddard
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, as Dr. Paula Hayes — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)
- *For Keeps* (1988), as Miss Giles
- *Big Shots* (1987), as Welfare Worker
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), series, as Miss Kendrick
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Erica Tuckman
- *The Boy Who Could Fly* (1986), as Mrs. D'Gregario
- *Murphy's Law* (1986), as Dr. Lovell
- *Tough Love* (1985), as Bess Dawson
- *The Golden Girls* (1985), series, as Sandra — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Angela Bridges — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Dr. Irene Matthews, Barbara Fisher
- *Tightrope* (1984), as Dr. Yarlofsky
- *For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers* (1983), as Mildred
- *Thursday's Child* (1983), as Nurse Judy
- *Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain* (1983), Actor
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, as Lynn Sutter, Lynne Sutter — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Mildred
- *The Kid From Nowhere* (1982), as Linda Killian
- *The Other Victim* (1981), as Sgt. Debbins
- *Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"* (1981), as Alva Solazarno
- *The Sophisticated Gents* (1981), series, as Diane Walker
- *She's in the Army Now* (1981), as Sgt. Reed
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Susan Barbiza
- *Friends* (1979), series, as Jane Summerfield
- *Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry* (1978), series, as Mary Logan
- *Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry* (1978), as Mary Logan
- *What's Happening!!* (1976), series, as Mrs. Cavendish
- *Dark Victory* (1976), as Eileen
- *Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style* (1976), Actor
- *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as Sakri
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Miss Jackson
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Fashion Designer Adrienne Clarke — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Mrs. Cook
- *Maurie* (1973), as Dorothy Parsons
- *Love Thy Neighbor* (1973), series, as Jackie Bruce
- *Trouble Comes to Town* (1973), as Naomi Speare
- *Sounder* (1972), as Camille Johnson — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/sounder.md)
- *Ghost Story* (1972), series, as Mrs. Dillon
- *The Man* (1972), as Wanda
- *Cutter* (1972), as Diane Hayden
- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), series, as Sherry Wilson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)
- *Darker Than Amber* (1970), as Noreen
- *Halls of Anger* (1970), as Lorraine Nash
- *… tick… tick… tick…* (1970), as Mary Price
- *Change of Mind* (1969), as Elizabeth Dickson
- *Uptight* (1968), as Jeannie
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Nicole
- *The Invaders* (1967), series, as Celia Baxter
- *CBS Playhouse* (1966), series, as Doreen Barnes
- *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Charlene Masters — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Nurse — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Gayle, The Secretary

## Gallery

- ![Janet MacLachlan](https://film.one/media/person/1244803/gallery-0f6cafe239c5.jpg) Janet MacLachlan — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Janet_MacLachlan_%281965%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Janet MacLachlan](https://film.one/media/person/1244803/gallery-7532c8e3e3ad.jpg) Janet MacLachlan — Image via TMDB

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