Janet MacLachlan

Janet Angel MacLachlan (August 27, 1933 – October 11, 2010) was an American actress who had roles in such television series as The Rockford Files, Alias and The Golden Girls. She is best remembered for her key supporting part in the film Sounder (1972). MacLachlan worked with numerous well-known actors and actresses and celebrities such as Bill Cosby, Jim Brown, James Earl Jones, Maya Angelou and Morgan Freeman.

For the Canadian basketball player, see Janet McLachlan.
Janet MacLachlan
Publicity photo of Janet McLachlan, taken in the late 1960s
Born
Janet Angel MacLachlan

(1933-08-27)August 27, 1933
Harlem, New York City, U.S.
DiedOctober 11, 2010(2010-10-11) (aged 77)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1965–2010
Children1

Life and career

MacLachlan was born in Harlem, New York City; her mother, Iris South MacLachlan, and father, James MacLachlan, were both Jamaican-born members of the Church of the Illumination. Attending P.S. 170 and Julia Ward Junior High School, MacLachlan graduated from Julia Richmond High School in 1950.[1][2] She received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Hunter College in 1955.[2] She then worked as an executive secretary in New York City before turning to acting. She later performed at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis.

A one-time contract player for Universal Studios, MacLachlan made her debut in two episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in 1965. She appeared in episodes of The Fugitive, The Invaders episode "The Vise as Mrs Baxter" (1968), The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Star Trek, Ironside, and The Mod Squad. She also appeared in the films Uptight (1968), Change of Mind (1969), ...tick...tick...tick... (1970), Darker Than Amber (1970), Halls of Anger (1970), Sounder (1972), The Man (1972), Tightrope (1984), Murphy's Law (1986), The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) and The Thirteenth Floor (1999).

MacLachlan also won a Los Angeles-area Emmy for her performance in KCET's Voices of Our People: In Celebration of Black Poetry in 1981. She would later serve as grant committee chairman for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Death

Suffering from cardiovascular disease in her later years, MacLachlan died from complications from the condition on October 11, 2010 at the age of 77 at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Los Angeles. MacLachlan resided in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.[2]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1967Star TrekLieutenant Charlene Masters
1968UptightJeannie
1969Change of MindElizabeth Dickson
1970...tick...tick...tick...Mary Price
1970Halls of AngerLorraine Nash
1970Darker Than AmberNoreen
1972The ManWanda
1972Mary Tyler Moore ShowSherry Wilson
1972SounderCamille Johnson
1973MaurieDorothy
1978Good TimesSandra ForbesEpisode: "Florida Gets a Job"
1984TightropeDr. Yarlofsky
1986Murphy's LawDr. Lovell
1986The Boy Who Could FlyMrs. D'Gregario
1987Big ShotsWelfare Worker
1988For KeepsMiss Giles
1993Heart and SoulsAgnes Miller
1994There Goes My BabyLottie
1994Criminal PassionTracy's Lawyer
1996The Big SqueezeBank Manager
1996Pinocchio's RevengeJudge Allen
1999The Thirteenth FloorEllen

References
  1. "ARTMAKERS: JANET ANGEL MACLACHLAN". The History Makers. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  2. "PASSINGS: Simon MacCorkindale, Janet MacLachlan". Los Angeles Times. 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
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