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Acting

Janet MacLachlan

Career: Active from 1968 to 2000, busiest in 1970 and 1973 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 6
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Sounder
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Janet MacLachlan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0
Cringe Humor
1.5, average 2.2
Adrenaline
4.2, average 4.8
Fantasy
1.1, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Coming-of-Age 3
Social Commentary 2
Historical Drama 2
Racial Injustice 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

67

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

2 titles · average score 78

Alias

78

TV show · as Jane Banks

A Private Affair

as Cynthia

1990s

14 titles · average score 59

The Thirteenth Floor

50

as Ellen

Family Law

74

TV show · as Judge Anne Taft

Pinocchio's Revenge

37

as Judge Allen

The Big Squeeze

41

as Bank Manager

79

TV show · as Mother Lawrence

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?

as Nedda Losey

There Goes My Baby

64

as Lottie

Criminal Passion

45

as Tracy's Lawyer

Heart and Souls

63

as Agnes Miller

Tracks of Glory

as Mrs. Morris

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

71

as Mrs. Barrett

Home Improvement

71

TV show · as Dean Cummings

1980s

22 titles · average score 63

Murphy Brown

67

TV show · as Dr. Paula Hayes

Killer Instinct

as Nurse Stoddard

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as Erica Tuckman

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as Sandra

Moonlighting

78

TV show · as Angela Bridges

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Barbara Fisher / Dr. Irene Matthews

Tightrope

67

as Dr. Yarlofsky

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

as Mildred

Cagney & Lacey

69

TV show · as Lynn Sutter / Lynne Sutter

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Mildred

The Kid From Nowhere

as Linda Killian

She's in the Army Now

46

as Sgt. Reed

1970s

21 titles · average score 67

Knots Landing

77

TV show · as Susan Barbiza

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

55

TV show · as Mary Logan

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

61

as Mary Logan

Barney Miller

52

TV show · as Miss Jackson

The Rockford Files

82

TV show · as Fashion Designer Adrienne Clarke

The Six Million Dollar Man

71

TV show · as Mrs. Cook

Love Thy Neighbor

TV show · as Jackie Bruce

Maurie

as Dorothy Parsons

Sounder

80

as Camille Johnson

Halls of Anger

45

as Lorraine Nash

… tick… tick… tick…

67

as Mary Price

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

85

TV show · as Sherry Wilson

1960s

8 titles · average score 69

Change of Mind

as Elizabeth Dickson

Uptight

77

as Jeannie

The Name of the Game

73

TV show · as Nicole

The Invaders

49

TV show · as Celia Baxter

Star Trek

79

TV show · as Charlene Masters

TV show · as Doreen Barnes

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Nurse

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as The Secretary / Gayle