Janet MacLachlan
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Publicity photo of Janet McLachlan, taken in the late 1960s
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Janet Angel MacLachlan August 27, 1933 Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 11, 2010 (aged 77) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1965-2010 |
| Children | actress Samatha McLachlan (daughter, born 1970) |
| Parent(s) | James and Iris (née South) MacLachlan (both deceased) |
Janet MacLachlan (August 27, 1933 – October 11, 2010) was an American character 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 black actors and actresses and celebrities such as Bill Cosby, Jim Brown, James Earl Jones and Maya Angelou.
MacLachlan was born Janet Angel MacLachlan in Harlem, New York; her mother, Iris South MacLachlan, and father, James MacLachlan, were both Jamaican-born and 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. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Hunter College in 1955. 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 several episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in 1965 as The Secretary and Gayle. She went on to appear 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).
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