Janet MacLachlan

Highest Rated: 90% Sounder (1972)

Lowest Rated: 17% For Keeps (1988)

Birthday: Aug 8, 1933

Birthplace: Not Available

African American actress Janet MacLachlan began appearing in films in 1968, usually in such "relevance"-oriented productions as Uptight (1968) and tick...tick...tick (1970). MacLachlan went on to co-star on TV as suburbanite Jackie Bruce in the weekly sitcom Love Thy Neighbor, then was seen in the 1979 TVer Friends as Mrs. Jane Summerfield. Her best-known TV role was as caustic housekeeper Polly Swanson in the 1980-81 episodes of Archie Bunker's Place. Janet MacLachlan's 1990s credits include character roles in the theatrical feature Hearts and Souls (1993) and the made-for-cable movie Tuskegee Airmen (1995).

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	A Private Affair	Cynthia	—	2000
30%	The Thirteenth Floor	Ellen	—	1999
No Score Yet	My Last Love	Dr. Francis	—	1999
No Score Yet	Pinocchio's Revenge	Judge Allen	—	1996
43%	The Big Squeeze	Bank Manager	—	1996
88%	The Tuskegee Airmen	Hannibal's Mother	—	1995
No Score Yet	There Goes My Baby	Lottie	—	1994
No Score Yet	In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?	Nedda Losey	—	1994
55%	Heart and Souls	Agnes Miller	—	1993
No Score Yet	Something to Live For: The Alison Gertz Story	Actor	—	1992
No Score Yet	Runaway Father	Actor	—	1991
17%	For Keeps	Miss Giles	—	1988
60%	Big Shots	Welfare Worker	—	1987
No Score Yet	Baby Girl Scott	Cathy	—	1987
63%	The Boy Who Could Fly	Mrs. D'Gregario	—	1986
40%	Murphy's Law	Dr. Lovell	—	1986
85%	Tightrope	Dr. Yarlofsky	—	1984
No Score Yet	Thursday's Child	Nurse Judy	—	1983
No Score Yet	For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers	Mildred	—	1983
No Score Yet	She's in the Army Now	Sgt. Reed	—	1981
No Score Yet	The Sophisticated Gents	Diane	—	1981
No Score Yet	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	Mary	—	1978
No Score Yet	Dark Victory	Eileen	—	1976
No Score Yet	Louis Armstrong---Chicago Style	Lil Hardin Armstrong	—	1976
No Score Yet	Big Mo	Dorothy	—	1973
90%	Sounder	Camille Johnson	—	1972
No Score Yet	The Man	Wanda	—	1972
No Score Yet	Darker than Amber	Noreen	—	1970
No Score Yet	Halls of Anger	Lorraine Nash	—	1970
No Score Yet	Tick...Tick...Tick...	Mary Price	—	1970
No Score Yet	Up Tight!	Jeannie	—	1968
No Score Yet	A Private Affair	Actor	—	1929

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
66%	Archie Bunker's Place 1979-1983	Polly Swanson	2021 2020 2019 2018 1980
86%	Alias 2001-2006	Jane Banks	2002
No Score Yet	Family Law 1999-2002	Judge Anne Taft Judge Ann Taft	2001 2000 1999
No Score Yet	ER 1994-2009	Mother Mother Lawrence	1995
No Score Yet	In the Heat of the Night 1988-1995	Nedda Losey	1994
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote 1984-1996	Barbara Fisher	1994
No Score Yet	Murphy Brown 1988-2019	Dr. Hayes	1989
No Score Yet	Beauty and the Beast 1987-1990	Miss Kendrick	1988
89%	Moonlighting 1985-1989	Angela Bridges RN	1988
No Score Yet	The Golden Girls 1985-1992	Guest	1987
No Score Yet	Who's the Boss? 1984-1992	Melva	1987
No Score Yet	Trapper John, M.D. 1979-1986	Lindsay Merrick	1985
No Score Yet	Quincy, M.E. 1976-1983	Jill Hurley	1983
No Score Yet	All in the Family 1971-1979	Polly	1979
No Score Yet	Good Times 1974-1979	Sandra	1978
No Score Yet	Barney Miller 1975-1982	Nurse Jackson	1976 1975
No Score Yet	The Rockford Files 1974-1980	Adrienne Clarke	1975
No Score Yet	The Streets of San Francisco 1972-1977	Corby	1974 1973
No Score Yet	The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970-1977	Chris	1972
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Maria	1969 1968
80%	Star Trek 1966-1969	Actor	1967
No Score Yet	The Fugitive 1963-1967	Nurse #1	1966
No Score Yet	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962-1965	Gayle	1965

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