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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1962-06-11

Place of Birth

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jane Wheeler

Biography

Jane Wheeler (born June 11, 1962, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress, voice actress, and casting director whose exact birthday and height are not publicly confirmed in major sources. She entered the industry in 1989 as part of the loop group on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and made her feature film debut as Dr. Wayborn in the psychological thriller The Neighbor (1993, with James Woods). She has accumulated over 90 film and television credits, frequently portraying authority figures, mothers, and edgy everywomen across both thriller and family genres, and also works as an ADR voice director and casting director. Her most notable film credits include Elizabeth Anderson in Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008, with Brendan Fraser and Josh Hutcherson), TV Host in I'm Not There (2007, directed by Todd Haynes, with Cate Blanchett), Catherine Darcy in A Different Loyalty (2004, with Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett), Mrs. Henderson in Stonewall (2015), a Bartocci customer in Brooklyn (2015, with Joel Edgerton and Alicia Vikander), Harvard Mother in Brad's Status (2017, directed by Mike White), and Aunt Anne in The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2018, directed by Xavier Dolan). On television she is best known as Sally Dawkins in Big Wolf on Campus (1999–2002, 13 episodes), with additional credits in The Dead Zone (1996, 1 episode), Red Creek (2017, 10 episodes), This Life (2015, 5 episodes), The Bold Type (2017, 1 episode), and Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990, 1995). As a voice actress she provided the voice of Mrs. Barnes in Arthur (2000–2010, 11 seasons), and she served as ADR voice director on Blue Beetle (2023) and Deep Impact (1998).

Known for

Arthur

Arthur

The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each episode opens with members of the Midnight Society at their secret spot in the woods, where they prepare their fire and the night's storyteller announces the title of the his or her offering. However, the cameras soon leave the storyteller and switch to the tale being told.

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each episode opens with members of the Midnight Society at their secret spot in the woods, where they prepare their fire and the night's storyteller announces the title of the his or her offering. However, the cameras soon leave the storyteller and switch to the tale being told.

The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.

The Bold Type

The Bold Type

A glimpse into the outrageous lives of Jane, Kat and Sutton, who are working at the nation's top women's magazine, Scarlet, while navigating their careers, identities and individual voices.

The Hunger

The Hunger

The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio. Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and is internally organized into two seasons. Each episode was based around an independent story introduced by the host; Terence Stamp hosted each episode for the first season, and was replaced in the second season by David Bowie. Stories tended to focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession, with a strong component of soft-core erotica; popular tropes for the stories included cannibalism, vampires, sex, and poison.

E.N.G.

E.N.G.

E.N.G. is a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a fictional Toronto television news station. The show aired on CTV from 1989 to 1994. The series ran for 96 episodes, produced by the Alliance Entertainment Corporation.

Big Wolf on Campus

Big Wolf on Campus

Tommy is bitten by a werewolf during a camping trip a week before the start of his senior year. After becoming a werewolf, he fights against supernatural entities to keep his hometown of Pleasantville safe.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

Plan B

Plan B

Plan B offers clients the chance to travel back in time to change the past, but each alteration has unintended consequences, revealing the complexity and limitations of personal agency.

Tripping the Rift

Tripping the Rift

The continuing comic saga of a bizarre gang of misfits who live, work and play on the starship Jupiter 42, which is controlled by a neurotic A.I. known as Spaceship Bob. The ethically-challenged shipmates travel through the galaxy taking on one epic adventure at a time all while looking to make a quick buck and avoid getting thrown in jail.

Tropical Heat

Tropical Heat

Tropical Heat is a Canadian action series The plot revolves around private investigator, ex-DEA agent Nick Slaughter who after arriving in the fictional resort town of Key Mariah, Florida and setting up a detective agency there, met up with local tourist agent Sylvie Girard to solve a variety of different cases.

Brad's Status

Brad's Status

Although Brad has a satisfying career, a sweet wife and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento, things aren't quite what he imagined during his college glory days. When he accompanies his musical prodigy son on a university tour, he can't help comparing his life with those of his four best college friends who seemingly have more wealthy and glamorous lives. But when circumstances force him to reconnect with his former friends, Brad begins to question whether he has really failed or if their lives are actually more flawed than they appear.

Student Bodies

Student Bodies

Student Bodies is a syndicated television comedy program that was produced in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1997 to the end of 1999. While a live-action series, animations are used throughout as thoughts and imaginations. The segments are usually dark and comical. Though the show enjoyed much bigger success in Canada, the show was originally made for the American market under the distribution of 20th Television and aired on many Fox affiliated stations for one year. The show aired in Canada on Global and YTV. It has been called "an imitation of Saved by the Bell" by critics, and featured an ensemble cast of high school students at Thomas A. Edison High School.

Lassie

Lassie

A remake of the original Lassie series about a boy and his faithful dog.