- Born
- Birth nameJanet Michelle Ellis
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Janet Ellis was born on September 16, 1955 in Chatham, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Doctor Who (1963), Hotel Babylon (2006) and Absolon (2003). She was previously married to John Leach and Robin Bextor.
- SpousesJohn Leach(August 1988 - July 23, 2020) (his death, 2 children)Robin Bextor(1976 - 1986) (divorced, 3 children)
- Children
- Parents
- Mother of Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who was the lead singer in British music band 'theaudience' and is now a solo artist.
- She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to charities and Theatre in London, England.
- Although she damaged her pelvis in training, she returned and broke the women's European free fall record. Another Blue Peter parachute record.
- Her father was Mike Ellis, a BBC visual effects designer whose work included building and operating the L1 robot in The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Two (1986).
- In 2021, Janet Ellis presented an episode of Faces of Fame on BBC Radio 4, in which she interviewed her pop star daughter Sophie Ellis Bextor on how she coped with fame.
- [during a newspaper review including the headline "Paedo Probe on the Rocks" in The Sun] I love The Sun, the way that they attack headlines.
- [on her fondness for the gutter press and sensationalist headlines] Normally I like the way The Sun attacks the news with gusto.
- I think he should have been knighted, Tony Hart, and certainly there should be some sort of programme about him. There hasn't been a kind of memorial programme about him. I think there should be.
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