Janet Brown Janet Brown Janet McLuckie Brown (14 December 192327 May 2011) was a Scottish actress, comedian and impressionist who gained considerable fame in the 1970s and 1980s for her impersonations of Margaret Thatcher. Brown was the wife of Peter Butterworth who was best known for his appearances in the "Carry on" films. Butterworth died in 1979 and Brown never remarried. Brown was born in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, and educated at Rutherglen Academy. Beginning with Margaret Thatcher's election as the leader of the Conservative Party in 1975, Brown gained increasing prominence because of her realistic impression of the Tory politician. She performed as
Janet Asimov writing of his syndicated popular-science column. Janet Asimov Janet Opal Asimov (née Jeppson; born August 6, 1926 in Ashland, Pennsylvania), usually writing as J. O. Jeppson, is an American science fiction writer, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst. She started writing children's science fiction in the 1970s. She was married to Isaac Asimov from 1973 until his death in 1992, and they collaborated on a number of science fiction books aimed at young readers, including the Norby series. Jeppson earned a B.A. degree from Stanford University (first attending Wellesley College), her M.D. degree from New York University Medical School, completing a residency in