Editing Janet Ellis (section)

{{Short description|English television presenter and actress}}
{{for|the American politician|Janet Ellis (politician)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Janet Ellis
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|MBE}} 
| image       = Janet Ellis (54002467683) (cropped).jpg
| caption     = Ellis at the 2024 Chiswick Book Festival
| birth_name  =
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1955|9|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chatham, Kent]], England
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| occupation = {{hlist|TV presenter|actress|writer}}
| alma_mater    = [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]]
| years active = 1978–present
| known_for  = ''[[Blue Peter]]'' and ''[[Jigsaw (UK TV series)|Jigsaw]]'' presenter
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Robin Bextor]]|1977|1984|end=divorced}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/sep/25/sophie-ellis-bextor-and-janet-ellis-having-a-famous-mum-was-a-high-value-currency-when-i-was-little|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Janet Ellis: 'Having a famous mum was high value currency when I was little' |date=25 September 2021|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
* {{marriage|John Leach|1988|2020|end=died}}
}}
| children   = 3, including [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]]
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'''Janet Ellis''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|MBE}} (born 16 September 1955)<ref name="Blue Peter">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/bluepeter/presenters/ellis.shtml|title=BBC - I Love Blue Peter - Janet Ellis presenter biography|website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref> is an English television presenter, actress and writer, who is best known for presenting the children's television programmes ''[[Blue Peter]]'' and ''[[Jigsaw (UK TV series)|Jigsaw]]'' between 1979 and 1987. She has published two novels, ''The Butcher's Hook'' (2016) and ''How It Was'' (2019). She is the mother of three children: singer/songwriter [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]], musician and former child actor Jackson Ellis-Leach and art historian Martha Ellis-Leach.