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Jan Harvey (born 1 June 1947) is a British actress. She is known for her regular television roles in ''
Howards' Way
''Howards' Way'' is a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted on BBC1 between 1 September 1985 and 25 November 1990. The series deals with the personal and professional lives of the wealthy yachting and business comm ...
'' (1985–1990), ''
Bugs'' (1997–1999), and ''
Family Affairs
''Family Affairs'' is a British soap opera that aired on Channel 5. It debuted on 30 March 1997, the day of the launch of said channel and was the first programme broadcast on the channel. It was screened as five thirty-minute episodes per w ...
'' (2003–2005).
Career
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television drama series ''
Howards' Way
''Howards' Way'' is a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted on BBC1 between 1 September 1985 and 25 November 1990. The series deals with the personal and professional lives of the wealthy yachting and business comm ...
'' from 1985 to 1990. The character ran a fashion boutique named Periplus. The boutique specialised in the sale of ''après sail'' wear (and was also the first UK headquarters of the German mail order franchise, Die Spitz). Subsequently, a partnership, Howard Brooke, was formed which ran multiple boutiques as well as producing its own designs. There followed the launch of an internationally renowned couture house (with attendant fragrance and cosmetics lines), the House of Howard, which was successfully floated on the stock exchange.
During the 1990s Harvey appeared in the action series ''
Bugs'', and later she was a regular cast member in the
Channel 5 soap opera
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''
Family Affairs
''Family Affairs'' is a British soap opera that aired on Channel 5. It debuted on 30 March 1997, the day of the launch of said channel and was the first programme broadcast on the channel. It was screened as five thirty-minute episodes per w ...
'' (in which she played Babs Woods). She has also guest-starred in many other high-profile British dramas, including ''
A Touch of Frost
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'', ''
Inspector Morse
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'',
New Tricks
''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural
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and ''
Lovejoy
''Lovejoy'' is a British television comedy-drama mystery series, based on the novels by John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 10 January 19 ...
''.
Harvey appeared in the 2010 UK tour of ''
Calendar Girls
''Calendar Girls'' is a 2003 British comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. Produced by Touchstone Pictures, it features a screenplay by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi, based on a true story of a group of middle-aged Yorkshire women who produ ...
'' and was due to appear in a second run of the show in late 2011.
From March 2015 to July 2016, Harvey appeared in the BBC soap opera ''
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...
'',
as
Margaret Midhurst
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 2015, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the show's executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins. January saw the arr ...
, the family solicitor, and aunt of
Sharon Watts
Sharon Watts (also Rickman, Mitchell and Beale) is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Letitia Dean. Sharon is one of ''EastEnders'' original characters conceptualised by creators Tony Holland and Ju ...
(
Letitia Dean
Letitia Jane Dean (born 14 November 1967) is an English actress. She is known for her portrayal of Sharon Watts in the BBC soap opera, ''EastEnders''. An original cast member from 1985 to 1995, she reprised the role from 2001 to 2006, and again ...
). Her character was killed off when her on-screen brother,
Gavin Sullivan
Gavin Sullivan is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, '' EastEnders'', played by Paul Nicholas. He first appeared on 21 August 2015. Gavin is the third husband of Kathy Mitchell (Gillian Taylforth) and is also revealed as the biologic ...
(
Paul Nicholas
Paul Nicholas (born Paul Oscar Beuselinck; 3 December 1944) is an English actor and singer. He started out with a pop career, but soon changed to musical theatre, playing the lead role in ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' at the West End’s Palace T ...
), pushed her over a balcony during a scuffle.
Filmography
TV
References
External links
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Jan Harvey Interview at Best British TV
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1947 births
English television actresses
Living people
People from Penzance
English soap opera actresses