# Jan Harvey

Jan Harvey is a British actress. She is known for her regular television roles in Howards' Way (1985–1990), Bugs (1997–1999), and Family Affairs (2003–2005).

## Career

Harvey is best known as Jan Howard in the BBC television drama series Howards' Way 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 Family Affairs (in which she played Babs Woods). She has also guest-starred in many other high-profile British dramas, including A Touch of Frost, Inspector Morse, New Tricks and Lovejoy.
Harvey appeared in the 2010 UK tour of Calendar Girls 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, as Margaret Midhurst, the family solicitor, and aunt of Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean). Her character was killed off when her on-screen brother, Gavin Sullivan (Paul Nicholas), pushed her over a balcony during a scuffle.

## Filmography
### Television

Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1972 | Harriet's Back in Town | Secretary | (TV Series), 2 episodes: "Episode #1.17" and "Episode #1.18" |
| 1974 | The Brothers | Briony | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Trade Wind" |
| 1974–1981 | Crown Court | Emma Lakeland (1974)/ Rosemary Davenport (1977 + 1981) | (TV Series), 9 episodes |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 | Alpha News Service Girl (uncredited) | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Black Sun" |
| 1975 | Sam | Pat Barraclough | (TV Series), 11 episodes |
| 1975 | Edward the Seventh | Daisy, Princess of Pless | (TV Mini-Series), 1 episode: "Good Old Teddy!" |
| 1975 | Public Eye | Janet Frisby | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Fatted Calf" |
| 1975 | Churchill's People | Edith | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Saxon Dusk" |
| 1975 | Armchair Cinema | Receptionist | (TV Series), 1 episode: "When Day Is Done" |
| 1976 | Journey Through the Black Sun | Alpha News Service Girl (uncredited) | (TV Movie, compilation of Space: 1999 episodes) |
| 1976 | The Sweeney | Pat Knightly | (TV Series), 1 episode: "On the Run" |
| 1976 | Bill Brand | Woman Interviewer | (TV Series), 2 episodes: "In" and "August for the Party" |
| 1976 | Life and Death of Penelope | Elizabeth | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Affair" |
| 1977 | Van der Valk | Margit | (TV Series), 1 episode: "In Hazard" |
| 1978 | Z Cars | Det. Sgt. Mayhew | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Prey" |
| 1979 | A Family Affair | Susan West | (TV Mini-Series), 9 episodes |
| 1979 | Rainbow | (Unnamed) | (TV Series), 1 episode, |
| 1980 | A Different Drummer | Mrs. Clemo | (TV Movie) |
| 1981 | Second Chance (TV Series) | Frances Sterling | (TV Series), 3 episodes:"January", "April II" and "August" |
| 1981 | Triangle | Rachael Gibson | (TV Series), 2 episodes: "Episode #1.9" and "Episode #1.10" |
| 1981–1983 | Angels | Evelyn Shaw (1981)/ Leslie Naples (1983) | (TV Series), 3 episodes: "Episode #7.26", "Episode #7.27" and "Episode #9.25" |
| 1982 | Bid for Power | | (TV Series), 1 episode |
| 1982 | The World About Us | Fanny Sims | (TV Series documentary), 1 episode: "The Forgotten Voyage" |
| 1983 | The Winner | Val Stafford | (TV Movie) |
| 1983 | The Old Men at the Zoo | Harriet Leacock | (TV Series), 3 episodes: "A Tall Story", "Godmanchester's Plan" and "Exodus" |
| 1984 | Brookside | Erica Miller | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.159" |
| 1985 | Me and My Girl | Helen | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Sam Who?" |
| 1985 | Fell Tiger | Susan Harvey | (TV Mini-Series), 6 episodes |
| 1985–1990 | Howards' Way | Jan Howard | (TV Series), 78 episodes |
| 1987 | Never Say Die | Beryl | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.2" |
| 1991 | Inspector Morse | Friday Rees | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Greeks Bearing Gifts" |
| 1992 | Casualty | Claire | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Body Politic" |
| 1992 | Lovejoy | Mary Russell | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Benin Bronze" |
| 1996 | A Touch of Frost | Yvonne Newbiggin | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Fun Times for Swingers" |
| 1997 | Dangerfield | Nicola Gresham | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Adam" |
| 1997 | Holding On | Julie | (TV Series), 2 episodes: "Episode #1.5" and "Episode #1.6" |
| 1997–1999 | Bugs | Barbara 'Jan' | (TV Series), 20 episodes |
| 1998 | Norman Ormal: A Very Political Turtle | Barbara Vacant | (TV Movie) |
| 1998 | The Round Tower | Jane Ratcliffe | (TV serial), 1 episode |
| 1999 | Belfry Witches | Mrs. Abercrombie | (TV Series), 3 episodes: "Episode #1.1", "Episode #1.6" and "Episode #1.7" |
| 2000 | Perfect World | Isabelle Hudson | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Parents" |
| 2001 | Swallow | T. Palmer | (TV Series), 3 episodes: "Episode #1.1", "Episode #1.2" and "Episode #1.3" |
| 2002–2003 | Rockface | Dr. Jane Chamberlain | (TV Series), 13 episodes |
| 2003 | Hear the Silence | Dr. Mead | (2 Part TV Movie) |
| 2003 | The Royal | Mrs. Annette Cheriton | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Doing the Rounds" |
| 2003 | William and Mary | Mildred Summersby | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.5" |
| 2003–2005 | Family Affairs | Babs Woods or Barbara 'Babs' Woods | (TV Series), 63 episodes |
| 2004 | The Final Quest | Annabelle | (TV Movie) |
| 2006 | Holby City | Candida Fitzgerald | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Crossing the Line" |
| 2009 | New Tricks | Miranda Carson | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Meat Is Murder" |
| 2013 | WPC 56 | Helena Cole | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Nature of the Beast" |
| 2015–2016 | EastEnders | Margaret Midhurst | (TV Series), 9 episodes |