Jan Harvey is an English actress. Harvey is possibly best known for her starring role as Jan Howard in the British TV drama Howards' Way, from 1985?90, in which she ran a fashion boutique named Periplus. The boutique specialised in the sale of apr�s sail wear. 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, the House of Howard, which was successfully floated on the stock exchange. During the 1990s, Harvey appeared in the action series Bugs, and more recently was a regular cast member in the Five soap opera Family Affairs. She has also guest starred in many other high profile British dramas including A Touch of Frost, Inspector Morse and Lovejoy. Jan Harvey starred in the 2010 UK tour of Calendar Girls and is set to appear in a second run of the show in late 2011. 

June 1st, 1947 in Penzance (Age 77)