Jane How
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Jane Onslow How (born 21 December 1951 in London
) is an English
actress with a range of television,film and stage credits. In 1977 she married actor Mark Burns and had a son Jack in 1981. Subsequently married actor Richard Durden in 1996.
After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
where she won the Rodney Millington Award she spent several years in provincial theatre.
She is best known for her role as Jan Hammond, the mistress of Den Watts
in EastEnders
. She appeared in the programme regularly from 1986 to 1987 and also made brief return appearances in 2002 and 2003, the latter leading up to Den's return to the show.
Other roles include two series of "The Spoils of War ",'Anno Domini","War and Remembrance ","Anglo Saxon Attitudes", "The Cazalet Chronicles", "Zoya", "Love in a Cold Climate",another famous mistress, Camilla Parker-Bowles, in the TV mini-drama Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992). She has also appeared in The Citadel,"Midsommer Murders","Judge John Deed","Byron"," Bad Girls", "Love Soup",, "Armadillo","Poirot","Daniel Deronda", as well as in four series of the sitcom Don't Wait Up
as Helen with Nigel Havers
. Her first television credit was in the 1973 Doctor Who
story Planet of the Daleks
.
Her films include "A Good Woman", "Miss Potter"," A.K.A." and "Cosi".
In the West End she has appeared for the R.S.C. in "The Return of A.J.Raffles", as Larita in Noel Coward's "Easy Virtue" at The Garrick,she was in the original cast of "Don't Dress for Dinner" at The Apollo,"Home and Beauty"at the Lyric and "Top People " at the Ambassadors Theatre
In 2009, How appeared as a finishing school teacher in a commercial for Go Compare insurance, while in March 2010 she appeared briefly as hospital executive Zara Merrick in the BBC1 drama series Casualty
.
London
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) is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress with a range of television,film and stage credits. In 1977 she married actor Mark Burns and had a son Jack in 1981. Subsequently married actor Richard Durden in 1996.
After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, formerly the Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art, was a drama school, and originally a singing school, in London. It was one of the leading drama schools in Britain, and offered comprehensive training for those intending to pursue a...
where she won the Rodney Millington Award she spent several years in provincial theatre.
She is best known for her role as Jan Hammond, the mistress of Den Watts
Den Watts
Dennis Alan "Den" Watts is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by actor Leslie Grantham. He became well known for his tabloid nickname, "Dirty Den"....
in EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
. She appeared in the programme regularly from 1986 to 1987 and also made brief return appearances in 2002 and 2003, the latter leading up to Den's return to the show.
Other roles include two series of "The Spoils of War ",'Anno Domini","War and Remembrance ","Anglo Saxon Attitudes", "The Cazalet Chronicles", "Zoya", "Love in a Cold Climate",another famous mistress, Camilla Parker-Bowles, in the TV mini-drama Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992). She has also appeared in The Citadel,"Midsommer Murders","Judge John Deed","Byron"," Bad Girls", "Love Soup",, "Armadillo","Poirot","Daniel Deronda", as well as in four series of the sitcom Don't Wait Up
Don't Wait Up
Don't Wait Up is a British sitcom that aired for six series from 1983 to 1990 on BBC1. It starred Nigel Havers, Tony Britton and Dinah Sheridan, and was written by George Layton...
as Helen with Nigel Havers
Nigel Havers
Nigel Allan Havers is an English actor. He is probably best known for his BAFTA-nominated role as Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 British film Chariots of Fire, and for his role as Dr. Tom Latimer in the British TV comedy series Don't Wait Up...
. Her first television credit was in the 1973 Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
story Planet of the Daleks
Planet of the Daleks
Planet of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from April 7 to May 12, 1973.-Synopsis:...
.
Her films include "A Good Woman", "Miss Potter"," A.K.A." and "Cosi".
In the West End she has appeared for the R.S.C. in "The Return of A.J.Raffles", as Larita in Noel Coward's "Easy Virtue" at The Garrick,she was in the original cast of "Don't Dress for Dinner" at The Apollo,"Home and Beauty"at the Lyric and "Top People " at the Ambassadors Theatre
In 2009, How appeared as a finishing school teacher in a commercial for Go Compare insurance, while in March 2010 she appeared briefly as hospital executive Zara Merrick in the BBC1 drama series Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
.