Jan Harvey (born 1 June 1947) 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 après sail wear and was also the first UK headquarters of the German mail order franchise, Die Spitze.
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 (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 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.
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“Called on one occasion to a homestead cabin whose occupant had been found frozen to death, Coroner Harvey opened the door, glanced in, and instantly pronounced his verdict, “Deader ‘n hell!””
—For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)