{"id":129817,"date":"2025-11-12T12:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=129817"},"modified":"2025-11-12T12:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:57:33","slug":"qa-with-jan-harvey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=129817","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A With Jan Harvey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=129817\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=129817\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-129818 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jan-Harvey-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jan-Harvey-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jan-Harvey-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jan-Harvey-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jan-Harvey-730x485.jpg 730w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jan-Harvey.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exclusive Interview by Karen Beishuizen<br \/>\nPhoto Credit by Rocco Redondo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jan Harvey is a British actress. She is known for her roles as jan Howard in \u201cHowards&#8217; Way\u201d, Jan in \u201cBugs\u201d and Babs Woods in \u201cFamily Affairs\u201d. She played the role of Annie in \u201cCalendar Girls\u201d and toured The UK for more than two years. Jan Harvey appeared as Margaret Midhurst in \u201cEastEnders\u201d and guest-starred in \u201cA Touch of Frost\u201d, \u201cInspector Morse\u201d, \u201cNew Tricks\u201d and \u201cLovejoy\u201d. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>KB: Did you always want to be an actress growing up?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Did I always want to be an actress? Not at all. I was brought up in Penzance which is in the south-west tip of Cornwall, not far from Land&#8217;s End. It was a wonderful place to spend my childhood by the sea, but the nearest professional theatre was 120 miles away. However, my parents were both enthusiastic amateurs and performed locally in both plays and opera, so I was very used to seeing them in full make up and dressed up as someone else. I guess I caught the bug to perform from them.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>KB: What was your first real acting role in front of an audience or camera?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My first real acting role was at the Minack Theatre which is a magical amphitheatre hewn into the rocks at Porthcurno with the ocean as its backdrop. I danced in two Shakespearean production there before taking on the role of Loreleen in Sean O\u2019Casey\u2019s \u201cCock O\u2019 Doodle Dandy\u201d. I was 17, very naive and totally ill equipped to play this very sexy siren!!!<\/p>\n<p>For my three years in Cambridge, I spent most of my time working on student productions playing Desdemona and Ophelia amongst many. And then, with my teaching qualification, for the next two years I appeased my Mother&#8217;s fear that I would starve as an actor, before beginning my career first in Theatre in Education and then with various stints in rep.<\/p>\n<p>My first television role was in \u2018Sam\u2019 the hard hitting Granada production about life in a Yorkshire mining town. I joined for the third series which was set in the 1960\u2019s playing a first generation graduate with ideas that rocked the status quo. It had a wonderful cast of brilliant and generous actors who helped me enormously and to whom I shall always be grateful.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>KB: Jan Howard in &#8220;Howards\u2019 Way&#8221;: How did you get this part and what is your fondest memory of being part of the show?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I love working in television series &#8211; the cast &amp; crew become your family, and this was certainly true of \u201cHowards\u2019 Way\u201d. I had just finished working on another series for BBC 2 and Jonathan Powell, the producer of that, suggested me to Gerry Glaister. The interview was very short and sweet &#8211; I left with the first two episodes under my arm. There followed six happy years and it was a joy to work on something so loved by the public. Even today I am stopped by people who remember HW with great affection as do I .<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>KB: Annie in &#8220;Calendar Girls&#8221;: How did you get this part and what attracted you to it?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Work in the theatre has always been important to me as I believe this is where you have a chance to experiment and grow. I was extremely fortunate to have been offered the role of Annie in \u201cCalendar Girls\u201d in my twilight years. Lynda Bellingham and I had been friends since we both started acting and it was a great experience to work with her, building the relationship between our characters. The play has an extraordinary power to communicate and unlock the emotions of everyone who sees it. It was a very real and different journey that the cast and audience went on every night. Touring \u201cCalendar Girls\u201d was my life for over two years and I started every performance with excitement and anticipation of what the night would bring. It is a rare thing.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>KB: Are there people you would love to collaborate with or you wished you had?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are so many people I would have loved to have worked with. We are blessed in the UK to have so many brilliant writers actors, directors, musicians, camera and lighting, make up &amp; wardrobe, technicians &#8211; thankfully the list is long and deep. I have been very lucky in my career to have worked with some of them, and it seems extraordinary that over fifty years in this business has gone by in a flash.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>KB: What are you currently up to?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I am grateful to have been able to pursue a profession that I adore, and I can honestly say that I have never worked a day in my life.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Jan, check her out on IMDB: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0367567\/\"><em><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-126533\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-126533\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"126533\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F129817\" data-token=\"8d7286a72339418fa5a93c1a32ccd84b\" data-token-time=\"1776741398\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\"><div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-name\" data-field-id=\"1\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\">Name <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><div class=\"wpforms-field-row wpforms-field-medium\"><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-first wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-first wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][first]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-126533-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">First<\/label><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-last wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][last]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">Last<\/label><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_2\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" spellcheck=\"false\" required><\/div>\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_4-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"4\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_4\" >Name Email or<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_4\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][4]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_3-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-textarea\" data-field-id=\"3\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_3\">Comment or Message<\/label><textarea id=\"wpforms-126533-field_3\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][3]\" ><\/textarea><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 'style' );\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle.appendChild( document.createTextNode( '#wpforms-126533-field_4-container { position: absolute !important; 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