Jean Heywood
Jean Heywood | |
|---|---|
Publicity photograph of Heywood | |
| Born | Jean Murray 15 July 1921 Blyth, Northumberland, England |
| Died | 14 September 2019 (aged 98) East Sussex, England[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1968–2010 |
| Spouse |
Roland Heywood
(m. 1945; died 1996) |
| Children | 3 |
Jean Heywood (born Jean Murray; 15 July 1921 – 14 September 2019) was an English actress.
Career
Heywood appeared in many roles, mainly in television but also in films such as Billy Elliot. Her television work included roles in When the Boat Comes In, Our Day Out, All Creatures Great and Small, Boys from the Blackstuff, Family Affairs, The Bill and Casualty.[3] Heywood had a main role in the sitcom Leave it to Charlie.[4] In 2005, she starred alongside Richard Briers and Kevin Whately in a drama called Dad on BBC One as part of Comic Relief's Elder Abuse campaign.[5] In 2010 Heywood made a guest appearance in the ITV series Married Single Other.
Personal life and death
Heywood was born in Blyth, Northumberland on 15 July 1921.[6] At age six, she moved with her parents, Jack and Elsie, to New Zealand. Her mother died less than six months later, and the family returned to the UK.[7]
Heywood died on 14 September 2019, at the age of 98.[8] Her husband, Roland, had predeceased her (in 1996). They had two children together, and Heywood had another from an earlier relationship.[7]
Filmography
- When the Boat Comes In (1976–77) as Bella Seaton
- Our Day Out (1977) as Mrs Kay
- Emmerdale Farm (1978) as Phyllis Acaster
- Leave it to Charlie (1978-1980) as Florence McGee
- Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) E5 "George’s Last Ride" as Mary Malone
- No Place Like Home (1984) as Lillian (Beryl's mother)
- Dalgliesh (TV series) Cover Her Face (1985) as Martha
- A Very Peculiar Practice (1986) as Lillian Hubbard
- Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987) as Edie Pagett
- All Creatures Great and Small (1990) as Mrs Alton
- Spender (1992) S2:E6 "At the End of the Day" as Sarah Ellis
- The Glass Virgin (1995) as Amy
- Heartbeat (1995) S5:E6 "We're All Allies Really" as Hilda Openshaw
- Kavanagh QC (1995) S1:E1 "Nothing but the truth" as Marjorie Kavanagh
- Kavanagh QC (1996) S2:E6 "Job Satisfaction" as Marjorie Kavanagh
- A Touch of Frost (1997) S5:E4 "No Other Love" as Olive Walters
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1998) S4:E3 "Digging for Dirt" as Enid Weston
- Billy Elliot (2000) as Grandma
- Brookside (2000) as Kitty Hilton
- Dad (2005) as Jeannie James
Radio
The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (1991) – Miss. Tapp
References
- ^ GRO Index
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Heywood, Jean 1921– information – Encyclopedia.com: Find Heywood, Jean 1921– research". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ Hayward, Anthony (7 November 2019). "Jean Heywood obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ "Alzheimer's Society welcomes star of BBC drama and Comic Relief campaign". 23 February 2005. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ^ Room, Adrian (10 January 2014). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins (5th ed.). McFarland. p. 228. ISBN 9780786457632 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Hayward, Anthony (7 November 2019). "Jean Heywood obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Jean Heywood". BAFTA. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
External links
- Jean Heywood at IMDb