Jane Lowe (born 5 June 1943) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying the roles of Aunt Blodwen in Lizzie Dripping (1973–1975), Mam in the BBC children's programme Jonny Briggs (1985–1987) and Monica Lindsey in the ITV drama Bad Girls (1999–2001). Throughout her career on stage and screen that has spanned over five decades, she has appeared in Coronation Street, The Bill and Doctors on numerous occasions as various characters and co-starred in the horror film The Creeping (2022).

Life and career

Lowe was born on 5 June 1943 in Wigan, Lancashire.^[1][2][3] She began her acting career in 1967, appearing in six episodes of the ITV soap opera Crossroads as Mrs. Coburn, before making her stage debut the same year appearing in productions of The Heir and Bread and Butter at the Castle Theatre in Farnham.^[4] Over the next five years, she had minor roles in drama series such as Mr. Rose, Crime Buster, Fraud Squad and Who-Dun-It.^[5] She also appeared in episodes of ITV Playhouse and ITV Sunday Night Theatre, as well as an episode of Coronation Street.^[5] In 1972, Lowe portrayed Aunt Blodwen in an episode of Jackanory Playhouse which spawned into a spin-off series Lizzie Dripping the following year, and became Lowe's first regular acting job, portraying the character between 1973 and 1975.^[1][5]

Lowe maintained her acting career throughout the next decade, portraying various guest roles in several television shows before appearing in Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House as Mrs Cunliffe in 1982, and subsequently joining the cast of the 1984 BBC comedy drama Cockles as Mabel Gutteridge.^[6] In 1985, Lowe began portraying Mam in the BBC children's television series Jonny Briggs, starring in both series before the show's cancellation in 1987.^[7][8] In 1990, Lowe appeared in Perfect Scoundrels as Mrs. Frobisher and portrayed Toni Spuhler in an episode of the BBC2 anthology series Performance in 1992.^[9] In 1993, she made guest appearance in series' such as Gallowglass, May to December and Lovejoy.^[10] She also appeared in Cracker (1995) and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996).^[5] Lowe also appeared in various stage productions including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1992), The Card (1994) and My Mother Said I Never Should (1997).^[11][1]

In 1999, Lowe joined the cast of the ITV drama Bad Girls as Monica Lindsey, a middle-aged, middle-class woman who had been sentenced to five years imprisonment for handling stolen money.^[12][13] The character was released on appeal in the final episode of the first series, however Lowe briefly returned as Monica during the third series, in which she is seen having opened a halfway house for other prisoners.^[14]

Lowe has since made regular appearances in television soap operas. She has appeared in the BBC medical soap opera Doctors on seven occasions in various roles, as well as appearing in The Bill five times and Coronation Street four times.^[15][16] She also appeared in an episode of the BBC sitcom Not Going Out in 2013.^[17] In 2022, Lowe co-starred in the horror film The Creeping.^[18] For her portrayal of Lucy Blakeley, she won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the Houston Horror Film Festival.^[19][20]

Filmography

Stage

References

External links

• Jane Lowe at IMDb