---
name: "Jean Heywood"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-heywood"
fi1m_id: "jean-heywood"
imdb_id: "nm0382402"
tmdb_id: 481
wikidata_id: "Q514403"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 July 1921"
died: "14 September 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T13:36:31.347748+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jean Heywood

## Identity

Jean Heywood

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-heywood
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-heywood
- **IMDb ID:** nm0382402
- **TMDB ID:** 481
- **Wikidata ID:** Q514403
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Heywood, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382402/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/481

Actor. Born 15 July 1921 in Northumberand, England, UK. Died 14 September 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 July 1921, Northumberand, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 September 2019
- **Active:** 1986–2002
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 2000s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Heywood, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382402/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/481

## Biography

Jean Heywood (born Jean Murray) was an English actress. Born on 15 July 1921 in Blyth, Northumberland, she died on 14 September 2019 in East Sussex. She began her screen career in the late 1960s with television appearances in adaptations of Nana and Germinal, later becoming known for a range of character roles in British television drama and soap operas.

Her most prominent television role was as Bella Seaton in the BBC series When the Boat Comes In (1976–77). She also appeared in Leave It to Charlie, All Creatures Great and Small, Casualty, The Bill and Jeeves and Wooster. In film, she played Grandma in Billy Elliot (2000). Heywood was married to Roland Heywood from 1945 until his death in 1996; they had three children.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com, telegraph.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Billy Elliot* (2000), Fi1m 81, as Grandma — [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)
- *A Very Peculiar Practice* (1986), Fi1m 82, as Lilian Hubbard — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-peculiar-practice.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Married Single Other* (2010), series, as Betty
- *Dad* (2005), as Jeannie James
- *Flesh and Blood* (2002), as Ethel Broughton
- *Billy Elliot* (2000), as Grandma — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)
- *The Last Musketeer* (2000), as Flo
- *Gunslinger's Revenge* (1998), as Miss Comet
- *I Bring You Frankincense* (1996), as Grandma
- *Trip Trap* (1996), Actor
- *Our Friends in the North* (1996), series, as Woman in Market — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/our-friends-in-the-north.md)
- *Hetty Wainthropp Investigates* (1996), series, as Enid Weston
- *The Glass Virgin* (1995), series, as Amy
- *Kavanagh Q.C.* (1995), series, as Marjorie Kavanagh
- *White Goods* (1994), as Doe
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Edna Sturgess, Beryl Otley
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Olive — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Hilda Openshaw, Winnie Cresswell
- *Spender* (1991), series, as Sarah Ellis
- *Missing Persons* (1990), as Edith Cross
- *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990), series, as Aunt Dahlia
- *The Franchise Affair* (1988), series, as Aunt Lin
- *White Peak Farm* (1988), series, as Gran
- *The Ruth Rendell Mysteries* (1987), series, as Mrs. Penistan
- *Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder* (1987), series, as Edith Paget
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Edith Whoitmore, Mrs. Grady, Lily Harwood — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *A Very Peculiar Practice* (1986), series, as Lilian Hubbard — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-peculiar-practice.md)
- *The Brothers McGregor* (1985), series, as Dolly McGregor
- *Cover Her Face* (1985), series, as Martha
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Sakharov* (1984), as Sakharov's Secretary
- *Red Monarch* (1983), as Sopha
- *Boys from the Blackstuff* (1982), series, as Mary Malone
- *Horace* (1982), series, as Mother
- *Turning Year Tales* (1979), series, as Blind May
- *Night People* (1978), as Sarah
- *Leave it to Charlie* (1978), series, as Florence McGee
- *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978), series, as Mrs Alton
- *Our Day Out* (1977), as Mrs. Kay
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, as Sarah
- *Daft Mam Blues* (1977), as Gladys
- *Open All Hours* (1976), series, as Vera
- *When the Boat Comes In* (1976), series, as Bella Seaton
- *The Healing* (1975), as Mary
- *Second City Firsts* (1973), series, as Gladys
- *The Medium* (1973), as Alice
- *Centre Play* (1973), series, as Ann's Ma
- *Land of Green Ginger* (1973), as Mrs. Brown
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Mrs. Brown, Mrs Kay

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