---
name: "Jenny Howe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jenny-howe"
fi1m_id: "jenny-howe"
imdb_id: "nm0397843"
tmdb_id: 137936
wikidata_id: "Q138718546"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:46:36.254792+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."
---

# Jenny Howe

## Identity

Jenny Howe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jenny-howe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jenny-howe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0397843
- **TMDB ID:** 137936
- **Wikidata ID:** Q138718546
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Howe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138718546, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397843/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137936

Actor. Born in Surrey, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Howe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138718546, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397843/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137936

## Biography

Jenny Howe is a British actress and theatre practitioner. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and began her career in repertory theatre in the early 1970s.

She is best known for playing headmistress Mrs Keele in the BBC school drama *Grange Hill* (1992–1994). Her other television work includes roles in *The Bill*, *Casualty*, *Holby City*, *EastEnders*, *Silent Witness*, *A Touch of Frost* (1992) and *Spooks* (2002). Film appearances include *Truly Madly Deeply* (1990) as Burge and *The Heart of Me* (2002).

Later in her career she returned to theatre, appearing at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond. *Truly Madly Deeply* was produced by her then husband Robert Cooper.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Truly Madly Deeply* (1991), Fi1m 80, as Burge — [page](https://film.one/film/truly-madly-deeply.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *KAOS* (2024), series, as Laundry Mistress — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/kaos.md)
- *Dalgliesh* (2021), series, as Grace
- *Margaret* (2009), as Cynthia Crawford
- *Law & Order: UK* (2009), series, Actor
- *Daphne* (2007), as Tod
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Moira
- *The Year London Blew Up* (2005), as Sheila Matthews
- *The Heart of Me* (2004), as Nurse
- *Peep Show* (2003), series, as Registrar — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)
- *Strange* (2003), series, as Librarian
- *Rose and Maloney* (2002), series, as Wendy
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Mrs. Sayle — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Puckoon* (2002), as Mrs Croucher
- *The Turn of the Screw* (1999), as Cook
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Alexandra 'Lexy' Dunblane
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as Coroner
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Anne Waldren — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)
- *Truly Madly Deeply* (1991), as Burge — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/truly-madly-deeply.md)
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, as Angry Neighbour — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, as Amber
- *Lady Killers* (1980), series, as Miss Thomas
- *Grange Hill* (1978), series, as Mrs. Keele

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