Jan Chappell
Acting
Biography
Janet Victoria Chappell (born 7 June 1945 in Brixton, London) is an English actress, known for her portrayal of Cally in the first three series of Blake's 7.
Born: June 7, 1945
Place of Birth: Brixton, London, United Kingdom
Known For
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.
Spooks
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
Lovejoy
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Blake's 7
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
Blake's 7
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatising the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th-century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.
The Naked Civil Servant
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
The House of Eliott
Two sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.
Greenfingers
Prison inmate Colin Briggs is introduced to gardening, and when his thriving prison garden attracts the attention of flamboyant gardening expert Georgina Woodhouse, she offers to sponsor the inmates in an upcoming flower show. At the Hampton Court Flower Show, Colin meets Georgina's daughter and romance is in bloom.
Filmography
as Solicitor
as Patricia Norton
as Peggy Tortworth, Prisons Minister
as Presiley Baxendale QC
as Captain Lisa Deranne
as Doctor
as Marta Feuchtwanger
as Publisher 2
as Marta Feuchtwanger
as Mrs Cartwright
as Soldier's Wife
as Dr. Potter
as Dealer
as Prof. Goodrich
as Marie Friede
as Cally
as Cally (voice) (uncredited)
as Neurotic Girl
as Mary
as Oda
as The Soldier's Wife