Jo Rowbottom

Josephine Rowbottom (born 1942) is a British character actress, best known for guest roles in numerous British TV series and as James Beck's wife in Romany Jones.

Film credits Night of the Prowler (1962) - Elsie The Bargee (1964) - Cynthia (credited as Jo Rowbotham) You Must Be Joking! (1965) - irate mother in library (uncredited) The Liquidator (1965) - Betty Follow That Camel (1967) - Harem Girl (uncredited) Two a Penny (1968) - Helen Along the Way (1972) (credited as Jo Rowbotham) That Summer! (1979) - Pub landlady

Selected television credits

Steptoe and Son (Series 2, 1963) - 'Is That Your Horse Outside?' - Waitress Gideon's Way (1964, TV episode "The rhyme and the reason") - Mary Rose The Sullavan Brothers (1964) - Joyce Warren Z-Cars (1964–1972) - Kate Gordon / Joyce Alty / Micki / Stella Aldridge Mogul (1965) - Kitt Body Dixon of Dock Green (1966–1976) - Julie Taylor / Joyce / Jessie Copeland / Rosie Everett / Sheila Thompson / Sylvia / Jean The Baron (1966) - Jane Watch the Birdies (1966) - Marcia Doctor Who (in the serial The Evil of the Daleks) (1967) - Mollie Dawson Sinister Street (1969) - Daisy Palmer Spyder's Web (1972, TV episode "Things That Go Bang in the Night") - Debbie Romany Jones (1972–1973) - Betty Jones The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) - The Assyrian Rejuvenator - Suzie Shepherd Sam and the River (1975) - Katie Leigh Moody and Pegg ('Full House') 1975) - Gloria I, Claudius (1976) - Calpurnia Dick Turpin (1979–1980) - Mary / Mrs. Smith The Professionals (1980) - Barmaid Terry and June (1981) - Cynthia Jack of Diamonds (1983) - Chambermaid The Franchise Affair (1988) - Mildred Pinner The Bill (1989) - Sylvia Love Hurts (1992) - Jackie Carver

Theatre She studied at The Questors Theatre in Ealing, West London.