Jane — Shirley Valentine Character Profile

About Jane

Shirley's flamboyant friend who wins a Greece vacation. She selfishly abandons Shirley for a holiday romance but later returns begging forgiveness, only to find Shirley has embraced independence and new plans.

Character Facts

Played by

Alison Steadman

Appears in

Shirley Valentine (1989)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Jane — Social Best Friend — Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw (Pauline Collins)

  Close friends who travel together, though Jane initially abandons Shirley for a romance.

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• Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw (Pauline Collins)
• Costas Demitriadis (Tom Conti)
• Gillian (Julia McKenzie)
• Sydney (Ken Sharrock)
• Marjorie Majors (Joanna Lumley)
• Brian (Gareth Jefferson)
• Young Marjorie (Catherine Duncan)
• German Tourist (John Hartley)
• Sharon-Louise (Deborah Yhip)
• German Tourist (Marlene Morley)
• Headmistress (Sylvia Syms)
• Londoner's Wife (Honora Burke)