Jane Rossington (born 5 March 1943) is a British actress, best known for her role as Jill Richardson/Harvey/Chance in the soap opera Crossroads.
The daughter of a bank manager, she attended Sutton Coldfield Grammar School and was an amateur actress, having trained in the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, before appearing in repertory theatre in Sheffield and York.
For the 24 years she appeared in the show the writers delighted in making Jill suffer, and amongst other things, she was married five times - once bigamously - was a drug addict, an alcoholic and had a baby with her stepbrother.
[2] In 2014, she joined fellow Crossroads' cast members on a special edition of Paul O'Grady's BBC Radio 2 show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the soap.
With Tony Adams, Paul Henry and Susan Hanson, Jane recalled some of the highlights from her time working on the hit ATV series.
She renewed her involvement with the fan club in 2002, at a time under new management it was officially recognised by the programme creators and Central Carlton.