Jan Englund

Jan Lowell ( Englund; August 23, 1927 – January 16, 2018) was an American screenwriter and actress known for her work on exploitation films from the 1950s through the 1970s. She often worked alongside her husband, writer-actor Mark Lowell.

After marrying her husband, she began working as an actress for stage and screen. Her first acting roles came in a series of Hugo Haas films in the mid-1950s. Soon, they were writing film scripts for B-movies like High School Hellcats and His and Hers. The pair also spent a significant amount of time living in Rome, where they worked on spaghetti Westerns like A Fistful of Dollars.

Selected filmography
As an actress:


 * The "Human" Factor (1975)
 * Paradise Alley (1962)
 * Suicide Battalion (1958)
 * Reform School Girl (1957)
 * Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
 * Lizzie (1957)
 * Hit and Run (1957)
 * Emergency Hospital (1956)
 * Hold Back Tomorrow (1955)
 * The Other Woman (1954)
 * Bait (1954)

As a writer:


 * A Candidate for Killing (1969)
 * A Quiet Business (1964)
 * A Fistful of Dollars (1964) (uncredited)
 * His and Hers (1961)
 * Diary of a High School Bride (1959)
 * High School Hellcats (1958)