Jan Englund

Jan Lowell (née 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.¹ 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,² where they worked on spaghetti Westerns like A Fistful of Dollars.³⁴

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)