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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.^[1][2][3]

• 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

• 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)^[4] (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

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

• Jo Rowbottom at IMDb