![Jean Heywood, actress best known on the small screen for 'When the Boat Comes In' and on the big screen as Billy Elliot's grandmother – obituary Jean Heywood, actress best known on the small screen for 'When the Boat Comes In' and on the big screen as Billy Elliot's grandmother – obituary](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/obituaries/2019/11/07/TELEMMGLPICT000215444552_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqM37qcIWR9CtrqmiMdQVx7CpQ353oOfspS7rQxzFSA7g.jpeg)
Jean Heywood, actress best known on the small screen for 'When the Boat Comes In' and on the big screen as Billy Elliot's grandmother – obituary
![We Can't Let Those Hands Go Down a Pit”: Jean Heywood (1921 – 2019) in When the Boat Comes In, Episode 7, BBC 1976 – "I'll Be Dead Before You Break My Heart" We Can't Let Those Hands Go Down a Pit”: Jean Heywood (1921 – 2019) in When the Boat Comes In, Episode 7, BBC 1976 – "I'll Be Dead Before You Break My Heart"](https://cantarachristopher.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/jean-heywood-when-the-boat-comes-in.jpg)
We Can't Let Those Hands Go Down a Pit”: Jean Heywood (1921 – 2019) in When the Boat Comes In, Episode 7, BBC 1976 – "I'll Be Dead Before You Break My Heart"
![Jean Heywood, actress best known on the small screen for 'When the Boat Comes In' and on the big screen as Billy Elliot's grandmother – obituary Jean Heywood, actress best known on the small screen for 'When the Boat Comes In' and on the big screen as Billy Elliot's grandmother – obituary](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/obituaries/2019/11/07/TELEMMGLPICT000215444279_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqkOwR0iP77jSmoq9t8DUmdpoeWhrs_rFJRBZ2-2XkJAA.jpeg)