Janet "Jan" Levinson (formerly Levinson-Gould) is a fictional character from the US television series The Office. Her counterpart in the UK version is Jennifer Taylor-Clarke. She is played by Melora Hardin.
When the series begins, Jan Levinson-Gould is Michael Scott's superior at the New York City corporate headquarters of fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin. Jan's no-nonsense style is at odds with Michael's much more casual approach. Sin...
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Janet "Jan" Levinson (formerly Levinson-Gould) is a fictional character from the US television series The Office. Her counterpart in the UK version is Jennifer Taylor-Clarke. She is played by Melora Hardin.
When the series begins, Jan Levinson-Gould is Michael Scott's superior at the New York City corporate headquarters of fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin. Jan's no-nonsense style is at odds with Michael's much more casual approach. Since her office is in New York, Jan's contact with the Scranton branch is largely by telephone, although she will make the two-and-a-half-hour drive to Scranton if necessary. She usually asks if she's on camera when talking to Michael on the speaker phone, and Michael often lies and tells her she is not, before admitting that they are—at which point she hangs up on him. Eventually, she has a long-term but troubled romantic relationship with Michael, which escalates after Dunder Mifflin fires her for erratic behavior. Her relationship with...
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