Jill Gascoine

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Jill Viola Gascoine (born April 11, 1937 in Lambeth , London , Great Britain , † April 28, 2020 in Los Angeles ) was a British actress and writer .

Gascoine became known to the German audience in the early 1980s as Maggie Forbes in the British TV series On the gentle tour (original title: The Gentle Touch), which was broadcast as an evening series on ARD. In CATS Eyes , the follow-up series, she also played the role of Maggie Forbes. In the 1970s she was seen as Letty Gaunt-Onedin in the early evening series Die Onedin-Linie (The Onedin Line) on German television. In 1990 she played in King of the Winds (King of the Wind) with. Her acting work includes more than 45 film and television productions. She was last seen in a film in 2007.

In 1986 she was married to the 16 years younger actor Alfred Molina . His first marriage to a hotelier had two children.

Gascoine also published three novels in the mid-1990s.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1973: Task Force Police ( Z Cars , TV series, episode 8x24)
  • 1974: Dixon of Dock Green (TV series, episode 20x05)
  • 1976–1979: The Onedin Line ( The Onedin Line , TV series, 33 episodes)
  • 1977: Rooms (TV series, 45 episodes)
  • 1980–1984: On the gentle tour ( The Gentle Touch , TV series, 56 episodes)
  • 1985–1987: CATS Eyes (TV series, 30 episodes)
  • 1989: There I Am Again ( Home to Roost , TV series, episode 4x01)
  • 1990: King of the Wind
  • 1990: Taggart (TV series, episode 6x01)
  • 1994: Alaska of all places ( Northern Exposure , TV series, episode 6x03)
  • 1998: The Patron Saint of Liars - The Long Road to Truth (The Patron Saint of Liars)
  • 1998: The sports cannons (BASEketball)
  • 1999: Touched by an Angel ( Touched By An Angel , TV series, Episode 6x07)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Toby Moses: The Gentle Touch star Jill Gascoine dies aged 83. In: The Guardian . April 29, 2020, accessed on April 29, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Louis Chilton: Jill Gascone death: The Gentle Touch actor dies 83. In: The Independent . April 29, 2020, accessed on April 29, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Gascoine, Jill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gascoine, Jill Viola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Lambeth
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 2020
Place of death los Angeles