Gilly Coman
Encyclopedia
Gilly Coman was a British
based actress, who played Aveline in the first four series of Carla Lane
's sitcom Bread
.
She had also appeared in such programmes as Scully
, Coronation Street
, Brookside
, Inspector Morse
, Springhill
and Emmerdale Farm.
She also appeared in the BBC
sitcom Open All Hours
. She played Marigold Lockton in the 1997 TV adaptation of the Jilly Cooper
novel The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
.
Coman died at home on the Wirral on 13 July 2010 of a suspected heart attack and is survived by her husband Phil, a photographer, her 3 sons and one daughter.
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based actress, who played Aveline in the first four series of Carla Lane
Carla Lane
Carla Lane, OBE is an English television writer responsible for many successful sitcoms, including The Liver Birds , Butterflies , and Bread ....
's sitcom Bread
Bread (TV series)
Bread was a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from 1 May 1986 to 3 November 1991....
.
She had also appeared in such programmes as Scully
Scully (TV series)
Scully was a British television drama with some comedy elements set in the city of Liverpool, England, it originated from a BBC Play For Today episode "Scully's New Years Eve" . Originally broadcast on Channel Four in 1984, the single series was spread over six half-hour episodes plus a one-hour...
, Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
, Brookside
Brookside
Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
, Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse (TV series)
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. Dexter makes a cameo appearance in all but three of the episodes....
, Springhill
Springhill (TV series)
Springhill was a British soap opera/drama, produced by Granada and broadcast in 1996/1997 on the Sky One satellite channel, and later on Channel 4. It consisted of 2 series, each containing 26 episodes...
and Emmerdale Farm.
She also appeared in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
sitcom Open All Hours
Open All Hours
Open All Hours is a BBC sitcom written by Roy Clarke which ran for four series a first run in 1976, a second run in 1981, third in 1982 and finally with a fourth run in 1985, with a pilot episode from the Seven of One series in 1973...
. She played Marigold Lockton in the 1997 TV adaptation of the Jilly Cooper
Jilly Cooper
Jilly Cooper OBE is an English author. She started her career as a journalist and wrote numerous works of non-fiction before writing several romance novels, the first of which appeared in 1975. She is most famous for writing the Rutshire Chronicles.-Early life:Jilly Sallitt was born in Hornchurch,...
novel The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous is a novel written by Jilly Cooper as part of the Rutshire Chronicles, about a womanizer who gets embroiled in a scheme to punish wayward husbands....
.
Coman died at home on the Wirral on 13 July 2010 of a suspected heart attack and is survived by her husband Phil, a photographer, her 3 sons and one daughter.