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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1955-09-13 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Liverpool, England

Gilly Coman

Biography:

Gilly Coman (13 September 1955 – 13 July 2010) was an English actress, who played Aveline in the first four series of Carla Lane's sitcom Bread. She also appeared in Scully, Coronation Street, Brookside, Inspector Morse, Springhill and Emmerdale Farm and 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 of a suspected heart attack on 13 July 2010 at her mother's grave in All Saints Church's cemetery, Liverpool. She is survived by her husband, Phil, a photographer, her three sons and one daughter. She had a heart condition and was scheduled for a pacemaker operation

Known For

Acting

2007

1997

1996

Springhill as Liz Freeman

1995

Priest as Ellie Molloy

1993

The Higher Mortals as Miss Pluckley

1989

Children's Ward as Carol Jones

1987

Inspector Morse as Holly Trevors
Going Live! as Self

1986

Bread as Aveline Boswell

1984

1983

The Gathering Seed as Irene Kilbride

1982

1980

1976

Bag of Yeast as Partygoer (uncredited)