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

1984

Angels in the Annexe

as

Susanna

1986

Brick Is Beautiful

as

Elaine

1984

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

as

Peggy

1995

Priest

as

Ellie Molloy

1980

And Mum Came Too

as

Sandra

1984

A Private Function

as

Dorothy

1993

The Higher Mortals

as

Miss Pluckley

1976

Bag of Yeast

as

Partygoer (uncredited)

Scully

as

Marie Morgan

Inspector Morse

as

Holly Trevors

Bread

as

Aveline Boswell

Children's Ward

as

Carol Jones

That's What I Call Television

as

Springhill

as

Liz Freeman

The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous

as

Marigold Lockton

Boys from the Blackstuff

as

D.O.E Clerk

The Gathering Seed

as

Irene Kilbride

Going Live!

as

Self

Production

Crew

Directing