Jean Fergusson
Jean Fergusson | |
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| Born | 30 December 1944 Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 14 November 2019 (aged 74) London, England |
| Education | Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama |
| Years active | 1964–2016 |
Jean Fergusson (30 December 1944 – 14 November 2019) was a British television and theatre
Early life
Fergusson was born in the village of Woolley, near Wakefield, to Margaret (née Jackson) and Francis Fergusson, a civil engineer. They moved several times between Yorkshire and Dumfriesshire, Scotland before settling in Bridgend, Glamorgan in 1956 where Fergusson attended Bridgend Girls' Grammar School. While studying for her A-levels, she joined an amateur dramatics company, the Bridgend Castle Players, then trained as an actor at Cardiff College of Music and Drama (now the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama) and graduated in 1965.[2][1]
Career
After touring schools with
In 1974, Fergusson made her television debut with a few episodes in popular soap Crossroads playing Caroline Herbert, an old girlfriend of main character Roy Mollison, and appeared as Mrs Tremayne, a colonel’s wife, in an episode of All Creatures Great and Small four years later in 1978. In theatre, she appeared in the stage show of popular long running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine in the 1984 summer season, playing Marina, an ageing blonde bombshell complete with peroxide blonde hair, false eyelashes and short skirt. The character was so popular with audiences that Marina was written into the television series, and she made her first appearance in 1985, and continued to play the character in every episode until the show's cancellation in 2010, appearing in a total of 216 episodes.
Fergusson's show She Knows You Know!, in which she portrayed the
Personal life
Fergusson lived in Yorkshire until 2014, when she moved to London.[1] She died at her home on 14 November 2019.[5][6] Her partner of 30 years, Paul Jenkinson died in 2011.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Character |
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| 1974 | Crossroads | Caroline Herbert |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small | Mrs. Tremayne |
| 1985 | A Woman of Substance |
Unknown |
| 1985 | The Practice | Joyce Tibbs; 4 episodes |
| 1985–2010 | Last of the Summer Wine | Marina; 216 episodes |
| 1986 | Albion Market | Unknown |
| 1987 | Coronation Street | Helen Ashcroft |
| 1993 | Lipstick on Your Collar | Dance Instructor |
| 1999 | Coronation Street | Mrs. Mallett |
| 2001 | Peak Practice | Mary Newson |
| 2006 | Doctors | Brenda Wallis |
| 2010 | This Is England '86 | Daisy |
| 2010–2011 | Coronation Street | Dorothy Hoyle ; 24 episodes
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| 2011 | Doctors | Rose Saunders |
| 2012 | Run for Your Wife | Exercising Woman |
| 2013 | Doctors | Meg Baker |
References
- ^ a b c "Jean Fergusson: Last of the Summer Wine actress dies". BBC News. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ a b Hayward, Anthony (23 November 2019). "Jean Fergusson, stage and screen actor ..." The Guardian. Guardian Newspapers. p. 9. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Jean Fergusson – IMDb
- ^ Jean Fergusson joins 'Coronation Street' - Coronation Street News - Soaps - Digital Spy
- ^ "Last of the Summer Wine and Coronation Street star Jean Fergusson dead at 74". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Last of the Summer Wine's Jean Fergusson dies at 74". The Guardian. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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