Gilly Coman
Acting Born Sep 13, 1955 Liverpool, England 22 credits
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
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Full filmography
- A Touch of Frost (1992) as Julia Ryan
- Inspector Morse (1987) as Holly Trevors
- Going Live! (1987) as Self
- Bread (1986) as Aveline Boswell
- Children's Ward (1989) as Carol Jones
- Priest (1995) as Ellie Molloy
- Open All Hours (1976) as Girl Who Answers Advert
- Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) as D.O.E Clerk
- Scully (1984) as Marie Morgan
- Nature Boy (2000) as Esther
- The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997) as Marigold Lockton
- The Gathering Seed (1983) as Irene Kilbride
- That's What I Call Television (2007) as Self
- A Private Function (1984) as Dorothy
- Springhill (1996) as Liz Freeman
- Angels in the Annexe (1984) as Susanna
- The Higher Mortals (1993) as Miss Pluckley
- Long Term Memory (1985) as Robin
- Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle (1984) as Peggy
- Bag of Yeast (1976) as Partygoer (uncredited)
- And Mum Came Too (1980) as Sandra
- Brick Is Beautiful (1986) as Elaine