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Jill Viola Gascoine (11 April 1937 – 28 April 2020) was an English actress and novelist. She portrayed Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in the 1980s television series The Gentle Touch and its spin-off series C.A.T.S. Eyes. In the 1990s, she also became a novelist and published three books.
Jill Gascoine was a British actress, writer and singer who starred in The Gentle Touch, a groundbreaking police drama. She also appeared in musicals, TV shows and movies, and married Alfred Molina in 1986.
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Apr 29, 2020 · Jill Gascoine, who played the first female lead in The Gentle Touch and other TV dramas, has died after a long illness. She was also an author and the wife of Alfred Molina, who confirmed her Alzheimer's diagnosis in 2016.
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Apr 29, 2020 · British actress Jill Gascoine, known for her roles in such TV dramas as The Gentle Touch and The Onedin Line, has died at the age of 83. In the 1980s she played Detective Inspector Maggie...
Apr 29, 2020 · Gascoine was the first woman to star in a British police drama, playing Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in “The Gentle Touch.” She also appeared in “The Onedin Line” and “EastEnders,” and was married to Alfred Molina.
Apr 29, 2020 · The star of 1980s TV favourite The Gentle Touch, Jill Gascoine, has died at the age of 83. Gascoine had been suffering from Alzheimer’s for a number of years, a “cowardly disease” according to...
Jill Gascoine was a British actress who starred in The Onedin Line and The Gentle Touch. She married Alfred Molina in 1986 and died of Alzheimer's disease in 2020.
