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Gilly Coman

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Gilly Coman
Born
Gillian Helen Coman

(1955-09-13)13 September 1955
Liverpool, England
Died13 July 2010(2010-07-13) (aged 54)
Wirral, England
OccupationActress
Years active1978–2000
Spouse
Phil Cutts
(m. 1976)
Children4

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.

Life and career

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Coman appeared in Scully, Coronation Street, Brookside, A Touch of Frost, Springhill, Emmerdale Farm, the BBC sitcom Open All Hours and Inspector Morse in which she played Holly Trevors in the episode "The Day Of The Devil."

Coman also played Marigold Lockton in The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997), the TV adaptation of the Jilly Cooper novel.

Gilly Coman died of a suspected heart attack on 13 July 2010, at the age of 54.[1][2][3] She had a heart condition and died just two weeks before she was scheduled for a pacemaker operation.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Hayward, Anthony (18 July 2010). "Gilly Coman obituary". The Guardian. London.
  2. ^ "Bread actress Gilly Coman dies aged 54". BBC News Online. 15 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Bread star actress Gilly Coman dies from suspected heart attack". Liverpool Echo. 15 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Bread star Gilly Coman died from heart condition during visit to mum's grave". Liverpool Echo. 14 October 2010.
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