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