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Gilly Coman

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Gilly Coman

Born September 13, 1955 in Liverpool, EnglandDied July 13, 20109 films

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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A Private Function posterFirst watchA Private Function19846.4as DorothyIn the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr.View film

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9 films as actor
  1. 1995PriestEllie Molloy
  2. 1993The Higher MortalsMiss Pluckley
  3. 1986Brick Is BeautifulElaine
  4. 1985Long Term MemoryRobin
  5. 1984Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and MusclePeggy
  6. 1984Angels in the AnnexeSusanna
  7. 1984A Private FunctionDorothy
  8. 1980And Mum Came TooSandra
  9. 1976Bag of YeastPartygoer (uncredited)