Jill Gascoine
| Jill Gascoine | |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 April 1937 Lambeth, London, England, UK |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Actress, novelist |
| Spouse(s) | Bill Keith (divorced) Alfred Molina (m. 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
Jill Gascoine (born 11 April 1937 in Lambeth, London) is a British actress and novelist. She is best known for her role as 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 has published three books.
Gascoine began her acting career in theatre in the 1960s and she had regular roles at the Dundee Repertory Theatre. She was also an actress in the Downfield Musical Society in Dundee working with a large number of people including Lamont Forbes MBE. Her typical role was principal boy in pantomime. Her early work also included collaborations with future film and television director, Ken Loach.
From 1970 onwards, Gascoine began appearing in television series such as Z-Cars, General Hospital, Rooms, Dixon of Dock Green, Softly, Softly: Taskforce and Within These Walls. She had a part in British sex-farce Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975) and then had a recurring role playing Letty Gaunt in the period drama The Onedin Line (1976–79).
She became better known from 1980 when she took the lead role in the ITV drama series The Gentle Touch, playing Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes. This was the first British television drama that centred on a female police officer, coming several months before the BBC's similarly themed Juliet Bravo. The Gentle Touch was a huge ratings hit in the UK and ran for five series until 1984, though Gascoine continued to play Maggie Forbes in the more action-oriented spin-off series C.A.T.S. Eyes from 1985-87. Following this, she then appeared as Judy Schwartz in the final series of the sitcom Home to Roost (1989–90) opposite John Thaw, and continued to make guest appearances on British television. She also appeared as Mrs Williams in the film King of the Wind (1990) opposite Richard Harris and Glenda Jackson.
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