Gentle Touch Jill ‘Was Just Terrific'
Daily Star|April 30, 2020
Star fought Alzheimer’s
Nadeem Badshah
Gentle Touch Jill ‘Was Just Terrific'

Tributes last night poured in for pioneering actress Jill Gascoine who died aged 83.

She had been battling Alzheimer’s for a decade.

Jill was the first woman in a lead role in a British police drama when she played Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in ITV’s The Gentle Touch.

Jill continued as Forbes in 1980s spin-off C.A.T.S. Eyes. A decade earlier, she also played Letty in BBC series The Onedin Line.

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