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Jean Fergusson
British actress (–)
Jean Fergusson (30 December – 14 November ) was a British television and theatre actress, who was best known for playing the part of Marina on the British situation comedyLast of the Summer Wine from until it was cancelled in , and her several guest roles in the soap Coronation Street.[1]
Early life
Fergusson was born in the village of Woolley, near Wakefield, to Margaret (née Jackson) and Francis Fergusson, a civil engineer.
They moved several times between Yorkshire and Dumfriesshire, Scotland before settling in Bridgend, Glamorgan in where Fergusson attended Bridgend Girls' Grammar School. While studying for her A-levels, she joined an amateur dramatics company, the Bridgend Castle Players, then trained as an actor at Cardiff College of Music and Drama (now the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama) and graduated in [2][1]
Career
After touring schools with Brian Way’s Theatre Centre company, she spent two years in rep at Oldham Coliseum, followed by engagements in theatres all over the country.
In , Fergusson made her television debut with a few episodes in popular soap Crossroads playing Caroline Herbert, an old girlfriend of main character Roy Mollison, and appeared as Mrs Tremayne, a colonel’s wife, in an episode of All Creatures Great and Small four years later in In theatre, she appeared in the stage show of popular long running sitcomLast of the Summer Wine in the summer season, playing Marina, an ageing blonde bombshell complete with peroxide blonde hair, false eyelashes and short skirt.
Jean fergusson biography Police issue update after woman pedestrian killed in crash with van in Blaina. The character was so popular with audiences that Marina was written into the television series, and she made her first appearance in , and continued to play the character in every episode until the show's cancellation in , appearing in a total of episodes. NPO More On tendendo.The character was so popular with audiences that Marina was written into the television series, and she made her first appearance in , and continued to play the character in every episode until the show's cancellation in , appearing in a total of episodes.
Fergusson's show She Knows You Know!, in which she portrayed the comedianHylda Baker, performed at the Vaudeville Theatre, was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Entertainment of the season,[3] and she was part of the cast of the touring play Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners.
After Last of the Summer Wine ended, Fergusson appeared in several television series, including This is England '86 and three episodes of Doctors. In she took on the role of Dorothy Hoyle in Coronation Street, having previously played Gary Mallet's mother in and Dr Lowther's sister-in-law Helen Ashcroft in She reappeared in , and was part of a large kidnapping storyline involving her husband Alan, John Stape and Chesney Battersby-Brown.[4]
Personal life
Fergusson lived in Yorkshire until , when she moved to London.[1] She died at her home on 14 November [5][6] Her partner of 30 years, Paul Jenkinson died in [2]