Jill Gascoine played Letty Onedin in 1970s drama The Onedin Line
British actress Jill Gascoine, known for her roles in such TV dramas as The Gentle Touch and The Onedin Line, has died at the age of 83.
In the 1980s she played Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in ITV’s The Gentle Touch, the first British police drama with a woman in the main role.
She continued playing the character in spin-off C.A.T.S. Eyes, and was Letty Onedin in The Onedin Line in the 1970s.
She died after a long illness, her family told BBC News.
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