Just a month or so after the death of Juliette Kaplan, who played her rival Pearl in Last of the Summer Wine, Jean Fergusson has followed her in that great bathtub down the hill. Fergusson had a 50+-year career on both the stage and screen: Olivier-nominated for her depiction of Hylda Baker in She Knows You Know and turning up in three different roles on Coronation Street. However, she will forever be known as the brassy Marina in Last of the Summer Wine, who for some reason had an eye for Pearl’s husband Howard.
Jean Fergusson
30 December 1944 – 14 November 2019
Died aged 74 (2 picks)