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Jill Jacobson, Actress Known for 'Falcon Crest,' Dies at 70

16-12-2024

Jill Jacobson, the film and TV actress best known for her roles in Falcon Crest and Star Trek: The Next Generation, has passed away on December 8 in Los Angeles. She was 70 years old.

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Her death was confirmed by her manager Ben Padua and by her publicist Daniel Harary who said she died after battling "a long illness."

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"We are incredibly sad to say goodbye to our beautiful, soulful, hysterically funny, elegantly raunchy client, Jill Jacobson," Padua said in a statement.

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Jacobson began her acting career after earning a B.S. in Radio, TV, and Film Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. Her first role was the lead in the 1977 horror film Nurse Sherri.

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She gained prominence on TV with recurring roles as Erin Jones in Falcon Crest and Larue Wilson in The New Gidget.

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Her work included roles in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Days of Our Lives, Quantum Leap, and Castle.

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