Jean Fergusson

Jean Fergusson (30 December 1944 – 14 November 2019) was a British television and theatre actress, who was best known for playing the part of Marina on the British situation comedy Last of the Summer Wine from 1985 until it was cancelled in 2010, and her several guest roles in the soap Coronation Street.

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 1956 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 1965.

Personal life Fergusson lived in Yorkshire until 2014, when she moved to London. Her partner of 30 years, Paul Jenkinson died in 2011.

Filmography Year Title Character 1974 Crossroads Caroline Herbert 1978 All Creatures Great and Small Mrs. Tremayne 1985 A Woman of Substance Unknown 1985 The Practice Joyce Tibbs; 4 episodes 1985–2010 Last of the Summer Wine Marina; 216 episodes 1986 Albion Market Unknown 1987 Coronation Street Helen Ashcroft 1993 Lipstick on Your Collar Dance Instructor 1999 Coronation Street Mrs. Mallett 2001 Peak Practice Mary Newson 2006 Doctors Brenda Wallis 2010 This Is England '86 Daisy 2010–2011 Coronation Street Dorothy Hoyle; 24 episodes 2011 Doctors Rose Saunders 2012 Run for Your Wife Exercising Woman 2013 Doctors Meg Baker