R.I.P. Jacqueline Pearce

[Drago]

Actor who breathed life into one of Tv's nastiest, slimiest, villains, the scheming power hungry Servelan. R.I.P.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

RIP. The creator of a truly outstanding character, and by all accounts a good person to be around.

 

[guitarpete247]

I've been watching Blake 7 on line recently. She was the highlight of the show, every week, for me.
74 is no age. And lung cancer. It seems to have come soon after diagnosis (like my dad) and not a long illness hopefully.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Oh no...First Gareth, now Jacqueline. I had the pleasure of meeting her at an SF convention back in the early 90's. Lovely lady, very funny. RIP Servalan.

 

[Rooster1]

No no no. Sad

 

[accountantpete]

Very sad - here's a great shot of JP when filming

 

[Dayvo]

Blake's 7 was, IMO, a very underated programme. The special effects weren't too, err, special, but the characters and story lines were good.

And as a teenage lad, she certainly had my attention every week.

And, dare I admit it, so did Ruth Madoc!

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Ruth Madoc was on Blakes Seven?

 

[Archie_tect]

Ruth Madoc was on Blakes Seven?

7 hours in make-up... that's her on set...

 

[Yellow Fang]

Thought she was good on Blakes 7, although that series was pretty dire by the time it was killed off. I wasn't too impressed when she cropped up on Dr Who playing almost exactly the same part, but Dr Who in the 80s was dreadful too.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I've been watching Blake 7 on line recently. She was the highlight of the show, every week, for me.
74 is no age. And lung cancer. It seems to have come soon after diagnosis (like my dad) and not a long illness hopefully.

No age? It's less than 10 years under average life expectancy for a woman in the UK

 

[Archie_tect]

No age? It's less than 10 years under average life expectancy for a woman in the UK

You shouldn't've said that...

 

[simonali]

I'm glad there's a photo, otherwise I'd have had no idea who she was.

 

[simonali]

Have you not got a telly then?

I have several. Not one of them has an app to ensure I can recall the names of the actors in crap sc-fi shows I didn't bother watching 40 years ago, though.

 

[Julia9054]

I have several. Not one of them has an app to ensure I can recall the names of the actors in crap sc-fi shows I didn't bother watching 40 years ago, though.

Yet you still commented here. Many people start threads to remember actors, musicians or sports people who have died. If it's someone I have never heard of i don't bother commenting and leave the thread to people who are genuinely sad that that person has died.