Jill Jacobson, an actress known for her roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the soap opera Falcon Crest, has died at the age of 70. Her publicist and friend, Daniel Hararay, confirmed the sad news to different outlets, stating that Jacobson died at Culver West Health Center in Los Angeles, California on December 8. from an unnamed "long illness."
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Her manager, Ben Padua, also confirmed the news to Entertainment Weekly, issuing a statement. "We are incredibly sad to say goodbye to our beautiful, soulful, hysterically funny, elegantly raunchy client, Jill Jacobson," Padua said.
"Jill was a total spitfire of an actress with comedic timing straight out of a Marx Brothers' flick and Hollywood glamor right from its golden age," Padua continued. "Jill took us on so many adventures and she was an absolute blast. Thank you, Jill. We'll see you in our dreams."
Remembering Jill Jacobson
Jill Jacobson was born in Texas and got a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Texas in Austin. She started her acting career in 1977 in Nurse Sherri, a slasher horror movie that saw her play the title role. During the early '80s, she would play minor roles in series and TV movies such as Harper Valley P.T.A., Not Just Another Affair, Forbidden Love, and Baby Sister, among others.
She would then land the role of Erin Jones in the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest. She would play the character from 1985 to 1987, appearing in 22 episodes. "Working on this amazing show was some of the happiest times I've had! I felt so grateful to be able to breathe life into Miss Jones!" Jacobson said during a 40th-anniversary tribute to the show. "Excellent at her job, willing to go to extremes to satisfy the whims of her boss, Angela Channing, no matter how dangerous those whims might be!"
She would guest-star in very well-known series such as Days of Our Lives, Newhart, and, of course, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Later in her life, she would continue to act in TV movies and series such as The Fix, The Stone Boy, Etheria, and Visage, among others.
