Jennifer Piercey obit

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Jennifer Piercey (born "Jennifer Thompson" on 17th November 1942 in Aberdeen, died 12th April 2022 in London) appeared on Coronation Street in December 1995 as Eileen Wolstenhulme, the mother of Raquel.

She trained at Edinburgh College of Speech and Drama, graduating in 1963, and started her career at the Byre Theatre, St Andrews before teaching Drama to handicapped children for a year. Jennifer then went to London, initially to work with Caryl Jenner’s Unicorn Theatre for Children before appearing in repertory, using the stage name "Piercey" - her mother's maiden name.

Her other credits included roles in The Expert, Bognor, Grange Hill, The Two of Us, Taggart, The Advocates, Rumpole of the Bailey, The Chief, Inspector Morse, Jonathan Creek, My Uncle Silas, Holby City and Doctors, along with the films Friend or Foe and Another Time, Another Place.

On stage, she appeared in productions including Mother Courage and her Children, Macbeth, The Bacchae, Equus, Golden Girls, Barnes' People, Trilogy of Reunions, Revengers' Comedies, Lettice and Lovage, The Sunshine Boys, And a Nightingale Sang and Keyboard Skills.

Actress

Doctors (2000)

Doctors

4.6

TV Series

Cynthia GalliganPhyllis Ryman

2005–2008

2 episodes

 

Holby City (1999)

Holby City

5.8

TV Series

Joy Marshall

2005

1 episode

 

My Uncle Silas (2001)

My Uncle Silas

7.4

TV Series

Aunt Cora

2001–2003

3 episodes

 

Escape to Somerset

Short

Mrs. Hanson

1998

 

Duck Patrol (1998)

Duck Patrol

7.0

TV Series

Gloria

1998

1 episode

 

Alan Davies in Jonathan Creek (1997)

Jonathan Creek

8.1

TV Series

KittyKitty Burgess

1998

2 episodes

 

Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)

Coronation Street

5.6

TV Series

Eileen Wolstenhulme

1995

1 episode

 

Paloma Baeza, Gareth Corke, Brooke Kinsella, and Russell Brand in Mud (1994)

Mud

7.2

TV Series

Mrs. Dears

1995

1 episode

 

Desmond's (1989)

Desmond's

7.9

TV Series

Olivia Mosgrove

1994

1 episode

 

Abigail Cruttenden, Cathryn Harrison, and Michael Maloney in Love on a Branch Line (1994)

Love on a Branch Line

7.8

TV Mini Series

Mrs. Pye (uncredited)

1994

1 episode

 

Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous (1992)

Absolutely Fabulous

8.2

TV Series

Antonia

1994

1 episode

 

Doctor Finlay (1993)

Doctor Finlay

7.6

TV Series

Lasy Ailsa MacKenzie

1993

1 episode

 

John Thaw and Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse (1987)

Inspector Morse

8.2

TV Series

Mrs. Thompson

1993

1 episode

 

The Chief (1990)

The Chief

6.9

TV Series

Maureen Salmon

1993

2 episodes

 

Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)

Rumpole of the Bailey

8.4

TV Series

Chairwoman

1992

1 episode

 

Robert Carlyle, Rachel Weisz, and Michael Kitchen in The Advocates (1991)

The Advocates

5.8

TV Series

Heather Lennox

1991

3 episodes

 

Ian McShane in Lovejoy (1986)

Lovejoy

7.8

TV Series

W.I. Chairperson

1991

1 episode

 

Mark McManus in Taggart (1983)

Taggart

7.4

TV Series

Mrs. Pritchard

1990

3 episodes

 

The Two of Us (1986)

The Two of Us

6.4

TV Series

Lilian PhillipsMrs. PhillipsLillian Phillips ...

1986–1990

13 episodes

 

Jim Davidson in Home James! (1987)

Home James!

6.0

TV Series

Molly

1989

1 episode

 

The Play on One (1988)

The Play on One

5.7

TV Series

Mrs. Campbell

1988

1 episode

 

Summer Season (1985)

Summer Season

5.7

TV Series

Isa Mulvenny

1985

1 episode

 

Murder Not Proven? (1984)

Murder Not Proven?

TV Series

Sister Grant

1984

1 episode

 

Alan Cox and Michael Jayston in Man of Letters (1984)

Man of Letters

TV Movie

Beryl

1984

 

Grange Hill (1978)

Grange Hill

7.2

TV Series

Mrs. Scott

1981–1984

8 episodes

 

Play for Today (1970)

Play for Today

7.8

TV Series

Martha Waterford

1984

1 episode

 

Young Shoulders (1984)

Young Shoulders

Martha Waterford

1984

 

Another Time, Another Place (1983)

Another Time, Another Place

6.4

Kirsty

1983

 

Mr & Mrs Edgehill (1985)

BBC2 Playhouse

6.8

TV Series

Giselle

1982

1 episode

 

John Bardon in Friend or Foe (1982)

Friend or Foe

6.4

Miss Evers

1982

 

David Horovitch in Bognor (1981)

Bognor

5.9

TV Series

Hotel Keeper

1981

2 episodes

 

Fulton Mackay, Patrick Mower, Derren Nesbitt, Wensley Pithey, and George Sewell in Special Branch (1969)

Special Branch

7.4

TV Series

Landlady (as Jennifer Piercy)

1973

1 episode

 

Marius Goring in The Expert (1968)

The Expert

8.0

TV Series

Policewoman

1971

1 episode