Jill Jacobson, the actress identified for appearances in reveals like Star Trek: The Subsequent Era and Who’s the Boss? has died. She was 70.
Based on pal and publicist Dan Harary, Jacobson died “after an extended sickness” on Sunday, Dec. 8 at Culver West Well being Middle in Culver Metropolis, California.
“Lovely, energetic, and constructive to the tip, she can be deeply missed by quite a few family members, mates, and her beloved canine Benny and Kowalski,” reads a press release from her household.
The actress, who acquired awards for her work as a spokesperson for the American Most cancers Society, revealed earlier this yr that she overcame a two-and-a-half-year battle with esophageal most cancers that “sort of took me out of the sport for some time.”
She defined to Jim Masters, “What I went by was fairly intense. You’ll be able to’t perform, you simply can’t perform. And now I’m so grateful, I simply need to preserve going, I need to assist individuals. It makes you need to assist individuals.”
QUANTUM LEAP, from left: Jill Jacobson, Scott Bakula, ‘Thou Shalt Not… – February 2, 1974’, season 2, ep. 7, aired 11/15/1989, (1989-1993). ph: Fred Sabine /© NBC /courtesy Everett Assortment
Jacobson’s The New Gidget co-star and shut lifelong pal Caryn Richman additionally remembered Jacobson in a press release. “Jill’s comedian timing was good. And her enthusiasm and love of life made our time collectively on set joyful,” stated Richman.
Jacobson appeared in such TV reveals as Days of Our Lives, Falcon Crest, Quantum Leap, Murphy Brown and Star Trek: Deep Area 9, Arli$$, Social gathering Down, Hung and Fortress, in addition to a number of indie movies because the ’70s.
After graduating from College of Texas in Austin with a BS in Radio-TV-Movie/Efficiency, the Texas native made her onscreen debut within the title position of director Al Adamson’s 1977 cult horror movie Nurse Sherri. She went on to look in such films as Dangerous Georgia Street (1977), Forbidden Love (1982), Child Sister (1983) and Splash (1984).
Along with a number of stage appearances, Jacobson additionally carried out stand-up comedy at The Improv and The Comedy Retailer in Los Angeles.
