Actress Jill Jacobson died December 8 in Los Angeles at Cedars-Sinai-affiliated Culver West Health Center after a long illness, her publicist has confirmed. She was 70.
Jacobson graduated from The University of Texas in Austin with a BS in Radio-TV-Film/Performance. She moved to Los Angeles and was cast in the title role of the cult classic film “Nurse Sherri.” The role was followed by her major appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Deep Space Nine,” “Hung,” “Newhart,” “Castle,” and “Who’s the Boss?”
Nicknamed “Jilly” by her close friends, also played a recurring character on two popular shows simultaneously: “Falcon Crest” and “The New Gidget.”