Jacqueline Pearce

Jacqueline Pearce
Jacqueline Pearce at the Blake's 7 Series 2 DVD launch, 2005.
Born	(1943-12-20)20 December 1943 Woking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Died	3 September 2018(2018-09-03) (aged 74) Lancashire, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1964–2018
Spouse	Drewe Henley (divorced)

Jacqueline Pearce (20 December 1943 – 3 September 2018)^[1] was a British movie and television actress.^[2] She was best known as the villain Servalan in the British science fiction TV series Blake's 7.^[3][4] She also starred in Doctor Who as Chessene, a bloodthirsty alien.^[5]

Pearce was diagnosed with lung cancer in May 2018 and died shortly after at her home in Lancashire on 3 September 2018, aged 74.^[4]

References

1. "RIP Jacqueline Pearce". Big Finish Productions. 3 September 2018.
2. McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
3. John Kenneth Muir, A History and Critical Analysis of Blake's 7, the 1978–1981 British Television Space Adventure.
4. Association, Press (2018-09-03). "Jacqueline Pearce, Blake's 7 and Doctor Who actor, dies aged 74". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
5. "Jacqueline Pearce played Chessene… – The Two Doctors: Miscellaneous – The Two Doctors, Season 22, Doctor Who – BBC One". BBC.