Lucinda Gane (20 October 1949 – 6 October 2005) was a British actress, known for her role as the absent-minded science teacher Miss Terri Mooney in the children's television serial ''

Grange Hill ''Grange Hill'' is a British Children's television series, children's television drama series, originally produced by the BBC and portraying life in a typical Comprehensive school (England and Wales), comprehensive school. The show began its ru ...

'', a role she played from 1980 to 1983. In 1985–1986 she played Georgie Pillson's trusty housemaid Foljambe in two series of ''

Mapp and Lucia ''Mapp and Lucia'' is a 1931 comic novel written by E. F. Benson. It is the fourth of six novels in the popular Mapp and Lucia series, about idle women in the 1920s and their struggle for social dominance over their small communities. It bring ...

'', adapted by London Weekend Television from the novels of

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. She also appeared in ''

Thomas and Sarah ''Thomas & Sarah'' is a British drama series that aired on ITV in 1979. A spin-off from the BAFTA Award-winning series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', it stars John Alderton and Pauline Collins reprising their ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' roles. Back ...

'', a spin-off from ''

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'', playing Emily Rudge. She married David Cann in 1972, later divorcing and then marrying the poet

Christopher Reid Chris Reid (born 1971) is a Scottish football goalkeeper. Chris or Christopher Reid may also refer to: People *Christopher Reid (rapper) (born 1964), American actor, comedian, and former rapper *Christopher Reid (writer) (born 1949), Hong Kong-bor ...

. After Gane's death from a

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in 2005, Reid began wrote a collection of poems in tribute to his late wife. Titled ''A Scattering'', this volume won the £30,000 Costa Book Award in 2010.

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* 1949 births 2005 deaths English television actresses {{UK-tv-bio-stub