Jill Jacobson, Falcon Crest Alum, Dead At 70

Jill Jacobson, an actress whose TV credits include Falcon Crest, Newhart and The New Gidget, has died. She was 70.

Jacobson's friend Dan Harary confirmed the news of her death, telling our sister site The Hollywood Reporter that Jacobson passed away on Dec. 8 at Cedars-Sinai's Culver West Health Center following a long illness.

Jacobson played Erin Jones on the CBS soap opera Falcon Crest between 1985 and 1987. From 1986 to 1987 she also played Larue Wilson in the short-lived sitcom The New Gidget, which was a sequel to ABC's 1960s series Gidget starring Sally Field.

Jacobson also appeared in the Star Trek universe, playing Vanessa in Star Trek: Generation in 1989 and Aroya in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in 1996. Her other TV credits include the original Quantum Leap, Newhart, Who's the Boss?, Uncle Buck, Murphy Brown, Days of Our Lives, Castle and Party Down.

On the film side, Jacobson's credits include Visage, Reality Queen!, House of Usher and The Circle.