Hattie Jacques
Actor, TV Actor
1922 – 1980
Who was Hattie Jacques?
Hattie Jacques was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen. She is best known as a regular of the Carry On films, where she typically played strict, no-nonsense characters, but was also a prolific television and radio performer.
Jacques started her career in 1944 with an appearance at the Players' Theatre in London, but came to national prominence through her appearances on three highly popular radio series on the BBC: with Tommy Handley on It's That Man Again; with ventriloquist Peter Brough on Educating Archie; and then with Tony Hancock on Hancock's Half Hour. After the Second World War Jacques made her cinematic debut in Green for Danger, in which she had a brief, uncredited role. From 1958 to 1974 she appeared in 14 Carry On films, playing various roles including the formidable hospital matron. On television she had a long professional partnership with Eric Sykes, with whom she co-starred in his long-running series Sykes and Sykes and a.... The role endeared her to the public and the two became staples of British television.
In private, Jacques led a turbulent life.
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- Born
- Feb 7, 1922
Sandgate - Also known as
- Josephine Edwina Jaques
- Mother Superior
- Josephine Edwina Jacques
- The "Carry On..."
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- John Le Mesurier
(1949/11/10 - 1965/08/31)
- John Le Mesurier
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Godolphin and Latymer School
- Died
- Oct 6, 1980
Kensington
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on July 23, 2013
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