Hattie Jacques
Acting
- Born:
- 1922-02-07
- Died:
- 1980-10-06
- Place of birth:
- Sandgate, Kent, England, UK
Biography
Josephine Edwina Jaques (7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress, known as Hattie Jacques. Starting her career in the 1940s, Jacques first gained attention through her radio appearances with Tommy Handley on ITMA and later with Tony Hancock on Hancock's Half Hour. From 1958 to 1974 she appeared in fourteen Carry On films, playing roles such as a hospital matron. She had a long professional partnership with Eric Sykes, with whom she co-starred in his long running television series Sykes. She also starred in two Norman Wisdom films, The Square Peg and Follow a Star. Jacques was married to John Le Mesurier from 1949 until their divorce in 1965. Her final appearance on television was in an advertisement for Asda in 1980. She died later that year from a heart attack. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hattie Jacques,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Amazing Hattie Jacques: Larger than Life
Great Comedy Moments
On Location: The Carry Ons
What's a Carry On?
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
ITV Christmas Comedy
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
Rhubarb Rhubarb
That's Carry On!
Three for All
Carry On Laughing
Carry On Dick
Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)
Carry On Abroad
Sykes
Carry On Matron
Carry On at Your Convenience
Danger Point
Carry On Loving
Rhubarb
Catweazle
Carry On Christmas
Carry On Christmas Specials
The Magic Christian
Carry On Again Doctor
Pickwick
Carry On Camping
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Crooks and Coronets
Ooh La La!
Carry On Doctor
The Plank
The Bobo
A Choice of Coward: Blithe Spirit
A Choice of Coward
Theatre 625
Carry On Cabby
The Punch and Judy Man
In the Doghouse
She'll Have to Go
Carry On Regardless
Watch Your Stern
Our House
Make Mine Mink
School for Scoundrels
Carry On Constable
Sykes and a...
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Carry On Teacher
Left Right and Centre
Carry On Nurse
The Navy Lark
Follow a Star
The Square Peg
Carry On Sergeant
Now and Forever
Hancock's Half Hour
The Tony Hancock Show
As Long As They're Happy
The Love Lottery