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Hattie Jacques

Hattie Jacques

Birthday: 1922-02-07 | Place of Birth: Sandgate, Kent, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1974
Carry On Dick

as    Martha Hoggett

1972
Sykes

as    Hattie Sykes

1972
Carry On Doctor

as    Matron

1972
Carry On Matron

as    Matron

1971
Carry On at Your Convenience

as    Beattie Plummer

1970
Carry On Loving

as    Sophie Plummett

1969
Carry on Christmas

as    Elizabeth Barrett / Nun / Bemused Passer-By

1969
Carry On Again Doctor

as    Matron

1969
Carry On Camping

as    Miss Haggard

1967
The Bobo

as    Trinity Martinez

1967
The Plank

as    Woman with Rose

1963
Carry On Cabby

as    Peggy Hawkins

1961
Carry On Constable

as    Sergeant Laura Moon

1961
Carry On Regardless

as    Sister

1960
Make Mine Mink

as    Nanette Parry

1959
Follow a Star

as    Dymphna Dobson

1959
The Navy Lark

as    Fortune Teller

1959
Carry On Teacher

as    Grace Short

1959
Carry On Nurse

as    Matron

1958
The Square Peg

as    Gretchen

1956
The Love Lottery

as    Chambermaid (uncredited)

1952
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

as    Mrs. Jenks