Hattie Jacques
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Oliver Twist
as Singer at 'Three Cripples' 1948
Carry On Camping
as Miss Haggerd 1969
Green for Danger
1946
Carry On Abroad
as Floella 1972
Carry On Doctor
as Lavinia, the Matron 1967
Carry On Matron
as Matron 1972
Carry On Sergeant
as Captain Clark 1958
School for Scoundrels
as Miss Grimmet 1960
Carry On Cabby
as Peg Hawkins 1963
Carry On Dick
as Miss Martha Hoggett 1974
Carry On at Your Convenience
as Beattie Plummer 1971
Carry On Nurse
as Matron 1959
Carry On Constable
as Sergeant Laura Moon 1960
Carry On Again Doctor
as Miss Soaper, the Matron 1969
Monte Carlo or Bust!
as Lady Journalist 1969
Carry On Teacher
as Miss Grace Short 1959