Hattie Jacques

Known for ActingBorn 1922-02-07Died 1980-10-06Sandgate, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Ooh La La!

All Hallowe'en

The Tony Hancock Show

Crooks and Coronets

Rhubarb Rhubarb

What's a Carry On?

A Choice of Coward: Blithe Spirit

Our House

The Punch and Judy Man

No Haunt for a Gentleman

Catweazle

The Amazing Hattie Jacques: Larger than Life

Oliver Twist

As Long as They're Happy

Hancock's Half Hour

Scrooge

Sykes and a...

Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)

Theatre 625

A Choice of Coward

The Navy Lark

School for Scoundrels

Now and Forever

The Pickwick Papers

Make Mine Mink

Trottie True

The Spider and the Fly

Sykes

Carry On Camping

Danger Point

Carry On Doctor

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Green for Danger

The Square Peg

Carry On Cabby

Chance of a Lifetime

Waterfront

Carry On Abroad

Carry On Sergeant

In the Doghouse

Carry On Nurse

Carry On Teacher

Carry On Christmas

Carry On at Your Convenience

Carry On Regardless

The Pleasure Garden

The Plank

Carry On Constable