Hattie Jacques
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-->Josephine Edwina Jacques (February 7, 1924 – October 6, 1980), better known by the stage name Hattie Jacques, was a British comedy actress born in Sandgate, Kent.
Jacques is best remembered for her numerous appearances in Hancock's Half Hour and the Carry On films, and for her long-running TV partnership with Eric Sykes (in Sykes). She had a long association with the Little Players Theatre in London, which was founded by the actor Leonard Sachs. This was where Jacques garnered her stage name, due to her apparent similarity to Hattie McDaniel (who originally likened them is not known).
She was married to the actor John Le Mesurier, by whom she had two sons Kim and Robin, from 1949 to 1965. She died of a heart attack at the age of 56. Much loved by all her co-stars. Even the notoriously fickle Kenneth Williams was a fan and friend .
Radio performances
- ITMA (1948 - 1949), Sophie Tuckshop
- Educating Archie (1951 - 1952)
- Hancock's Half Hour (1956 - 1959), Griselda Pugh
TV roles
- Hancock's Half Hour (1956 - 1960), Griselda Pugh
- Sykes (TV series, 1960 - 1965, 1971 - 1979), Hattie
Film roles
- Carry On Sergeant (1958), Captain Clark
- The Square Peg (1958), Gretchen
- Carry on Nurse (1959), Matron
- The Navy Lark (1959), Fortune Teller
- The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959), Ada
- Carry On Teacher (1959), Grace Short
- Make Mine Mink (1960), Nanette Parry
- Carry On Constable (1960), Sergeant Laura Moon
- School for Scoundrels (1960), First Instructress
- In the Doghouse (1961), Gudgeon
- Carry On Regardless (1961), Sister
- Carry On Cabby (1963), Peggy
- Carry On Doctor (1967), Matron
- The Magic Christian (1969), Ginger Horton
- Carry On Camping (1969), Mrs Haggerd
- Carry On Loving (1970), Sophie Bliss
- Carry On Matron (1971), Matron
- Carry On Abroad (1972), Floella
- Carry On Dick (1974), Martha Hoggett
External links
- [Carry On Films at The Whippit Inn] Detailed information on the Carry On film series
- [Carry On Line]: Biography of Hattie Jacques
- [Hattie Jacques on Find-A-Grave]
- [BFI Screen Online]: biography
- [What a Carry On] A tribute to the Carry Ons and their stars
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