Hattie Jacques
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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Acting
Movie
Scrooge
as Mrs. Fezziwig
1951
Movie
Oliver Twist
as Singer at 'Three Cripples'
1948
Movie
Carry On Camping
as Miss Haggerd
1969
Movie
Green for Danger
1946
Movie
Carry On Abroad
as Floella
1972
Movie
Carry On Doctor
as Lavinia, the Matron
1967
Movie
Carry On Matron
as Matron
1972
Movie
Carry On Sergeant
as Captain Clark
1958
Movie
School for Scoundrels
as Miss Grimmet
1960
Movie
Carry On Cabby
as Peg Hawkins
1963
Movie
Carry On Dick
as Miss Martha Hoggett
1974
Movie
Carry On at Your Convenience
as Beattie Plummer
1971
Movie
Carry On Nurse
as Matron
1959
Movie
Carry On Constable
as Sergeant Laura Moon
1960
Movie
Carry On Again Doctor
as Miss Soaper, the Matron
1969
Movie
Monte Carlo or Bust!
as Lady Journalist
1969
Movie
Carry On Teacher
as Miss Grace Short
1959
Movie
Carry On Regardless
as Sister
1961
Movie
Carry On Loving
as Sophie Plummet
1970
Movie
The Magic Christian
as Ginger Horton
1969
Movie
The Plank
as Woman with Rose
1967
Movie
The Square Peg
as Gretchen
1958
Movie
That's Carry On!
as Various Characters (archive footage)
1977
Movie
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Mrs Kenwick
1947
