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Hattie Jacques. Actress: Carry on Again Doctor. Best known for playing Matron--as in "Ooh, Matron!"--in four films: Carry on Nurse (1959), Carry on Doctor (1967), Carry on Again Doctor (1969) and, of course Carry on Matron (1972). Key roles included: Grace Short in Carry on Teacher (1959), Sophie Bliss in Carry on Loving (1970) and Peggy ...
Best known for playing Matron--as in "Ooh, Matron!"--in four films: Carry on Nurse (1959), Carry on Doctor (1967), Carry on Again Doctor (1969) and, of course Carry on Matron (1972). Key roles included: Grace Short in Carry on Teacher (1959), Sophie Bliss in Carry on Loving (1970) and Peggy Hawkins in Carry on Cabby (1963).
Nov 14, 2020 · Though she allowed herself to be cast as the battleaxe – trumpeting down the hospital ward or running a girls’ boarding school called Chayste Place – Hattie Jacques was actually a sensuous and vivacious actress, whose face resembled that of Ava Gardner.
Nov 29, 2022 · The Amazing Hattie Jacques : Larger Than Life, September 2022 Biography, Channel 5. ITN Biography Special, with commentary and recollections from Anita Harris and other co-stars, her nephew John ...
In the style of Hattie’s most popular character, her formidable Matron, it doesn’t waste words: ‘Hattie Jacques, English comedy actress, 1922-1980, born here’. She was actually born Josephine Edwina Jaques on 7th February 1922, the youngest daughter of serviceman Robin Rochester Jaques (1897-1923).
Aug 15, 2023 · Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) looks back on the life of actress, Hattie Jacques, and how she made people laugh.
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.
