Tales of the Unexpected
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Aug 21, 1981 · Jessie Matthews, a star of Britain's musical-comedy stage, died of cancer today. She was 74 years old. Miss Matthews won fame on three continents before World War II as a singer and as one of...
Jessie Matthews, OBE (11 March 1907 – 19 August 1981) was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war period. After a string of hit stage musicals and films in the mid-1930s, Matthews developed a following in the USA, where she was dubbed "The Dancing Divinity".
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Matthews, Jessie (1907–1981)British actress and dancer . Born Jessie Margaret Matthews on March 11, 1907, in the Soho district of London, England; died of cancer on August 20, 1981; daughter of George Matthews (who ran a market stall) and Jane Matthews; educated at Pulteney Street School ...
Jessica Matthews. Birth Place. London, England, United Kingdom. Born. March 11, 1907. Died. August 19, 1981. Cause of Death. Cancer. Biography. Read More. Exuberant, coyly girlish, immensely popular star of British musicals of the 1930s, arguably the one real international superstar created in England during the Depression years.
Jessie Matthews was a gamine, graceful dancer, with a sweet, pure-toned singing voice, and waif-like sex appeal, who embodied 1930s style. One of 11 children of a Soho costermonger, Matthews enjoyed dancing from an early age, and elocution lessons created her distinctive "plummy" accent. In a chorus line at 16, she also had fleeting dancing ...
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Jessie Matthews. (1907–81) Actress (died aged 74) | Evergreen (1934), Climbing High (1938), First a Girl (1935) Vivacious English singing and dancing star of light musicals in the 30s, on stage from 1917. Mini Biography.
Feb 17, 2021 · Jessie Matthews was one of the biggest British screen stars of the 1930s. She achieved success not only in Britain, but also in the US, even though she never made a Hollywood film. [1] . Matthews starred in a whopping fourteen films between 1931 and 1938; yet most contemporary articles foreground her private life over her film career.
