Hattie Jacques

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Josephine Edwina Jacques (7 February 1924 – 6 October 1980), better known by the stage name Hattie Jacques, (pronounced Jakes) was an English comic 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 also 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 in London at the age of 56.

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[edit] Radio performances

[edit] Television

  • Hancock's Half Hour (1956 - 1960), Griselda Pugh
  • Sykes (TV series, 1960 - 1965, 1971 - 1979), Hattie

[edit] Selected films

[edit] External links


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Carry On films
Kenneth Williams | Joan Sims | Charles Hawtrey | Sid James | Kenneth Connor | Peter Butterworth | Bernard Bresslaw | Hattie Jacques | Jim Dale | Barbara Windsor
Sergeant • Nurse • Teacher • Constable • Regardless • Cruising • Cabby • Jack • Spying • Cleo • Cowboy • Screaming • Don't Lose Your Head • Follow That Camel • Doctor • Up the Khyber • Camping • Again Doctor • Up the Jungle • Loving • Henry • At Your Convenience • Matron • Abroad • Girls • Dick • Behind • England • Emmannuelle • Columbus
TV: Laughing • Christmas Specials • That's Carry On!  
Unreleased: Spaceman  Upcoming?: London
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