Talk:Jessie Matthews

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Her parents were married 4 OCT 1896 in Church of St. John the Baptist, Gr. Marlborough St., London per family researchers. Questors 22:23, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Having had an interest in Matthew's life and career for many years, I've never before come across a reference to her being jewish, as has been inserted in a recent edit here.

In her autobiography she fondly describes friendships with jewish neighbours without any reference to being of that faith herself, and also makes no mention of it during the section about the Second World War. So either A: Matthews was jewish and went to great lengths to conceal the fact, which would be noteworthy; or B: the Jewish Cronicle is mistaken to have included her in their list, or whoever added this detail to her wikipedia entry was mistaken (e.g. it was intended for another Jesse/Jessica Matthews - it's a fairly common name). Having discussed it with user Mad Jack, who made the most recent edits, we've agreed it's best to amend the entry, because it currently implies that Matthews deliberately concealed this part of her history, and something as significant as that alleged concealment should not be included without certainty.

--PRL1973 23:26, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

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