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Hattie Jacques (/ dʒ eɪ k s /; born Josephine Edwina Jaques; 7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen. She is best known as a regular of the Carry On films, where she typically played strict, no-nonsense characters, but was also a prolific television and radio performer.
Hattie Jacques (/ dʒ eɪ k s /; born Josephine Edwina Jaques; 1922–1980) was an English actress who appeared in many genres of light entertainment including radio, film, television and stage. [1] [2] Jacques's career spanned from 1939 until her death in 1980.
Hattie is a television film about the life of British comic actress Hattie Jacques, played by Ruth Jones, her marriage to John Le Mesurier (Robert Bathurst) and her affair with their lodger John Schofield (Aidan Turner). [1]
Hattie Jacques (1922–1980) was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen, known to a world-wide audience through her portrayals of strict, no-nonsense characters in 14 of the Carry On films.
Le Mesurier was the son of two of Britain's best-loved comedy actors, Hattie Jacques and John Le Mesurier.Le Mesurier gained a strong following during and after his appearance on Living TV's reality show Rehab (2009), in which he opened up about his battle with alcoholism.
When his second wife, Hattie Jacques, was in a relationship with another man, Le Mesurier agreed to protect Jacques' career by allowing the media to believe that his affair with Joan was the reason for his divorce. She married Le Mesurier in 1966.
Sherborne School, Dorset, which Le Mesurier disliked intensely. Le Mesurier was born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley in Bedford on 5 April 1912. [5] His parents were Charles Elton Halliley, a solicitor, [6] and Amy Michelle (née Le Mesurier), whose family were from Alderney in the Channel Islands; [1] both families were affluent, with histories of government service or work in the legal ...
Sykes and a... is a black-and-white British sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques that aired on BBC1 from 1960 to 1965. [1] It was written by Eric Sykes, Johnny Speight, John Antrobus and Spike Milligan.