
Known for
Acting
Born
February 7, 1922
Birthplace
Sandgate, Kent, England, UK
Died
October 6, 1980 (aged 58)
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. From 1958 to 1974 she appeared in fourteen Carry On films, playing roles such as a hospital matron. She had a long professional partnership with Eric Sykes, with whom she co-starred in his long running television series Sykes. She also starred in two Norman Wisdom films, The Square Peg and Follow a Star.
Jacques was married to John Le Mesurier from 1949 until their divorce in 1965.
Her final appearance on...
TBA
Producer
2022
as Self (Archive Footage)
2001
as Miss Haggerd / Matron (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
as Matron / Miss Haggerd / Matron / Miss Soaper / Sophie Plummet / Floella (archive footage) (uncredited)
1996
as (Archive footage)
1983
1981
as Self (archive material)
1980
1977
as Various Characters (archive footage)
1975
as Security Official
1975
1974
as Miss Martha Hoggett
1972
as Maid / Miss Molly Cobbles / Fiona Clodhopper / Madrigal Singer / Miss Harriet
1972
as Floella
1972
1972
as Matron
1971
as Beattie Plummer
1971
1970
as Sophie Plummet
1970
as Nurse Rhubarb
1970
1969
as Choir Singer / Shopkeeper / Sister Hattie / Elizabeth Barrett / Bemused Passerby
1969
1969
as Ginger Horton
1969
as Miss Soaper, the Matron