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Jessie Matthews

Jessie Matthews

Actor, Writer, Director

Born March 11, 1907 in London, England, UK

Died August 19, 1981

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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". Her British studio was reluctant to let go of its biggest name, which resulted in offers for her to work in Hollywood being repeatedly rejected.

Matthews' first major film role was in Out of the Blue (1931). She was in two films directed by Albert de Courville, The Midshipmaid (1932) and There Goes the Bride (1932).

Matthews enjoyed great success with The Good Companions (1933) directed by Victor Saville, although it was more of an ensemble film and The Man from Toronto (1933). Waltzes from Vienna (1933) was an operetta directed by Alfred Hitchcock, followed by Friday the Thirteenth (1933).

She was in the film version of Evergreen (1934) which featured the newly composed song Over My Shoulder which was to go on to become Matthews' personal theme song, later giving its title to her autobiography and to a 21st-century musical stage show of her life.

She was in First a Girl (1935) as a cross dresser, then It's Love Again (1936), where she had an American co-star Robert Young. Exhibitors voted her the sixth biggest star in the country that year.

Matthews started to appear in films directed by husband Sonnie Hale: Gangway (1937), Head over Heels (1937) and Sailing Along (1938). She did Climbing High (1938) directed by Carol Reed. In 1938 she was the fourth biggest British star.

Her warbling voice and round cheeks made her a familiar and much-loved personality to British theatre and film audiences at the beginning of World War II. She was one of many stars in Forever and a Day (1943). Her popularity waned in the 1940s after several years' absence from the screen followed by an unsatisfactory thriller, Candles at Nine (1944).

Post-war audiences associated her with a world of hectic pre-war luxury that was now seen as obsolete in austerity-era Britain. In the late 1940s she ran an amateur theatre group at the Theatre Royal in Aldershot.

After a few false starts as a straight actress she played Tom Thumb's mother in the 1958 children's film, and during the 1960s found new fame when she took over the leading role of Mary Dale in the BBC's long-running daily radio soap, The Dales, formerly Mrs Dale's Diary.

Live theatre and variety shows remained the mainstay of Matthews' work through the 1950s and 1960s, with successful tours of Australia and South Africa interspersed with periods of less glamorous but welcome work in British provincial theatre and pantomimes.

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Night of One Hundred Stars TV Movie1980Self

On the Road Poster

On the Road Documentary1980Susie Dean

Tales of the Unexpected Poster

Tales of the Unexpected TV Series1979Hazel

Edward & Mrs. Simpson Poster

Edward & Mrs. Simpson Mini-Series1978Aunt Bessie Merryman

The Hound of the Baskervilles Poster

The Hound of the Baskervilles Feature Film1978Mrs. Tinsdale

Jubilee TV Series1977Nanny Webster

Night of 100 Stars TV Special1977Self

A World of Music TV Series1976Self

Angels TV Series1975Mrs. Toomey

Celebrity Squares Poster

Celebrity Squares TV Series1975Self

Dolly TV Series1973Mrs. Wiggins

A Birthday Gala Tribute Noel Coward TV Special1970Self - Performer

Looks Familiar Poster

Looks Familiar TV Series1970Self - Guest

Dee Time Poster

Dee Time TV Series1967Self

ITV Playhouse Poster

ITV Playhouse TV Series1967Lady Bluett

Studio of the Stars: The Elstree Story Documentary1967Self

Going for a Song TV Series1965Self - Customer

Highlight: The Singing Cinema Feature Film1964

The Kathy Kirby Show TV Series1964Self - Guest

A Hundred Years Underground Poster

A Hundred Years Underground Short Film1963Self - Actress

Stars and Garters TV Series1963Self

Dinner with the Family TV Movie1959

ITV Sunday Night Drama Poster

ITV Sunday Night Drama TV Series1959Mrs. Heppley

Juke Box Jury Poster

Juke Box Jury TV Series1959Self - Panellist

Tom Thumb Poster

Tom Thumb Feature Film1958The Parent: Anne

A Connecticut Yankee Poster

A Connecticut Yankee TV Movie1955

ITV Play of the Week Poster

ITV Play of the Week TV Series1955Postmistress General

This Is Your Life Poster

This Is Your Life TV Series1955Self

Spice of Life TV Series1954Self

The Good Old Days Poster

The Good Old Days TV Series1953Self - Performer

Sauce Tartare TV Movie1949

Life Is Nothing Without Music Short Film1947Self

Candles at Nine Poster

Candles at Nine Feature Film1944Dorothea Capper - Heiress

Victory Wedding Short Film1944Narrator

Forever and a Day Poster

Forever and a Day Feature Film1943Mildred Trimble

Climbing High Poster

Climbing High Feature Film1938Diana

Sailing Along Poster

Sailing Along Feature Film1938Kay Martin

Gangway Feature Film1937Pat Wayne

Head Over Heels in Love Poster

Head Over Heels in Love Feature Film1937Jeanne Colbert

Round the Film Studios TV Series1937Self - Actress

It's Love Again Poster

It's Love Again Feature Film1936Elaine Bradford aka Mrs. Smythe-Smythe

Variety TV Series1936Self

First a Girl Poster

First a Girl Feature Film1935Elizabeth

Evergreen Poster

Evergreen Feature Film1934Harriet Green

Strauss' Great Waltz Poster

Strauss' Great Waltz Feature Film1934Resi Ebezeder

Friday the Thirteenth Poster

Friday the Thirteenth Feature Film1933Millie the Non-Stop Variety Girl

The Good Companions Poster

The Good Companions Feature Film1933Susie Dean

The Man from Toronto Poster

The Man from Toronto Feature Film1933Leslie Farrar

Midshipmaid Gob Poster

Midshipmaid Gob Feature Film1932Celia Newbiggin

There Goes the Bride Poster

There Goes the Bride Feature Film1932Annette Marquand

Out of the Blue Poster

Out of the Blue Feature Film1931Tommy Tucker

Straws in the Wind Poster

Straws in the Wind Feature Film1924The Village Maiden

The Beloved Vagabond Poster

The Beloved Vagabond Feature Film1923Pan

This England Feature Film1923Edward, Prince of Wales

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Round the Film Studios TV Series1937

Director

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Victory Wedding Short Film1944

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