ACTOR

Hattie Jacques

1922 - 1980

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Hattie Jacques (; 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. Jacques started her career in 1944 with an appearance at the Players' Theatre in London, but came to national prominence through her appearances on three highly popular radio series on the BBC: with Tommy Handley on It's That Man Again; with ventriloquist Peter Brough on Educating Archie; and then with Tony Hancock on Hancock's Half Hour. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hattie Jacques has received more than 2,877,493 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hattie Jacques is the 9,761st most popular actor (down from 6,465th in 2019), the 6,353rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,708th in 2019) and the 1,083rd most popular British Actor.

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  • 3.75

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Hattie Jacques ranks 9,761 out of 13,578Before her are Eita Nagayama, Rupert Vansittart, Harvey Atkin, Jameela Jamil, José Ron, and Douglas Booth. After her are Andrew Shue, Isabelle Gélinas, Sarah Jones, Noah Centineo, Juan Alfonso Baptista, and Ana Lucía Domínguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Hattie Jacques ranks 457Before her are Lamont Johnson, Kay Starr, Len Lesser, Bernard Bailyn, Mavis Gallant, and Syd Owen. After her are Frank Spellman, Grayson Hall, Audrey Long, Gale Storm, Jose W. Diokno, and Theodosia Okoh. Among people deceased in 1980, Hattie Jacques ranks 310Before her are George Borg Olivier, Herbert Flam, John Laurie, Lillian Ngoyi, Gail Patrick, and Euphemia Haynes. After her are Lillian Roth, Gale Robbins, Jane Froman, Peggy Knudsen, and José Victor Toledo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hattie Jacques ranks 6,353 out of 8,785Before her are Peter Webber (1968), Lorne Balfe (1976), Ed Stoppard (1974), Rupert Vansittart (1958), Jameela Jamil (1986), and Douglas Booth (1992). After her are Jools Holland (1958), Henry Jackman (1974), John Lundstram (1994), Mick Jones (1945), Dick McTaggart (1935), and Vernon Reid (1958).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Hattie Jacques ranks 1,083Before her are Shelley Conn (1976), Bill Bailey (1965), Ed Stoppard (1974), Rupert Vansittart (1958), Jameela Jamil (1986), and Douglas Booth (1992). After her are Gwilym Lee (1983), Dominic Keating (1962), Jessica Henwick (1992), Lucy Davis (1973), Natasha O'Keeffe (1986), and Kelly Osbourne (1984).