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Birth Name: Jessie Margaret Matthews

Born: 11 March 1907 Died: 19 August 1981

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Height: 5' 5"

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Description: Born to a huge, poor family in Soho in London's West End, Jessie Matthews became a big stage star in the late 1920s and 1930s, enjoying some crossover success in musical films. Her career never quite relaunched after the war, though, but she staged a comeback when she replaced the lead actress in the radio soap "Mrs Dale's Diary" in the 1960s. Her life was blighted by breakdowns of relationships and her own struggles with bad health and insecurity, and she wound up, amazingly, buried in an unmarked grave (only rectified after a TV documentary in the late 1980s brought this to light--beg, steal or borrow a copy of BBC's ... (more)

Tags: Died 1981 (2), Born 1907 (2), British (1), 1950s (1), 1970s (1), 1930s (1), 1940s (1), Cancer (1), Actress (1), Singer (1), Dancer (1), Lead Actress (1), Chorus Girl (1), Died Aged 74 (1), Hitchcock Leading Lady (1)

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1. Waltzes from Vienna (1934)

Rating:

7.1

23 want to see

2. Tom Thumb (1958)

Rating:

7.4

17 Watched

3. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

Rating:

5.9

15 Watched

4. Forever and a Day

Rating:

7.6

8 want to see

5. First a Girl (1935)

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4.8

8 Watched

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1. Tales of the Unexpected

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7.3

21 Watched

2. This Is Your Life (1955)

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7.7

8 Watched

3. ITV Playhouse (1967- )

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8.7

3 want to see

4. ITV Sunday Night Drama

Rating:

9

2 Watched

5. Edward Mrs. Simpson

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10

1 want to see

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Alfred Hitchcock's Ladies (212 person items)

"JESSIE MATTHEWS11 March 1907 Appearances: 1Waltzes from Vienna (1934)RASI"

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