Jessie Matthews

Personal Info

Birthday

March 11, 1907

Day of Death

1981-08-19

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Jessie Matthews

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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).

Known For

Tales of the Unexpected

Edward and Mrs Simpson

Victory Wedding

Evergreen

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Tom Thumb

It's Love Again

Forever and a Day

Filmography

1987
Catch a Fallen Star
as Self
1979
The Winter Ladies
as Lady Bluett
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Aunt Bessie Merryman
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. Tinsdale
1958
Tom Thumb
as Anne
1947
Life Is Nothing Without Music
as Herself
1944
Victory Wedding
as Narrator
Candles at Nine
as Dorothea Capper, the Heiress
1943
Forever and a Day
as Mildred Trimble
1938
Climbing High
as Diana Castle
Sailing Along
as Kay Martin
1937
Gangway
as Pat Wayne
Head Over Heels
as Jeanne Colbert
1936
It's Love Again
as Elaine Bradford / Mrs. Smythe-Smythe
1935
First a Girl
as Elizabeth
1934
Evergreen
as Harriet Green
Waltzes from Vienna
as Resi Ebezeder
1933
Friday the Thirteenth
as Millie
The Good Companions
as Susie Dean
The Man from Toronto
as Leslie Farrar
1932
The Midshipmaid
as Celia Newbiggin
There Goes the Bride
as Annette Marquand
1931
Out of the Blue
as Tommy Tucker