Jessie Matthews
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 11, 1907, London, England, UK
- Died
- August 19, 1981
- Movies
- 28
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1987 | Catch a Fallen Star | Self |
| 1980 | Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place | Hazel |
| 1979 | The Winter Ladies | Lady Bluett |
| 1978 | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Aunt Bessie Merryman |
| 1978 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Mrs. Tinsdale |
| 1977 | Nanny's Boy | Nanny Webster |
| 1958 | Tom Thumb | Anne |
| 1955 | A Connecticut Yankee | |
| 1947 | Life Is Nothing Without Music | Herself |
| 1944 | Candles at Nine | Dorothea Capper, the Heiress |
| 1944 | Victory Wedding | Narrator |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Mildred Trimble |
| 1938 | Climbing High | Diana Castle |
| 1938 | Sailing Along | Kay Martin |
| 1937 | Gangway | Pat Wayne |
| 1937 | Head Over Heels | Jeanne Colbert |
| 1936 | It's Love Again | Elaine Bradford / Mrs. Smythe-Smythe |
| 1935 | First a Girl | Elizabeth |
| 1934 | Evergreen | Harriet Green |
| 1934 | Waltzes from Vienna | Resi Ebezeder |
| 1933 | Friday the Thirteenth | Millie |
| 1933 | The Good Companions | Susie Dean |
| 1933 | The Man from Toronto | Leslie Farrar |
| 1932 | The Midshipmaid | Celia Newbiggin |
| 1932 | There Goes the Bride | Annette Marquand |
| 1931 | Out of the Blue | Tommy Tucker |
| 1923 | The Beloved Vagabond | Pan |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1944 | Victory Wedding | Director |
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