Jessie Matthews
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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 rej...
Known For
Filmography
Catch a Fallen Star
1987
as Self
40 Minutes
1981
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
1980
as Hazel
The Winter Ladies
1979
as Lady Bluett
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Hazel
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978
as Mrs. Tinsdale
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as Aunt Bessie Merryman
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
as Aunt Bessie Merryman
Nanny's Boy
1977
as Nanny Webster
Jubilee 1977
1977
as Nancy Webster
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Lady Bluett
Tom Thumb
1958
as Anne
A Connecticut Yankee
1955
Life Is Nothing Without Music
1947
as Herself
Candles at Nine
1944
as Dorothea Capper, the Heiress
Victory Wedding
1944
as Narrator
Forever and a Day
1943
as Mildred Trimble
Sailing Along
1938
as Kay Martin
Climbing High
1938
as Diana Castle
Head Over Heels
1937
as Jeanne Colbert
Gangway
1937
as Pat Wayne
It's Love Again
1936
as Elaine Bradford / Mrs. Smythe-Smythe
First a Girl
1935
as Elizabeth
Waltzes from Vienna
1934
as Resi Ebezeder
Evergreen
1934
as Harriet Green
The Man from Toronto
1933
as Leslie Farrar
The Good Companions
1933
as Susie Dean
Friday the Thirteenth
1933
as Millie
There Goes the Bride
1932
as Annette Marquand
The Midshipmaid
1932
as Celia Newbiggin
Out of the Blue
1931
as Tommy Tucker
The Beloved Vagabond
1923
as Pan