Hattie Jacques appearing in the BBC's Sykes sitcom 1978. Despite this she refused to interrupt the busy production schedule; when filming was completed on 5 December she underwent surgery at Charing Cross Hospital for what proved to be benign tumours on her kidneys. He added: He was articulate, charming and funny and flattered Hattie shamelessly. And no wonder. out in three days, time, he wrote. That's not enough money!" drab monotony of a country still struggling to recover from the Second World Le Visiting her in hospital to tell her their [50] It was on this programme that she first worked with Eric Sykes, who was providing scripts for the series. Here he settled happily into a life of [24] While appearing at the Players' in 1946 she acquired the nickname "Hattie" after performing in the minstrel show Coal Black Mammies for Dixie. Certainly the children enjoyed his happy-go-lucky ways and pestered him to take them bowling or on other exciting treats. Robin Le Mesurier, 57, the son of Jacques and Dad's Army actor John Le . First Name Hattie #9. prompting Barbara Windsor to describe him a gorgeous bit of [31], In August 1947 Ted Kavanagh, the scriptwriter of the BBC Home Service show It's That Man Again (ITMA), visited the Players' and invited Jacques to audition for the series, which she did on 18 September, for a fee of five guineas. [79] She appeared again in five further episodes of Hancock's Half Hour between April and June 1957,[81] and again for a further 20 episodes between January and June 1958,[82] before a special edition on Christmas Day 1958. When Mr Schofield and Hattie met they immediately hit it off and one night, after a charity benefit, they ended up in bed, embarking on a passionate affair. When he visited her on location, they had a huge row, in which Schofield [5] Mary enjoyed the theatre, and took Jacques to live performances from an early age. The BBC Four show, Hattie, focuses on Jacques' affair with car dealer John Schofield while she was married to Dad's Army star John Le Mesurier. symbol of shocked propriety. But by the time Hattie In order to protect her sons from further press intrusion she declined the honour. The programme was broadcast on 16 October 1961; her full choice was, Between 1964 and 1967 Jacques continued to regularly appear on television, in a range of largely comedy programmes that included series eight and nine of, During the course of the year Jacques also appeared with Sykes in the on-off programme. [188] After complaints about the NHS in 2008, the Western Morning News suggested the government should "clone a Hattie Jacques-type matron to run a tight ship everywhere". Read more. However in 1962, aged 40 and at the height of her Carry On fame, Hattie met John Schofield, after he wrote to her inviting her to become patron of the Leukaemia Research fund. returned from a few weeks on location to find that Schofield was well on the Gibraltar for a week with her lover but left her husband to save my marriage but I also knew Hattie would not throw me out of It was Hattie to whom Schofield turned after the death of the four-year-old For all her apparent confidence and charm, there was one man who broke Hatties heart a toyboy who callously rejected her, throwing her into despair. [185] The actor Neville Phillips, who toured with Jacques, described her as having a "pretty voice" and able to "take an innocuous old Victorian or Edwardian ballad and with just a few intonations and expressions give it another meaning entirely". It is a lifetime away. [190], Alan Simpson, the co-writer of Hancock, enjoyed writing for Jacques, and thought that she was "almost like a fella in terms of playing comedy; you didn't write for her thinking she's a woman so we've got to write the feminine point of view. his death in 2003. [162] By the time the show appeared in Brighton in 1979 the relationship between the two "was rapidly deteriorating", and, although the pair praised each other in public, Jacques felt hurt by Sykes's treatment of her. Mar 17, 2015 - Aidan Turner, 31, has set pulses racing as the smouldering star of Poldark but many may recognise him from other, less romantic roles, as a dwarf warrior and brooding bloodsucker. RTS Young Talent of the Year Award. [73][h] As well as recording in series five of Educating Archie, she was also cast as Mrs Leathers for 18 episodes of Mrs Dale's Diary between February and April 1955. [51] After the show Sykes was introduced to Jacques backstage and thought that the meeting was "the beginning of a new flight" in his professional life. Mark again and become a lodger at Hatties chaotic marital home, Once Mr Le Mesurier left the family home, Hattie and Mr Schofield started a public relationship together, but it was to be short-lived. Mesurier packed his bags. Originally training as a hairdresser, Hattie was briefly an arc welder. The Young Talent Award is for the best work during the year by a journalist under 30. "Oh, I'm terribly sorry," he stammers, when he finds his wife Hattie Jacques Carrying On with her . Right here at FameChain. She could be kindly, it is true, and occasionally romantic. Cool & Fresh technology draws moisture away from the skin. I'm pathologically shy". HATTIE Ruth Jones takes on the role of the larger-than-life Carry On actress Hattie Jacques, revealing how her home life was blown apart by a secret sexual liaison with her handsome young driver while she was married to Dad's Army star John Le Mesurier. Although Jacques confirmed this version of the origin of her name, another story was that the dancer and singer Josephine Gordon named Jacques as such after the musical, Her other appearances included on radio, with, The series was split into two parts: 18 September 1952 12 February 1953 and 21 May 26 June 1953, The programme was also the first collaboration between the two writers. [65] Le Mesurier reported that he was "faintly relieved" when the revue came to an end because of her exertions,[66] added to which she appeared in the 27 episodes of the third series of Educating Archie between September 1952 and June 1953. She concentrated on the script and its interpretation instead of winning easy laughs by playing 'the fattie'. After all we ran an open house with friends popping in unannounced and not infrequently staying with us for days or weeks on end. The final straw came when Schofield moved into the master bedroom, moving Le Now, speaking for the first time, Brenda, 76, says: 'John was not a good dad - he was never cut out to be a father - but he was a charismatic personality and he broke a few hearts in those days. On 20 March 2009, Cheltenham Town's manager Martin Allen appointed Schofield as his assistant on an initial expenses-only basis. He tells her that she is lovely and boosts her confidence about her plumpness. I knew better. 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She started an affair with a younger man, John Schofield, and for a while all three lived in the same house. [171] A month after the funeral, a memorial service was held at St Paul's, Covent Garden, otherwise known as the Actors' Church,[170] which was described by Le Mesurier as a "joyous occasion". He allegedly also became violent towards Hattie although he never hurt his first wife. Now, speaking for the first time, [27][40], Tommy Handley died suddenly on 9 January 1949; the BBC decided that he was "so much the keystone and embodiment of the actual performance" of ITMA, that they cancelled the show immediately. So her many fans would have been (BBC) The pinnacle of embarrassment came when the pair appeared on This Is Your Life in 1963 - Le Mesurier. When you have a sick child, you handle it in My driver seems to have gone.. A 28-year-old shorthand typist, Brenda had moved back home with her parents in September 1961 six weeks after the birth of the couples second child, Mark and after their eldest, John, was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of just two years and five months. You can find it here. In Sykes her performance had to be a foil for the main character; in the Carry Ons she blossomed". After all, Schofield was genuinely popular with the children. 17 May 2010 7:00am Ruth Jones and James Corden star as Nessa and Smithy in Gavin . Location: Kensington, London, UK. She became Le Mesurier's third wife in 1966. Our split-up was totally amicable. [88] Jacques's screen time was increased from Carry On Nurse, as the producers considered her part to be an extension of the earlier role. Hattie Jacques (Josephine Edwina Jacques) b. Hattie Jacques was stern. Jacques was born Josephine Edwina Jaques on 7 February 1922 at 125 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Kent. He wrote in his autobiography: So much was clear to me when I returned from a few weeks on location to find that Schofield was well on the way to acting the part of surrogate father. [141] Although 1969 had been busy, 1970 was relatively quiet in terms of her professional output: apart from an episode of Catweazle,[142] she appeared alongside Willoughby Goddard in a six-episode series of Charley's Grants. But instead, Le Mesurier persevered to save his marriage, in the hope that Le Mesurier was married but estranged from his wife. 1923. Visiting her in hospital to tell her their relationship was over, Schofield flung a gold medallion she had given him, inscribed with the words I love you on to her hospital bed and stormed out, neglecting to collect his possessions from Eardley Crescent or even to say goodbye to her sons. He allegedly also became violent towards Hattie although She was married to the actor John Le Mesurier from 1949 until their divorce in 1965, a separation caused by her five-year affair with another man. [92], Jacques began her association with the Carry On series in March 1958[94] with the first film in the series, Carry On Sergeant. [138] She continued her busy schedule with appearances in six films for 1969,[n] including another with Sellers, The Magic Christian. working away from home so frequently, was unable to do. John wanted to go out and party while I was concentrating on looking after our son. At the end of her act, to great applause, she leapt in the air, finishing in the splits, landing as softly as a snowflake in July". Yet even then he did not move out. [12] She continued intermittently with amateur theatricals, and in May 1939 appeared with the Curtain Club in Barnes in productions of Fumed Oak and Borgia. Ancestor Pedigree Chart. [85], When the first Carry On film was made in 1958, Jacques formed part of the cast. John was accepting of this, and kept their secret. But The Mail on Sunday has We won't share it . want to know why she is not on set. He married the other woman But The Mail on Sunday has discovered that he could not remain faithful to her, either. going on., It was only when filming the 1964 [49] In the show Jacques appeared alongside Max Bygraves, Julie Andrews, Beryl Reid andin the second seriesTony Hancock. But for most of her long film and television career, birth of the couples second child, Mark and after their eldest, John, was Rogers initially chose Joan Sims to play the role of the hospital matron but she declined the part, stating that Jacques's performance of the role in Carry On Nurse could not be bettered. From the moment of my reappearance, John Schofield made clear his opinion that I should do the decent thing and quietly disappear.. [27] In December that year, she joined the Young Vic Theatre Company and played Smeraldina in The King Stag. Mr Schofield told the actress he had fallen in love with another woman, leaving Hattie devastated. Even then he thought the Because we learned all of this stuff the hard way. Hatties marriage to Mr Le Mesurier had been widely viewed as secure and for a while the Dads Army star was oblivious to the affair. by Hattie financially she invested in many of his madcap schemes [175], In 2011 Jacques and Le Mesurier's marriage was the subject of a BBC Four biographical film called Hattie, which focused on Jacques's affair with John Schofield. Hattie Jacques . From the moment of my reappearance, John Schofield made clear his Married comic actors Hattie Jacques and John LeMesurier seem the perfect couple, with their two young sons and the legendary Christmas dinners they host for their friends. Hattie Jacques - who famously played the overweight matron figure, with a glint in her eye - was lusty to the point of nymphomania off-screen Only recently a BBC drama told how Le Mesurier's. His second wife, Hattie Jacques, had an affair and even moved her lover into the house. comedian Peter Cook, was to pave the way for Le Mesurier and Hatties Josephine Edwina Jacques (Mother Superior, Hat) was born on 7 February, 1922 in Sandgate, Kent, England, UK, is an Actress, Producer, Soundtrack. Your e-mail address will be used to confirm your account. [189] NHS nurses have complained about the stereotype: in August 2013 the Nursing Times quoted one matron, who protested that they were "not like Hattie Jacques anymore". So her many fans would have been surprised had they known the truth about her private life. Hattie McDaniel was born in Denver in 1893 to formerly-enslaved parents in Wichita, Kansas. In his autobiography he claimed: Hattie arrived one morning with some mail and magazines, coupled with the good news that I was going to be out in three days' time. On his return home a month later, things had become even more strained. [47] The film critic Geoff Mayer considered that Jacques had "the best scene in the film with her mock seductive dance in front of an angry [Niall] MacGinnis". [186] Her friend Bob Monkhouse thought that her career was overshadowed by her size: "She was such a great comedienne everyone wanted her but the movers and shakers of entertainment didn't perceive her as anything other than a fat lady". [55], Throughout 1951 Jacques continued to mix work in different media, including appearing as Mrs Fezziwig in the film Scrooge starring Alastair Sim;[56] from 3 August until 25 January 1952 she appeared in a second radio series of Educating Archie,[57] as well as appearing in the related stage show, The Archie Andrews Christmas Show at the Prince of Wales Theatre from December 1952 to January 1953. [153] Jacques cried when her ex-husband won the award, and divulged to her son that she "wasn't crying out of professional resentment or even envy about Joan Le Mesurier but from an unhappiness that, through her own actions, she lost John or there was now no-one with whom to spend her life". 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