immediate liking to this character who played football with them, We won't share it . In private, Jacques led a turbulent life. Chelsea restaurant The Hungry Horse, remembered Hattie going to She was the youngest child of Robin Rochester Jaques (1897-1923), a serviceman in the British Army and later the Royal Air Force, and Mary Jaques (ne Thorne), a nurse who served in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). Poor John Le Mesurier, played by Robert Bathurst in Hattie (BBC4), does pretty much the opposite. * Email Address. Glass slides of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 offices and various local buildings, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s-1960s (tray 3 of 3) Your e-mail address will be used to confirm your account. That's not enough money!" [143] She spent May and June filming Carry On Loving, in which she played Sophie Bliss, released in September that year. Apr 24, 2016; Apr 24, 2016; Facebook; Twitter; WhatsApp; SMS; Email; Sections Tributes. She said that she had bumped into something and given herself a black eye. Mesurier also recalled her visiting him in hospital with a black Mesurier packed his bags. [186], Gray observes that "Jacques is enduringly associated with the role of hospital matron"[1] and her portrayal of the character in five films had a lasting impact on both her legacy and on the role and view of Matrons in the National Health Service. [32] She became so nervous during the audition that Tommy Handley, the show's star, held her hand, which she found made her more nervous. 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The result had a "profound effect" on the young girl, particularly a love of dance. [97] The following year she played "Matron" for the first time[87] in Carry On Nurse, a film which broke that year's box office records, selling more than 10million tickets in British cinemas. Schofield slept on the sofa when Le Mesurier was at home and shared Hatties bed when her husband was away on location. The play's writer, Nol Coward, felt that "finally someone had delivered a performance that wasn't overshadowed by Margaret Rutherford", who had originated the stage role in 1940 and played it in the 1945 film version. matter of time before Hattie succumbed to his charms. Hatties biographer, Andrew Merriman, [14] After a reorganisation in the VAD,[b] Jacques sought new work and, in the summer of 1943, she became a welder in a factory in north London,[16] a job that lasted until the end of the year. Do you think you could send a car for She was played by Ruth Jones, who Robin Le Mesurier thought "had captured my mother perfectly". By October her weight had risen again; she had problems breathing and was again admitted to Charing Cross Hospital. It was Hattie to whom Schofield turned after the death of the four-year-old in May 1963. Describing Schofield as a very handsome man with lots of charm, Le Mesuriers third wife Joan says: He gave Hattie the undivided attention and support that John, working away from home so frequently, was unable to do. 17 May 2010 7:00am Ruth Jones and James Corden star as Nessa and Smithy in Gavin . Joan had worked as a barmaid and secretary before meeting John Le Mesurier at The Establishment, Peter Cook's comedy club, where she was introduced to him by a mutual acquaintance, Johnny Heawood, in 1963. RM G4M1T9 - Edwina (Hattie) Jacques and John Le Mesurier leaving Kensington register office after their wedding in London. It was Hattie to whom Schofield turned after the death of the four-year-old in May 1963. [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. She said that she had bumped into something and given herself a black eye. Tam O'Shanter overture, op. Her brother also changed his name at the same time. John wanted to go out and party while I was concentrating on Handsome and charismatic, prompting by Hattie financially she invested in many of his madcap schemes [158] From 1976 onwards Sykes and Jacques appeared together in the stage play A Hatful of Sykes, both in the UK and internationally. Mesurier. affair would blow over, hoping against the odds that he could save his recuperate in hospital when she returned to Pinewood. It was a curious sort of homecoming when I was not altogether certain of a house to come back to, continues Le Mesurier. want to know why she is not on set. Hattie Jacques was stern. Jones, best known for playing brash Barry girl Nessa in . later, things had become even more strained. Jealousy is not in my character and I held firmly to the belief that Hattie was in control of her emotions.. You can unsubscribe at any time. say goodbye to her sons. [173] In November 1995 a blue plaque was unveiled by Eric Sykes and Clive Dunna colleague from her Players' Theatre daysat her former house: 67 Eardley Crescent, Earls Court, London. She was the youngest of 13 children. [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. number of Hatties friends even trying to woo the newlywed Joan Le She started an affair with a younger man, John Schofield, and for a while all three lived in the same house. [146][o], Two further Carry On films followed for Jacques in 1972: Carry On Matron, for which she was engaged in the title role,[91] and Carry On Abroad, as Floella, the fiery Spanish cook at a half-finished hotel. Sykes had been impressed with Jacques since he visited the Players' in 1948. [30] While engaged at the Players' in June 1947, Jacques was introduced to the actor John Le Mesurier and the two began a relationship. She is best known as a regular of the Carry On films, where she typically played strict, no-nonsense characters, but was also a prolific television and radio performer. 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[50] It was on this programme that she first worked with Eric Sykes, who was providing scripts for the series. When Eamonn Andrews ambushed her in the BBC television studios in Shepherd's Bush in 1963, while she. "[42] The couple wed on 10 November that year, at Kensington Registrar's Office. Most Popular #106814. For ultimate day-long comfort, choose these pure cotton slips. 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. In Memoriam . [126][m], Jacques went to Rome in 1966 to film The Bobo with Peter Sellers; before this she went on a strict diet and lost five stone (32kg), although she was disappointed that so few people noticed. Hattie Jacques (/deks/; born Josephine Edwina Jaques; 7 February 1922 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen. [176] She was played by Ruth Jones, who Robin Le Mesurier thought "had captured my mother perfectly". Jacques, who appeared with Eric in his hit TV show Sykes, died in 1980 at the age of 58. John was accepting of this, and kept their secret. when I wanted him to be, so we separated. rejected her, throwing her into despair. Starring Gavin & Stacey actress Ruth Jones, the TV drama entitled Hattie portrays the tempestuous love affair with her Cockney driver John Schofield, which destroyed her marriage to Dad's. The moment is dramatised in Hattie, with her sitting on the edge of a rumpled bed in an ornate hotel room in Rome, flowers strewn around her feet and a champagne bucket kicked over on the floor. It was Hattie to whom Schofield turned after the death of the four-year-old by Hattie, who invited Joan to a party at Eardley Crescent, they began Hattie quickly became besotted with him and, being so unconfident about her own looks, couldnt believe that someone so stunningly attractive could find her equally seductive. [28] It received favourable reviews; the Gloucestershire Echo described the piece as "a noble play", and thought that Jacques was "very solidly in step". manager. I could have walked out but whatever my failings, I loved Hattie and the children and I was certain I had to be certain that we could repair the damage. [171] Peter Chapman of The Independent stated that Jacques was "blessed with remarkable grace, delicacy and warmth, giving her an almost unique comic appeal". Supported Schofield, a driver for the Harlem Globetrotters, was looking for a distraction. Mr Schofield told the actress he had fallen in love with another woman, leaving Hattie devastated. In the end, I just realised that he was not there when I wanted him to be, so we separated. out in three days, time, he wrote. [104], On 29 January 1960 Jacques appeared in the first episode of the BBC comedy series Sykes and a, co-starring with Eric Sykes as a pair of twins; Richard Wattis and Deryck Guyler were also regulars in the cast. Joining in on #TBT #ThrowbackThursday to #AidanTurner as John Schofield in Hattie (2011) 16 Feb 2023 14:49:43 John did the crossword every day, his widow said after placing a death notice in the newspaper, said a close friend. [2] She was the youngest child of Robin Rochester Jaques (18971923), a serviceman in the British Army and later the Royal Air Force, and Mary Jaques (ne Thorn), a nurse who served in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). John Schofield John's father is Reginald Schofield and his mother is Ardis Pierce. Originally training as a hairdresser, Hattie was briefly an arc welder. [183] Nina Wadia of Goodness Gracious Me considers Jacques along with Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor to have "paved the way for younger comediennes in Britain today", remarking that "if it had not been for women like Hattie and Barbara, there is no way that younger actresses would have any role model, or probably the ambition to do what they do". swing. divorce. The final straw came when Schofield moved into the master bedroom, moving Le Mesuriers belongings into a loft room. [74] She both produced and directed Twenty Minutes South, first at the Players' Theatre, and then for 105 performances at the St Martin's Theatre and finished the year by appearing in seven episodes of The Granville Melodramas on ITV between October and December. When you have a sick child you handle it in different ways. John's love story is a sad one. [109] In September 1960 she starred in her second television series, Our House, alongside Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Bresslaw and Joan Sims; Jacques played the librarian Georgina Ruddy, who was forced to keep quiet at work and so made up for it by being extremely noisy at home. Last Name Jacques #3. I knew better. She slimmed down and placed a lonely hearts advertisement in a magazine, but she was destined to remain alone. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. funny, and flattered Hattie shamelessly. But The Mail on Sunday has discovered that he could not remain faithful to her, either. Jacques was initially intended for a major part in the film, but she was unable to commit to a longer role because of ill health. [7][8] Upon his death, Mary, Jacques and her elder brother Robin moved from Newton in Lincolnshire to London,[9] where Jacques was sent to the Lady Margaret primary school in Chelsea. [114] That year's film, Carry On Regardless, was the fifth in the series; Jacques received a fee of 100 for the small role of a disgruntled hospital sister, who appeared briefly on screen alongside the English character actor Kynaston Reeves. The moment is dramatised in Hattie, with her sitting on the edge of a friends popping in unannounced and not infrequently staying with us for days suffered a stroke, after having been struck down by a rare virus, which . She appeared in 16 episodes from November 1956 to February 1957, alongside Hancock and regulars Sidney James, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. Heartbroken by his callous rejection, Hattie remained inconsolable, sobbing down the phone to friends. Hattie E. Schofield. Despite his previous behaviour, Hattie regularly met Schofield for passionate assignations during the Seventies. Whilst they seem the perfect couple, things turn sour, when in 1963, following a charity fund raiser for leukaemia, Hattie meets the young and handsome John Schofield, whose son died of the disease. [182] Sunday Life said that for decades she was "Britain's favourite silly, sexually frustrated, fat woman". [164][t], In May 1980 Jacques's doctor advised her against travelling to Greece on holiday as planned, so she visited Ireland instead. [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". Because we learned all of this stuff the hard way. anonymity, doing The Times crossword and pottering around the seaside. Actors John le Mesurier and Hattie Jacques smiling outside the church on their wedding day, at Kensington Registry Office, London, November 10th 1949. Jacques was born Josephine Edwina Jaques on 7 February 1922 at 125 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Kent. just gradually grew apart. [184], Jacques's biographer, Frances Gray, highlighted two aspects of the actress's abilities; in her appearances in the sequence of post-war Dickens adaptations (Nicholas Nickleby, Oliver Twist, Scrooge and Pickwick) Jacques "reflected her talent for larger-than-life comedy which never lost its grip on humanity", while in other films, such as Mother Riley Meets the Vampire, she displayed "a broader comic mode". She was played by Ruth Jones, who Robin Le Mesurier thought . It is far too easy to throw mud at a passionate assignations during the Seventies. Robin and Kim took an In March 1953 Jacques gave birth to her first son, Robin, and returned to work after a few days to film Up to His Neck. But for most of her long film and television career, The Young Talent Award is for the best work during the year by a journalist under 30. in Eardley Crescent, Earls Court where friends and acquaintances One night after a [48], On 6 June 1950 Jacques was cast in the first episode of the weekly radio show Educating Archie as Agatha Dinglebody. least. At Christmas 1964, more than a year after Schofield had moved in, Le autobiography. And no wonder. She began a two year stint as a Red Cross Nurse in 1942, before joining the Players Theatre in London in 1944, performing with them for 18 years. John did the crossword every day, his dating. [116] Jacques later named the film as her favourite of the series, as she was allowed to drop her "battleaxe" persona and play the romantic lead opposite James. At Christmas 1964, more than a year after Schofield had moved in, Le Mesurier packed his bags. "Oh, I'm terribly sorry," he stammers, when he finds his wife Hattie Jacques Carrying On with her . 19:33 GMT 11 Dec 2010 Supported by Hattie financially she invested in many of his madcap schemes he was lured into the music world, trying his hand as a band manager. 'Schofield was earthy, sexy and rough and made her feel young again., The atmosphere was heavy to say the least. "I don't like playing battleaxes, I want to feel protected like any other woman. Hattie is said to have admitted to Bruce Copp, who ran a Chelsea Restaurant the actress regularly visited, that Mr Schofield had hit her, while Mr Mesurier recalled her visiting him in hospital with a black eye. Claudia Joseph for MailOnline [1] As a singer she was also praised; Jonathan Cecil of The Spectator said that her "bell-tone voice with its cut-crystal dictionperfect for radiohad an edge of pain which suggested a greater depth to her talents than she was generally allowed to express". Schofield slept on the sofa From 1958 to 1974 she appeared in 14 Carry On films, playing various roles including the formidable hospital matron. Even then he thought the Schofield later ran off with an Italian heiress while Jacques was filming in Rome. Hattie Jacques appearing in the BBC's Sykes sitcom 1978. concentrated on his career as a music manager, signing the rock band I'm pathologically shy". Hattie Jacques was an English actress specialising in playing authority figures. wife Brenda when they were courting. He tells her that she is lovely and boosts her confidence about her plumpness. [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". [84] She appeared in the sketches "Concerto for Three Buffoons" with Secombe and Sykes, "The Good Old Days", and the two full company numbers that closed each of the two halves of the show. 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