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Hattie Jacques

Hattie Jacques

Actor · Died October 6, 1980, aged 58 · Sandgate, Kent, England, UK

Josephine Edwina Jaques (7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress, known as Hattie Jacques. Starting her career in the 1940s, Jacques first gained attention through her radio appearances with Tommy Handley on ITMA and later with Tony Hancock on Hancock's Half Hour. From 1958 to 1974 she appeared in fourteen Carry On films, playing roles such as a hospital matron. She had a long professional partnership with Eric Sykes, with whom she co-starred in his long running television series Sykes. She also starred in two Norman Wisdom films, The Square Peg and Follow a Star. Jacques was married to John Le Mesurier from 1949 until their divorce in 1965. Her final appearance on television was in an advertisement for Asda in 1980. She died later that year from a heart attack. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hattie Jacques,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
February 7, 1922
Died
October 6, 1980 (aged 58)
From
Sandgate, Kent, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 73 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 33% in 30 days

What are Hattie Jacques' films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.

Genres

Comedy15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
36%
Power
20%
Society
17%
Morality
16%
Self
9%
Survival
1%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Wry: How sincerely it treats its story and characters, from ironic to earnest. Browse their wry movies.
Tone · Sincerity
ironicearnest

A split, not a type: Ironic 5 · Wry 3 · Earnest 9

Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 17 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 2

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 13 · Charged 4 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 16

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 17 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 7
Shadow
2 of 7
Hero
1 of 7
Threshold guardian
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
13
Absurd
12
Warm
9
Bittersweet
3
Manic
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Fun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy15
  • Bittersweet3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Hattie Jacques' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Hattie Jacques' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

73 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • On Location: The Carry Ons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Miss Haggerd / Matron (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • What's a Carry On?(1998)

    as Matron / Miss Haggerd / Matron / Miss Soaper / Sophie Plummet / Floella (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams(1996)

    as (Archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • ITV Christmas Comedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 15 episodes · Actor

  • Rhubarb Rhubarb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Actor

  • That's Carry On!(1977)

    as Various Characters (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Three for All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Security Official

  • Carry On Laughing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · as Queen Elizabeth I

  • Carry on Dick(1974)

    as Miss Martha Hoggett

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Maid / Miss Molly Cobbles / Fiona Clodhopper / Madrigal Singer / Miss Harriet

  • Carry on Abroad(1972)

    as Floella

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Sykes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 68 episodes · as Hattie Sykes

  • Carry on Matron(1972)

    as Matron

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Carry on at Your Convenience(1971)

    as Beattie Plummer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Danger Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Actor

  • Carry on Loving(1970)

    as Sophie Plummet

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Rhubarb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Nurse Rhubarb

  • Catweazle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Madam Rosa

  • Carry On Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Choir Singer / Shopkeeper / Sister Hattie / Elizabeth Barrett / Bemused Passerby

  • Carry On Christmas Specials (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • The Magic Christian(1969)

    as Ginger Horton

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Carry on Again Doctor(1969)

    as Miss Soaper, the Matron

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Pickwick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Mrs Bardell

  • Carry on Camping(1969)

    as Miss Haggerd

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies(1969)

    as Lady Journalist

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Crooks and Coronets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Mabel

  • Ooh La La! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Madame Legrainard

  • Carry on Doctor(1967)

    as Lavinia, the Matron

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Plank (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Woman with Rose

  • The Bobo(1967)

    as Trinity Martinez

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • A Choice of Coward: Blithe Spirit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Madame Arcati

  • A Choice of Coward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Madame Arcati

  • Theatre 625 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Helen

  • Carry on Cabby(1963)

    as Peg Hawkins

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Punch and Judy Man(1963)

    as Dolly The Fortune Teller

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • In the Doghouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Josephine Gudgeon

  • She'll Have to Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Miss Richards

  • Carry on Regardless(1961)

    as Sister

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Watch Your Stern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Agatha Potter

  • Our House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 39 episodes · Actor

  • Make Mine Mink (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Nanette Parry

  • School for Scoundrels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Miss Grimmet

  • Carry On Constable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Sergeant Laura Moon

  • Sykes and a... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 67 episodes · Actor

  • Make Mine a Double(1959)

    as Ada

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Carry on Teacher(1959)

    as Miss Grace Short

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Left Right and Centre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as woman in car

  • Carry on Nurse(1959)

    as Matron

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Follow a Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Miss Dymphna Dobson

  • The Navy Lark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Fortune Teller

  • The Square Peg(1958)

    as Gretchen

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Carry On Sergeant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Captain Clark

  • Now and Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Woman in Sports Car with Dog (uncredited)

  • Hancock's Half Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 7 episodes · as Amorous Lady

  • The Tony Hancock Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 12 episodes · Actor

  • As Long as They're Happy(1955)

    as Party Guest

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Love Lottery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Chambermaid (uncredited)

  • Up to His Neck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Rakiki

  • Our Girl Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Mrs. Patch

  • The Pleasure Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Mrs. Albion

  • All Hallowe'en (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Miss Quibble

  • The Pickwick Papers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Mrs. Nupkins

  • No Haunt for a Gentleman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Actor

  • Vampire Over London(1952)

    as Mrs Jenks

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • A Christmas Carol(1951)

    as Mrs. Fezziwig

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Waterfront (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Singer

  • Chance of a Lifetime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Alice

  • The Spider and the Fly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Barmaid (uncredited)

  • Trottie True (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Daisy Delaware

  • Oliver Twist(1948)

    as Singer at 'Three Cripples'

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby(1947)

    as Mrs Kenwick

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Green for Danger(1946)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Twenty Minutes South (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 73 titles, 72 of them dated from 1946 to 2001; peak year 1970.

Highest rated

The Square Peg (1958)

Midcredits 74th

Most popular right now

Carry on Nurse (1959)

Film career

19462001

Peak 1970 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting72 of 73: 72 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score50thProducing1 of 73: 1 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

1940s5 · acting1950s23 · acting1960s26 · acting1970s13 · acting1980s2 · acting1990s2 · acting2000s1 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 22 roles
4661

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Hattie Jacques' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

Vampire Over London (1952)

61st percentile spread · 66% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

A Christmas Carol (1951)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Hattie Jacques' work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Hattie Jacques work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hattie Jacques' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gerald Thomas shares the most, 12.

Directors

  • Gerald Thomas12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Gerald Thomas

Writers

Actors

  • Joan Sims12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Joan Sims
  • Kenneth Williams12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Kenneth Williams
  • Sidney James11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Sidney James
  • Charles Hawtrey11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Charles Hawtrey

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • Peter Rogers12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Peter Rogers

Mixed roles