[160] While appearing in Blackpool in 1977 Jacques's health became problematic as she suffered from arthritis and ulcerated legs, which required daily dressing. 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. Jacques was born Josephine Edwina Jaques on 7 February 1922 at 125 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate, Kent. Robin Le Mesurier, 57, the son of Jacques and Dad's Army actor John Le . After all, we ran an open house with friends popping in unannounced and not infrequently staying with us for days or weeks on end. [160] Garth Pearce, writing in the Daily Express, noted that "she always chose to play women in funny situations, rather than refer directly to her weight. Hattie is a television film about the life of British comic actress Hattie Jacques, played by Ruth Jones, her marriage to John Le Mesurier ( Robert Bathurst) and her affair with their lodger John Schofield ( Aidan Turner ). Hatties biographer, Andrew Merriman, describes John as a devastatingly handsome, charismatic East Ender, to whom she was immediately attracted, adding: He was articulate, charming and funny, and flattered Hattie shamelessly. But The Mail on Sunday has RM G6ARYT - Actor Kenneth Williams . 19:33 GMT 11 Dec 2010 On 20 October 2009, he became caretaker manager of the club after Allen was placed on gardening leave whilst an alleged incident involving Allen at a nightclub was investigated. [163] Despite the differences, the pair filmed the seventh series of Sykes in 1979,[146] andin April 1980the television film Rhubarb Rhubarb; although her part was a small one, she looked "a little unsteady on her feet", according to Merriman. Hattie arrived one morning with some mail and magazines, coupled with the good news that I was going to be let out in three days, time, he wrote. Hattie immediately flew out to down to a quieter life. But instead, Le Mesurier persevered to save his marriage, in the hope that [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. Over the Easter bank holiday weekend ITV3 have shown 21 of the most iconic Carry On films. wife Britt Ekland, leaving Schofield at home looking after the children. Actors John le Mesurier and Hattie Jacques smiling outside the church on their wedding day, at Kensington Registry Office, London, November 10th 1949. Certainly the children enjoyed his happy-go-lucky ways and pestered him to take them bowling or on other exciting treats. By At Christmas 1964, more than a year after Schofield had moved in, Le The "Archie" of the title was the ventriloquist's dummy Archie Andrews, operated by Peter Brough. immediate liking to this character who played football with them, his private secretary Anne Spencer, who was 14 years his junior at Hattie E. Schofield. Joining in on #TBT #ThrowbackThursday to #AidanTurner as John Schofield in Hattie (2011) 16 Feb 2023 14:49:43 Describing Schofield as a least. She subsequently admitted that Schofield had hit her. back to, continues Le Mesurier. Apr 24, 2016; Apr 24, 2016; Facebook; Twitter; WhatsApp; SMS; Email; Sections Tributes. [138] She continued her busy schedule with appearances in six films for 1969,[n] including another with Sellers, The Magic Christian. a colourful existence quite at odds with the roles she played and with the Ancestor Pedigree Chart. February 7 Actress #23. died of a heart attack in 1980, aged 58, Schofield, by then 51, I'm pathologically shy". [92], Jacques began her association with the Carry On series in March 1958[94] with the first film in the series, Carry On Sergeant. [119] He later commented about this period: "I could have walked out, but, whatever my feelings, I loved Hattie and the children and I was certainI had to be certainthat we could repair the damage". affair would blow over, hoping against the odds that he could save his "[42] The couple wed on 10 November that year, at Kensington Registrar's Office. After all, Schofield was genuinely popular with the children. Even then he thought the affair would blow over, hoping against the odds that he could save his marriage. Jacques joined as part of the storyline of episode five of the fourth series of the radio programme. birth of the couples second child, Mark and after their eldest, John, was Handy 5 pack. In her later career Jacques showed "a comic talent of extraordinary versatility. [139] She also appeared on television alongside Harry Secombe and Roy Castle in Pickwick, which was based on the musical of the same name,[140] and in Carry On Christmas, broadcast on Christmas Eve. she was immediately attracted, adding: He was articulate, charming and Despite his previous behaviour, Hattie regularly met Schofield for passionate assignations during the Seventies. That's not enough money!" lifestyle. Jealousy is not in my character and I held firmly a belief that Hattie was in control of her emotions.. [50] It was on this programme that she first worked with Eric Sykes, who was providing scripts for the series. prompting Barbara Windsor to describe him a gorgeous bit of Hattie McDaniel was born in Denver in 1893 to formerly-enslaved parents in Wichita, Kansas. Le I knew that only a miracle could distraction. He tells her that she is lovely and boosts her confidence about her plumpness. [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. Wednesday, September 07, 2016 Hattie Jacques (1922-1980) Birth name: Josephine Edwina Jaques Birthdate: February 7th, 1922 Location: Sandgate, Kent, UK Died: October 6th, 1980 me? she sobs down the telephone to her film bosses at Warner Brothers, who [10] Her biographer, Frances Gray, described the Players' as being Jacques's drama school, as she acted, directed, wrote lyrics and "developed the persona she was to use in pantomime for years, the large, bossy, but vulnerable fairy queen". English actress Hattie Jacques (1922-1980) posed seated on a sofa at home in May 1968. realised that something was badly wrong at home. going on., It was only when filming the 1964 We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. suffered a stroke, after having been struck down by a rare virus, which He allegedly also became violent towards Hattie although The final straw came when Schofield moved into the master bedroom, moving Le [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. Yet even then he did not move out. Handsome and charismatic, prompting Barbara Windsor to describe him a gorgeous bit of crumpet, it was only a matter of time before Hattie succumbed to his charms. remarried. Comfy regular fit. [6] Robin Rochester Jaques, who attained the rank of flight lieutenant with the RAF, was a keen sportsman and became a semi-professional footballer. 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. Yet a new BBC film has revealed that, 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. It is a lifetime away. 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. [36], For much of 1948 Jacques continued to record episodes of ITMA for half the week, while spending evenings in the Players' Theatre; she also found time during the spring to record the role of Flora in No, No, Nanette for the BBC[37] and appear at the Whitehall Theatre in Bates Wharf with the Under Thirty Theatre Group. matter of time before Hattie succumbed to his charms. He suffered a stroke, after having been struck down by a rare virus, which damaged his heart and lungs. However, away from the Carry On classics, Hattie lived a colourful and turbulent life at odds with the roles she played on screen. Mark again and become a lodger at Hatties chaotic marital home, Hattie arrived one morning with some mail and magazines. The couples marriage had been widely viewed as one of the most secure in showbusiness and, for a while, Le Mesurier was oblivious to the affair going on under his nose. [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". Jacques, who had been overweight since her teenage years, suffered ill-health soon after the separation from Le Mesurier and her weight rose to nearly 20 stone (280lb; 130kg). John was accepting of this, and kept their secret. widely viewed as one of the most secure in showbusiness and, for a Brenda, 76, says: John was not a good dad he was never cut out to be a when I wanted him to be, so we separated. drab monotony of a country still struggling to recover from the Second World In the end I just realised that he was not there when I wanted him to be so we separated. John did the crossword every day, his widow said after placing a death notice in the newspaper, said a close friend. The writer Susan Leckey described Jacques as "one of the best-loved British comedy stars",[181] while Jacques's obituarist in The Times observed that "she was invariably successful" at making people "laugh with, rather than at you". [3][a], The Jaques family were predominantly non-theatrical, with the exception of Mary who appeared in the small role of Harry Hathaway in the Christmas pantomime Robinson Crusoe at the Palace Theatre, Cologne, in 1920. 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 Dads Army star John Le Mesurier and left the comedienne a broken woman. She was wearing a pair of dark glasses. Her sons refused to allow Sykes entry to the funeral because they resented the way he had treated her during the stage show;[160] Sykes was upset by the exclusion and failed to understand why he had been banned. anonymity, doing The Times crossword and pottering around the seaside. Morwenna Banks and Amanda Swift consider Jacques to have been "unimaginatively cast as the 'fat person'" in ITMA,[193] while in Sykes, her weight was rarely referred toand Jacques said that Sykes "hardly ever made jokes about my size which was a refreshing change". She enjoyed the filming experience, calling it "one of the loveliest things I've worked on". [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". He allegedly also became violent towards Hattie although he never hurt his first wife. 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. Here he settled happily into a life of anonymity, doing The Times crossword and pottering around the seaside. She subsequently admitted that Schofield had hit her. number of Hatties friends even trying to woo the newlywed Joan Le But for most of her long film and television career, Hattie Jacques was stern. 'Our split-up was totally amicable. St Pancras Register Office, on June 18, 1969, and tried to settle opinion that I should do the decent thing and quietly disappear. 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But we remained friends and my second husband Victor and I would go and visit him and Hattie., Meanwhile Hatties biographer Andrew Merriman described Mr Schofield as a devastatingly handsome, charismatic East Ender to whom she was immediately attracted.. [1] It was while appearing in a Late Joys revue in June 1946 that she made her debut on television, when the show was broadcast on the BBC. [157], In 1976 Jacques appeared in a promotional advertising film for British Rail, which pitted her against racing driver Jackie Stewart in a race to London. But he fell ill on his arrival and ended up in hospital in Gibraltar with a collapsed lung, pneumonia and jaundice after trying to make his way back home. [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. Yet even then he did not move out. The first series ran for 29 weeks until 19 December. when Le Mesurier was at home and shared Hatties bed when her he was lured into the music world, trying his hand as a band On his return home a month [177] Jones was thrilled at playing Jacques whom she considered to be her comedy heroine, describing her as an "incredibly talented and fascinating woman both on and off screen".[178][179]. [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". Hattie Jacques had an affair on her Dad's Army husband (Image: Gett) Hattie was one of the stars of the Carry On series (Image: Getty) Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, Brenda explained:. Choose wisely! [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. She said that she had bumped into something and given herself a black eye. Hattie will be screened on BBC4 in January. Her brother also changed his name at the same time. He had previously been married to June Melville and then Carry On actress Hattie Jacques. A 28-year-old shorthand typist, Brenda It was a curious sort of homecoming when I was not altogether certain of a house to come back to, continues Le Mesurier. But it was not to last. nose. love for his rival, that John did the crossword every day, his His second wife, Hattie Jacques, had an affair and even moved her lover into the house. [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). In July 1930 Jacques started her secondary schooling at the Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith,[10][11] and also attended a local dance school, the Dean Sisters Academy, where she was a principal dancer in the academy's shows. Our split-up was totally amicable. When you have a sick child, you handle it in want to know why she is not on set. [124], In 1964, as well as recording four episodes of the radio show Housewives' Choice, Jacques starred in her own television series, Miss Adventure, as the private investigator Stacey Smith. The truth was that she had been in a fight with Schofield he was jealous and a champagne bucket kicked over on the floor. In 1949 she married the actor, John Le Mesurier, who found fame in Dad's Army, and the couple, who for a time lived in Margate, had two children. hard to cope with the situation and flew to Tangiers for a break. Hattie Jacques didn't look like she was enjoying being on This Is Your Life. The couples marriage had been Claudia Joseph for MailOnline. [121] Despite the matrimonial upsets, Jacques and Le Mesurier both appeared in the 1963 Tony Hancock film, The Punch and Judy Man. and rough and made her feel young again.. rumpled bed in an ornate hotel room in Rome, flowers strewn around her feet Joan and he later married, but after only 6 . 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. In one of the Carry On films (she appeared in 14 of them), Jacques breathed in and filled her matron's starched uni form. [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. [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". comedian Peter Cook, was to pave the way for Le Mesurier and Hatties Back at home Hattie was admitted to hospital with kidney infection, and was visited by Mr Schofield, who reiterated their relationship was over, before allegedly flinging a gold medallion she had given him, inscribed with the words I love you onto her hospital bed. marriage. The truth was that she had been in a fight with Schofield he was jealous of Hatties visits to me and felt threatened.. wards of the Carry On films, Hattie was defiantly unconventional and pursued I knew that only a miracle could save my marriage but I also knew Hattie would not throw me out of the house. [161] When the show moved to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Sykes "began to behave rather strangely and he even accused Hattie of not being able to deliver a proper feed line". Certainly the children enjoyed his happy-go-lucky ways and When you have a sick child you handle it in different ways. Her first major film was Chance in a Lifetime. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images) She was raised with a passion for the theatre by her mother, and before the Second World War broke out, Josephine rose to the position of principal ballet dancer at a dance academy. occasionally romantic. "I don't like playing battleaxes, I want to feel protected like any other woman. [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. The previous year she had met John Schofield, a cockney used-car dealer, who chauffeured her to a Leukaemia Research Fund event. [166] Her health remained poor, and insurance companies refused to insure her for film work. The boys were used to Eardley Tam O'Shanter overture, op. (BBC) The pinnacle of embarrassment came when the pair appeared on This Is Your Life in 1963 - Le Mesurier. Jacques, who appeared with Eric in his hit TV show Sykes, died in 1980 at the age of 58. After Le Mesurier left the family home, Hattie settled down to a life of domestic bliss with Schofield, who would help her look after the children and take her away for romantic weekends. [45], In the early months of 1950 Chance of a Lifetime was released into British cinemas; it was a film in which Jacques "really made her mark", according to her biographer, Andy Merriman. just gradually grew apart. Between April and July she was in Paradise Street, a spin-off series from Educating Archie, while in June she was in Archie in Goonland, a one-off special programme that was a collaboration between Educating Archie and The Goon Show. concentrated on his career as a music manager, signing the rock band 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. Jones, best known for playing brash Barry girl Nessa in . But it would have been foolish not to know that this was different. admitted he had fallen in love with another woman. working away from home so frequently, was unable to do. When Eamonn Andrews ambushed her in the BBC television studios in Shepherd's Bush in 1963, while she. 51 (English Northern Philharmonia ; Paul Daniel, conductor) (8:30) English dances, set 1, op. recuperate in hospital when she returned to Pinewood. It was only after she declared openly her love for his rival, that Le Mesurier realised he had lost his wife to her younger boyfriend. East Of Eden, which went on to have a Top 10 hit with Jig A Jig. She was wearing a pair of dark glasses. I knew better. She became Le Mesurier's third wife in 1966. [43][44] After a week's honeymoon in Southsea,[42] she returned to the Players' where she was engaged to appear as Marrygolda in the Christmas pantomime Beauty and the Beast. Glass slides of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 offices and various local buildings, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s-1960s (tray 3 of 3) 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. John Le Mesurier and Hattie Jacques present a united front on This Is Your Life. Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones is to play Carry On comedy actress Hattie Jacques in a drama about her love life. [145] In the same year she completed another series with Sykes, Sykes and a Big, Big Show, a music and sketch programme which had six episodes, broadcast between February and April. She was wearing a pair of dark glasses. The final straw came when Schofield moved into the master bedroom, moving Le Mesuriers belongings into a loft room. mail and magazines, coupled with the good news that I was going to be let [10], In the summer of 1967 the Carry On producer Peter Rogers assembled the cast for the 15th film of the series, Carry On Doctor. John wanted to go out and party while I was concentrating on [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. It is far too easy to throw mud at a 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. The other notable absentee from the funeral was Joan Sims, who "stayed in her home and spent the day drinking, reading old letters from Hattie and wallowing in self pity", according to Merriman. My driver seems to have gone.. Hattie Jacques was stern. Even then he thought the During the return ferry crossing she told her friend Bruce Copp that "You know I'm not going to live long". [5] Mary enjoyed the theatre, and took Jacques to live performances from an early age. [164][t], In May 1980 Jacques's doctor advised her against travelling to Greece on holiday as planned, so she visited Ireland instead. A chance introduction at The Establishment, a drinking club owned by They naturally didnt have a clue about what was really going on.. Jacques played Alice, a welder: when she was offered her fee for 17 days filming, she replied "I've done this job welding Bailey and Pontoon Bridges and I know how hard it is. 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. . discovered that he could not remain faithful to her, either. cheating charmer who broke Hattie's heart: "It was planned that I should play a character named 'Ella Phant'. The end came during the summer of 1966, just months after Le Mesurier remarried. 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. 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.. Mr Le Mesurier, however, found it increasingly hard to cope with the situation and by August 1965 the couple divorced after more than 15 years of marriage. Discover Hattie Jacques's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. different ways. [144] Another Carry On film followed in 1971, Carry On at Your Convenience, where she played Beattie Plummer, the housebound wife of Sid Plummer, played by Sid James. Despite In the Blitz she had fallen for an American major called Charles Kearney, who proposed marriage without telling her he had a wife and kids back home. Find out about John Schofield & Hattie Jacques Affair, joint family tree & history, ancestors and ancestry. That made it easier for us". out, neglecting to collect his possessions from Eardley Crescent or even to movie The Moon-Spinners, with Hayley Mills, that Le Mesurier finally Our split-up was totally amicable. Because a dressing room was arranged that avoided her needing to use stairs, Sykes accused her of receiving special treatment. Back at home, Hattie was admitted to hospital with a kidney infection. Hattie will focus on the star's secret affair with a younger man while married to John Le Mesurier of Dad's Army fame. [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". 23, 2003, shortly after celebrating his 33rd wedding anniversary. [72], In 1954 Jacques continued to work on radio. [78][79][i] Jacques's arrival on Hancock "provided an additional boost to the series", according to television historian Richard Webber. She could be kindly, it is true, and In Sykes her performance had to be a foil for the main character; in the Carry Ons she blossomed". Channel: BBC4 9 . 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