Hattie Jacques
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Hattie Jacques was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen. She is best known as a regular of the Carry On films, in which she typically played strict, no-nonsense characters, but was als
Hattie Jacques
Blue plaque at the house where Jacques was born: 125 High Street, Sandgate, Kent
125 High Street, Sandgate
ITMA, during a wartime recording session
John Le Mesurier
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John Le Mesurier was an English actor. He is probably best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation comedy Dad's Army. A self-confessed "jobbing actor"
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…endeared her to the public and the two became staples of British television. In private, Jacques led a turbulent life. 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. Jacques, who had been overweight since her teenage…
Le Mesurier in 1973
Sherborne School, Dorset, which Le Mesurier attended and disliked intensely
Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, where Le Mesurier appeared in numerous roles during 1938
Terry-Thomas, alongside whom Le Mesurier appeared in Private's Progress and Carlton-Browne of the F.O.