Actor

Jessie Matthews

March 11, 1907 · London, England, UK

Jessie Matthews, OBE (11 March 1907 – 19 August 1981) was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war period.

After a string of hit stage musicals and films in the mid-1930s, Matthews developed a following in the USA, where she was dubbed "The Dancing Divinity". Her British studio was reluctant to let go of its biggest name, which resulted in offers for her to work in Hollywood being repeatedly rejected.

Often works with

Edmund Gwenn
4 titles together
Waltzes from Vienna, Forever and a Day, Friday the Thirteenth
Sonnie Hale
4 titles together
First a Girl, Evergreen, Friday the Thirteenth
Terry-Thomas
3 titles together
Tom Thumb, The Hound of the Baskervilles, It's Love Again
Cyril Smith
3 titles together
Waltzes from Vienna, Friday the Thirteenth, The Man from Toronto
Barry MacKay
3 titles together
Evergreen, Sailing Along, Gangway
Max Miller
3 titles together
Friday the Thirteenth, 40 Minutes, The Good Companions

Full filmography · 26

Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Aunt Bessie Merryman
1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. Tinsdale
19784.4
Tom Thumb
as Anne
19586.4
A Connecticut Yankee
cast
1955
Candles at Nine
as Dorothea Capper, the Heiress
1944
Victory Wedding
as Narrator and Director
1944
Forever and a Day
as Mildred Trimble
1943
Climbing High
as Diana Castle
1938
Sailing Along
as Kay Martin
1938
Gangway
as Pat Wayne
1937
Head Over Heels
as Jeanne Colbert
1937
It's Love Again
as Elaine Bradford / Mrs. Smythe-Smythe
1936