Paula Jacobs
Paula Elsa Jacobs (born 1932) is an English actress whose television and film career has spanned four decades.
Born in Liverpool into a Jewish family,[1] her father was J.P. Jacobs, whose company supplied all the elastic to Marks & Spencer. Jacobs made her first television appearance in Z-Cars in 1962, going on to play roles in Softly, Softly: Taskforce (1972-5), Shoestring (1979), Hammer House of Horror (1980), Mapp & Lucia (1985), Mrs Biggs in Porterhouse Blue (1987), The New Statesman (1989), Bergerac (1990), Maud Wilberforce in Jeeves and Wooster (1990), Brookside (1992), French and Saunders (1993), Coronation Street (1994), Casualty (1989-1995), Drop the Dead Donkey (1994-1998), Dalziel and Pascoe (2000), Midsomer Murders (2002), Agatha Christie's Poirot (2004) and Doctors (2008).[2][3]
Her film appearances include Birth of the Beatles (1979), An American Werewolf in London (1981), She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas (1985), We Think the World of You (1988), Duel of Hearts (1991), The Remains of the Day (1993) and Tea with Mussolini (1999).[2][4][5]
In 1953 in her native Liverpool she married the actor David Swift who on graduating from Cambridge worked for her father's company.[6][7] She is the mother of actress Julia Swift and the mother-in-law of actor David Bamber.[2] She and her late husband were trustees of the J P Jacobs Charitable Trust, set up in memory of her father.[8]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Birth of the Beatles | Mrs. Flemming | |
| 1981 | An American Werewolf in London | Mrs. Kessler | |
| 1985 | The Assam Garden | Carol | |
| 1985 | She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas | Doreen | |
| 1988 | We Think the World of You | Deidre | |
| 1991 | Duel of Hearts | Landlady | TV movie |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Mrs. Mortimer, the Cook | |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | Molly |
References[]
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 for Paula E Jacobs, 1932: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Jacobs on the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Filmography of Paula Jacobs, British Comedy Guide
- ^ Jacobs on fandango.com
- ^ Filmography of Paula Jacobs, British Film Institute Database
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 for Paula E Jacobs, 1953: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
- ^ Obituary for David Swift, The Daily Telegraph, 28 April 2016
- ^ Crompton Court Residents Association Limited, Companies House database
External links[]
- Jacobs on TV.com
- Jacobs on Hollywood.com at archive.today (archived 2013-01-25)
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