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Paula Jacobs
Actor

Paula Jacobs

1 Jan 1932Born
26 Jun 2021Died
89Age at death
27Credits

Biography

Paula Elsa Jacobs (1932 – 26 June 2021) was a British actress whose television and film career spanned four decades.

Born in Liverpool in 1932 into a Jewish family, her father was J.P. Jacobs, whose company supplied all the elastic to Marks & Spencer.

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Jacobs made her first television appearance in Z-Cars in 1962, going on to play roles in Softly, Softly: Task Force (1972–1975), 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).

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2000AttachmentsSeries: Rosa (1 episode)
  2. 1999CI5: The New ProfessionalsSeries (1 episode)
  3. 1999Belfry WitchesSeries (13 episodes)
  4. 1997Midsomer MurdersSeries: Mrs. Bosworth (1 episode)
  5. 1996Crossing the FloorFilm: Madam Speaker
  6. 1993The Remains of the DayFilm: Mrs. Mortimer, the cook
  7. 1992Duel of HeartsFilm: Landlady
  8. 1990Can You Hear Me Thinking?Film: Rosemary
  9. 1990Jeeves and WoosterSeries: Maud Wilberforce (1 episode)
  10. 1989Birds of a FeatherSeries: Mrs. Belloc (1 episode)
  11. 1989May to DecemberSeries: Doreen (1 episode)
  12. 1988We Think the World of YouFilm: Deirdre
  13. 1988Dead LuckyFilm: Mrs Gogarty
  14. 1987The New StatesmanSeries: Labour MP (1 episode)
  15. 1986CasualtySeries: Iris Thompson (1 episode)
  16. 1985Wings of DeathFilm: Mum / Landlady
  17. 1985Albion MarketSeries (100 episodes)
  18. 1985Mapp & LuciaSeries: Cook (3 episodes)
  19. 1984ScullySeries: Florrie (7 episodes)
  20. 1984She'll Be Wearing Pink PyjamasFilm: Doreen
  21. 1983To the LighthouseFilm: Mildred
  22. 1981BergeracSeries: Mrs. Frith (1 episode)
  23. 1981An American Werewolf in LondonFilm: Mrs. Kessler
  24. 1980Hammer House of HorrorSeries: Joyce (1 episode)
  25. 1979Birth of the BeatlesFilm: Mrs Flemming
  26. 1979ShoestringSeries: Manageress (1 episode)
  27. 1964Theatre 625Series: Victim (1 episode)

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