Paula Jacobs
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. 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).
Filmography
Crossing the Floor
as Madam Speaker
Crossing the Floor
as Madam Speaker
The Remains of the Day
as Mrs. Mortimer, the cook
The Remains of the Day
as Mrs. Mortimer, the cook
Duel of Hearts
as Landlady
Duel of Hearts
as Landlady
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
as Rosemary
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
as Rosemary
We Think the World of You
as Deirdre
We Think the World of You
as Deirdre
Dead Lucky
as Mrs Gogarty
Dead Lucky
as Mrs Gogarty
Wings of Death
as Mum / Landlady
Wings of Death
as Mum / Landlady
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
as Doreen
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
as Doreen
To the Lighthouse
as Mildred
To the Lighthouse
as Mildred
An American Werewolf in London
as Mrs. Kessler
An American Werewolf in London
as Mrs. Kessler
Birth of the Beatles
as Mrs Flemming
Birth of the Beatles
as Mrs Flemming