What is Jessie Matthews's middle name?
Margaret
What is Jessie Matthews's full name?
Jessica Margaret Matthews
Jessie Matthews nickname(s):
The Dancing Divinity, Jessica Matthews, Jessie Matthews, The English Ginger Rogers, Jessica Margaret Matthews, Jessie Margaret Matthews
Jessie Matthews date of birth:
March 11, 1907
How old was Jessie Matthews when died?
74
Where was Jessie Matthews born?
London, England, UK
When did Jessie Matthews die?
August 19, 1981
Where did Jessie Matthews die?
Eastcote, Middlesex, England, UK
Why did Jessie Matthews die?
Cancer
How tall is Jessie Matthews?
5' 5" (165 cm)
Jessie Matthews body shape:
Slim
What color is Jessie Matthews's hair?
Brown - Dark
What is Jessie Matthews's ethnicity?
White
What is Jessie Matthews nationality?
British
What is Jessie Matthews's occupation?
Actress
Jessie Matthews claim to fame:
Strauss' Great Waltz
Jessie Matthews family:
Cousin of Belle Bennett
Jessie Matthews friends:
Ginger Rogers, Was a personal friend of Cole Porter who had written many of his most famous songs in honor of her.
Short Biography
Born to a huge, poor family in Soho in London's West End, Jessie Matthews became a big stage star in the late 1920s and 1930s, enjoying some crossover success in musical films. Her career never quite relaunched after the war, though, but she staged a comeback when she replaced the lead actress in the radio soap "Mrs Dale's Diary" in the 1960s. Her life was blighted by breakdowns of relationships and her own struggles with bad health and insecurity, and she wound up, amazingly, buried in an unmarked grave (only rectified after a TV documentary in the late 1980s brought this to light--beg, steal or borrow a copy of BBC's Timewatch (1982) documentary series episode "Catch A Fallen Star"). An amazing life.