About

Known credits:
13
Birthday:
1932-01-01
Place of birth:
Liverpool, England, UK
Website:
N/A

Paula Jacobs

Overview

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).

Known for

Acting
1999 Belfry Witches Actor 70
Good
1996 Crossing the Floor Actor Madam Speaker 59
Average
1993 The Remains of the Day Actor Mrs. Mortimer, the cook 69
Fair
1992 Duel of Hearts Actor Landlady 58
Average
1990 Can You Hear Me Thinking? Actor Rosemary 59
Average
1988 We Think the World of You Actor Deirdre 59
Average
1988 Dead Lucky Actor Mrs Gogarty 59
Average
1985 Wings of Death Actor Mum / Landlady N/A
N/A
1984 Scully Actor Florrie 69
Fair
1984 She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas Actor Doreen 58
Average
1981 An American Werewolf in London Actor Mrs. Kessler 71
Good
1979 Birth of The Beatles Actor Mrs Flemming 59
Average
Albion Market Actor 70
Good