Paula Jacobs
Acting
1932-01-01 · Liverpool, England, UK
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).
tvAttachments
as Rosa · 2000 · 5.8
tvCI5: The New Professionals
as · 1999 · 6.8
tvBelfry Witches
as · 1999 · 7.5
tvMidsomer Murders
as Mrs. Bosworth · 1997 · 7.5
movieCrossing the Floor
as Madam Speaker · 1996 · 6.8
movieThe Remains of the Day
as Mrs. Mortimer, the cook · 1993 · 7.4
movieDuel of Hearts
as Landlady · 1992 · 7.0
movieCan You Hear Me Thinking?
as Rosemary · 1990 · 8.5
tvJeeves and Wooster
as Maud Wilberforce · 1990 · 8.1
tvBirds of a Feather
as Mrs. Belloc · 1989 · 6.3
tvMay to December
as Doreen · 1989 · 6.7
movieWe Think the World of You
as Deirdre · 1988 · 6.4
movieDead Lucky
as Mrs Gogarty · 1988 · 4.0
tvThe New Statesman
as Labour MP · 1987 · 7.4
tvCasualty
as Iris Thompson · 1986 · 6.2
movieWings of Death
as Mum / Landlady · 1985 · 7.0
tvAlbion Market
as · 1985 · 9.3
tvMapp & Lucia
as Cook · 1985 · 6.3
tvScully
as Florrie · 1984 · 6.5
movieShe'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
as Doreen · 1984 · 5.2
movieTo the Lighthouse
as Mildred · 1983 · 5.2
tvBergerac
as Mrs. Frith · 1981 · 6.7
movieAn American Werewolf in London
as Mrs. Kessler · 1981 · 7.4
tvHammer House of Horror
as Joyce · 1980 · 7.1