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Jessie Margaret Matthews OBE (11 March 1907 – 19 August 1981) was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war period. [1] [2] After a string of hit stage musicals and films in the mid-1930s, such as Evergreen , Matthews developed a following in the USA, where she was dubbed "The Dancing Divinity". [3]
Jessie Matthews was a British actress, writer and director who starred in musical films and stage plays in the 1920s and 1930s. She also appeared in TV shows and radio soaps, and had a troubled personal life and a mysterious grave.
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Jessie Matthews sings "Dancing on the Ceiling" from the 1934 Gaumont British musical film, "Evergreen"
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Oct 14, 2007 · The Turbo-dually-rotating-stage-tastic cloud-dancing conclusion to Evergreen, the 1934 film of London's biggest stage musical hit up to that time. Jessie Mat...
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Aug 21, 1981 · Jessie Matthews was the 7th of 11 children of a pushcart peddler. At the age of 10 she tried on a pair of ballet slippers belonging to a neighbor's daughter and, according to family legend, danced ...
Jessie Matthews was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s, who starred in several musical films and stage shows. She was known for her roles in The Good Companions, Evergreen, First a Girl and Tom Thumb, among others.
After the decline of her film career, Matthews achieved a comeback in her native Britain when she took over the role of Mary Dale in the popular BBC Radio serial The Dales (previously known as Mrs Dale's Diary ). Jessie Margaret Matthews was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war ...
