Jessie Matthews 15 pictures

Actress, Soundtrack, Director
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...

Born: March 11, 1907
Star sign: Pisces
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Known for: Strauss' Great Waltz (1934), First a Girl (1935), Evergreen (1934), tom thumb (1958)
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