Paula Jacobs
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
ActingBirthday
January 1, 1932Deathday
June 26, 2021Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
10Place of birth
Liverpool, England, UK![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/AeUgQsYY4hlhM9gwiRTMJnzVkdD.jpg)
Cast credits
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The Remains of the Day
Mrs. Mortimer, the cook![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/aAN2LQxQpm0ugjbATj3E9XAwpcD.jpg)
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Rosemary![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hVEqUASJmCQaolkKFEySCHZ8uKG.jpg)
An American Werewolf in London
Mrs. Kessler![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wunuT56mjYQ9I9WDNN1ebDCxxFJ.jpg)
Birth of the Beatles
Mrs Flemming![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6JVr3PCcnBl259ckYmmckylOom9.jpg)
Crossing the Floor
Madam Speaker![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/eb0JQqYX1PrW38yQsq6JRqx4A7n.jpg)
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
Doreen![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/kwyuYjPd0NNiQbsRRbJ0JqPZw5Y.jpg)
We Think the World of You
Deirdre![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2IukYhPMEEvy5jEw5FQM0TysHS4.jpg)
Duel of Hearts
Landlady![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3LFJV8QNuV6lh0qry01F1vujuxq.jpg)
Dead Lucky
Mrs Gogarty![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qqh37JR7C4KLWnLcOcoWpMiXIpb.jpg)
Wings of Death
Mum / Landlady