Paula Elsa Jacobs (1932 – 26 June 2021) was a British actress whose television and film career spanned four decades.
Early life Born in Liverpool in 1932 into a Jewish family,England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 for Paula E Jacobs, 1932: Ancestry.com her father was J.P. Jacobs, whose company supplied all the elastic to Marks & Spencer.
Career 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), Peggy Sagar in Albion Market (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).Filmography of Paula Jacobs, British Comedy Guide
Her film appearances include Birth of the Beatles (1979), An American Werewolf in London (1981), She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas (1985), We Think the World of You (1988), Duel of Hearts (1991), The Remains of the Day (1993) and Tea with Mussolini (1999).Jacobs on fandango.comFilmography of Paula Jacobs, British Film Institute Database
Personal life In 1953 she married the actor David Swift who on graduating from Cambridge worked for her father's company.England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 for Paula E Jacobs, 1953: Ancestry.com Obituary for David Swift, The Daily Telegraph, 28 April 2016 She and her late husband were trustees of the J P Jacobs Charitable Trust, set up in memory of her father.Crompton Court Residents Association Limited, Companies House database
Death Jacobs died on 26 June 2021The Times – Births, marriages and deaths: July 2, 2021Equity Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2021, Obituaries, pg. 42 and she is buried with her husband David on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1979 Birth of the Beatles Mrs. Flemming 1981 An American Werewolf in London Mrs. Kessler 1985 The Assam Garden Carol 1985 She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas Doreen 1988 We Think the World of You Deidre 1991 Duel of Hearts Landlady TV film1993 The Remains of the Day Mrs. Mortimer, the Cook 1999 Tea with Mussolini Molly
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External links
Jacobs on TV.com