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).
| Film | Credit |
|---|---|
 Crossing the Floor1996 · Madam Speaker | Madam Speaker |
 The Remains of the Day1993 · Mrs. Mortimer, the cook | Mrs. Mortimer, the cook |
 Duel of Hearts1992 · Landlady | Landlady |
 Can You Hear Me Thinking?1990 · Rosemary | Rosemary |
 We Think the World of You1988 · Deirdre | Deirdre |
 Dead Lucky1988 · Mrs Gogarty | Mrs Gogarty |
 Wings of Death1985 · Mum / Landlady | Mum / Landlady |
 She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas1984 · Doreen | Doreen |
 To the Lighthouse1983 · Mildred | Mildred |
 An American Werewolf in London1981 · Mrs. Kessler | Mrs. Kessler |
 Birth of the Beatles1979 · Mrs Flemming | Mrs Flemming |