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
Elastomer to Marks & Spencer.
Career
Jacobs made her first television appearance in
Z-Cars in 1962, going on to play roles in
(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.com][ Filmography 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 was the mother of actress Julia Swift and the mother-in-law of actor
David Bamber. 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 2021
[ The Times – Births, marriages and deaths: July 2, 2021][ Equity Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2021, Obituaries, pg. 42] and she is buried with her husband David on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
Filmography
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