Jessie Mathews - Berwick Street, Soho, London, UK
N 51° 30.829 W 000° 08.107
30U E 698780 N 5710857
This green 'blue' plaque is on the wall of 'The Blue Posts' public house in Berwick Street and recognises that Jessie Matthews was born in Berwick Street.
Waymark Code: WMFF9G
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/10/2012
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The plaque, that is
quite high on the wall, reads:
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Westminster City Council
Jessie
Matthews
OBE
1907 - 1981
Musical comedy
star
of stage and films
was born in
Berwick
Street
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The IMDB website [visit link] carries a brief
biography:
"Born to a huge,
poor family in Soho in Londons West End, Jessie became a big stage star in the
late 1920s and 1930s, enjoying some cross over success in musical films. Her
career never quite relaunched after the war though, but she staged a comeback
replacing the lead actress in radio soap "Mrs Dale's Diary" in the 1960s. Her
life was blighted by breakdowns of relationships and her own struggles against
ill-health and insecurity, and ended, amazingly, buried in an unmarked grave
(only rectified after a TV documentary in the late 80s brought this to light -
beg, steal or borrow a copy of the BBC's Timewatch documentary "Catch A Fallen
Star"). An amazing life."