Jessie Matthews Death
Jessica passed away on August 19, 1981 at the age of 74 in Eastcote, Middlesex, England, UK. Jessica's cause of death was cancer.
When did Jessie Matthews die?
August 19, 1981How did Jessie Matthews die? What was the cause of death?
CancerHow old was Jessie Matthews when died?
74Where did Jessie Matthews die? What was the location of death?
Eastcote, Middlesex, England, UK
Jessie Matthews Birthday and Date of Death
Jessie Matthews was born on March 11, 1907 and died on August 19, 1981. Jessica was 74 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: March 11, 1907
Date of Death: August 19, 1981
Age at Death: 74
Jessie Matthews - Biography
Born to a huge, poor family in Soho in London's West End, Jessie Matthews became a big stage star in the late 1920s and 1930s, enjoying some crossover success in musical films. Her career never quite relaunched after the war, though, but she staged a comeback when she replaced the lead actress in the radio soap "Mrs Dale's Diary" in the 1960s. Her life was blighted by breakdowns of relationships and her own struggles with bad health and insecurity, and she wound up, amazingly, buried in an unmarked grave (only rectified after a TV documentary in the late 1980s brought this to light--beg, steal or borrow a copy of BBC's Timewatch (1982) documentary series episode "Catch A Fallen Star"). An amazing life.
