- Plans for her to sing and dance on the silver screen with Fred Astaire never came to fruition. She was first choice to co-star in A Damsel in Distress (1937), playing the part which eventually went to the non-dancing Joan Fontaine.
- Was a personal friend of Cole Porter who had written many of his most famous songs in honor of her.
- She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to drama.
- 'The Jessie Matthews Bar' is situated in the Adelphi Theatre, London, England, UK.
- Cousin of Belle Bennett.
- Started out as a chorus girl in the 1920s.
- She appeared in Tide soap powder commercials on television.
- At 30 she was top of the bill in the stage production 'Evergreen.
- She was the first to sing Noel Coward's Room With a View and Cole Porter's Let's Do It.
- Adopted Catherine, now Countess Grixoni.
- January 1981 she was hospitalized in Pinner with cancer.
- Had a son who died soon after he was born.
- Weight: eight stone (112 lb) at time of filming Evergreen (1934). Source: newspaper interview.
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