Hattie Jacques
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| - | + | '''Hattie Jacques''' (7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen. She is best known as a regular of the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] films, where she typically played strict, no-nonsense characters, but was also a prolific television and radio performer. | |
| - | A '''battle-axe''' is a formidable woman: aggressive, domineering and forceful. | + | |
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| - | The prime example was the militant [[temperance movement|temperance]] activist [[Carrie Nation]], who actually wielded a [[hatchet]] and made it her symbol, living in ''Hatchet Hall'' and publishing a magazine called ''The Hatchet''. She became involved in the [[suffragette]] campaign for votes for women and this campaign further established the archetype. | + | |
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| - | Other examples, listed by [[Christine Hamilton]] in her ''Book of British Battleaxes'', include [[Nancy Astor]], [[Boudica]], [[Ena Sharples]], and [[Ann Widdecombe]]. | + | |
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| - | The battleaxe is one of several [[Stereotypes of nurses|stereotype]]s found in nursing – a tyrannical, fierce matron exemplified by [[Nurse Ratched]] or [[Hattie Jacques]] in popular [[medical drama]]s and comedies. [[Judith Furse]] played a "battle-axe woman" in the film ''[[Carry On Cabby]]''. | + | |
| - | ==Linking in as of 2022== | + | |
| - | [[Amelia Bayntun]], [[Elizabeth Bradley]], [[Giles family]], [[List of stock characters]], [[Nurse Ratched]], [[Renée Houston]], [[Shrew (stock character)]] | + | |
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| - | * [[Fishwife]] | + | |
| - | * [[Jeanne Hachette]] | + | |
| - | * [[Miss Battle-Axe]] | + | |
| - | * [[Termagant]] | + | |
| - | * [[Virago]] | + | |
| - | * [[Karen (slang)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Sadistic warden trope]] | + | |
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Hattie Jacques (7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen. She is best known as a regular of the Carry On films, where she typically played strict, no-nonsense characters, but was also a prolific television and radio performer.
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