For a London play, rehearsal time would be four weeks for the entire show. In films, I’d spend six weeks on the big dance numbers to get them perfect before the actual shooting.
About Jessie Matthews
Jessie Margaret Matthews was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war period.
After a string of hit stage musicals and films in the mid-1930s, such as Evergreen, Matthews developed a following in the USA, where she was dubbed “The Dancing Divinity”.
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For a London play, rehearsal time would be four weeks for the entire show. In films, I’d spend six weeks on the big dance numbers to get them perfect before the actual shooting.
English actress, singer and dancer (1907-1981)
I dreaded doing close-ups.
English actress, singer and dancer (1907-1981)
When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks.
English actress, singer and dancer (1907-1981)
In films, the fact that you can always do a scene again takes a load off your mind, enabling you to strive for perfection, which I always wanted.
English actress, singer and dancer (1907-1981)
I had a flair for comedy and could give a sustained performance.
English actress, singer and dancer (1907-1981)
I collaborated on most of my dance numbers, literally 50/50, with the choreographers I worked with.
English actress, singer and dancer (1907-1981)