Joyce Jacobs was a British Australian character actress, sometimes credited as Joyce Williams She was born in Surrey, England. Arriving in Australia in 1965, during the 1970s, Jacobs played the small, recurring role of Mrs. Carson in Number 96 and Muriel Palmer on The Young Doctors. Joyce appeared in the pilot episode of A Country Practice, she appeared in the pilot episode as a character in the medical clinic called Norma after which she returned to the series thereafter donning Edna Everage style glasses and playing Esme Watson on the long-running Seven Network drama series A Country Practice in which her popularity grew, originally conceived as a gossip character, she became more sympathetic as the series progressed, and became one of the series' most beloved characters. Becoming a regular, starting with Episode 99 in 1982. Having worked on the series for 12 years, she was one of the show's longest-serving actresses. She remained with the show until it ended in 1993. In 1994, Network Ten continued the series under the same title, but with a new setting and a mostly new cast. Jacobs, however, reprised her role of Esme. 

April 15th, 1922 in United Kingdom  /  Died:   Sep 15th, 2013