Zahrah Mary Chassib Jaber, born 19 August 1924 – 9 October 2016),[1][2] better known by her stage name Zara Nutley, was an English actress.

She is best known for her roles in two television comedy series, Mind Your Language (as college principal Miss Courtney) and Never the Twain (as Aunt Eleanor).

In the television sitcom Mind Your Language (1977–1979 and 1986), Nutley played Dolores Courtney, the principal of an adult education college.

Her character was scripted as a stern, authoritarian feminist and spinster who was detested and feared by the staff and students at the school.

[11] Her other regular television role was the final three seasons of Never the Twain (1981–1991),[3] in which she played Donald Sinden's Aunt Eleanor.