- Jenny Eclair
Jenny Eclair (born Jenny Clare Hargreaves on
16 March 1960 inKuala Lumpur ,Malaysia — then Malaya) is acomedienne ,actress andnovelist , working in theUnited Kingdom .Education and career
She started her education at Queen Marys school, (now
King Edward VII and Queen Mary School ),Lytham St Annes . She studied at Manchester Polytechnic. She appeared in the early 1990s comedy series Packet of Three, as well as the follow-up series "Packing Them In". In 1995 she became the first female winner of the Edinburgh Festival'sPerrier Comedy Award and in 2005 appeared in the singing contest, "Comic Relief Does Fame Academy ".Fact|date=March 2007On
18 March 2007 , she was voted 39th onChannel Four 's countdown of the greatest ever stand-up comedians.Fact|date=March 2007Current work
Ms Eclair is appearing at
Derby Playhouse in "The Killing of Sister George " from13 September 2008 until18 October 2008 .As of April 13 2008 Jenny has left her weekend talk show on LBC 97.3. Her other radio credits include appearing on
BBC Radio 4 in the "Just a Minute " quiz and afternoon plays, various comedy shows onBBC 7 and regularly has covered forSandi Toksvig on LBC's weekday lunchime chat show (now defunct).Eclair has appeared on
BBC Two 's "Grumpy Old Women " and its various spin-off shows. In 2006, Jenny starred in the stage-show "Grumpy Old Women Live!" alongsideDillie Keane andLinda Robson . The show was co-written by Jenny and Judith Holder. The spring saw a sell out national tour, June and July a run at the Lyric Theatre inLondon 's West End and the autumn will see another national tour.Eclair fronts the
Food Standards Agency 's salt reduction campaign "Salt, is your food full of it?". [ [http://www.salt.gov.uk/tv_ads.html Salt TV ads] ]Books
* "The Book of Bad Behaviour" (non-fiction) Virgin, 1994. ISBN-10: 0863698565; ISBN-13: 978-0863698569
* "Camberwell Beauty" (novel) Little, Brown, 2000. ISBN-10: 0316853186; ISBN-13: 978-0316853187
* "Sit-Down Comedy" (contributor to anthology, edMalcolm Hardee & John Fleming) Ebury Press/Random House, 2003. ISBN-10: 0091889243; ISBN-13: 978-0091889241
* "Having a Lovely Time" (novel) Little, Brown, 2005. ISBN-10: 0751536059; ISBN-13: 978-0751536058Family life
She has a daughter named Phoebe, to whom she referred during her appearance on "Room 101".
In 2005, Eclair's recently-completed home in
Camberwell , southLondon , won theManser Medal for the best one-off house designed by an architect in the UK.Fact|date=March 2007 [ [http://www.channel4.com/4homes/microsites/S/stirling_prize/manser.html Channel 4 TV website] ]References
External links
* [http://www.jennyeclair.com Official Website]
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