Jenny Eclair

Jenny Eclair

Jenny Eclair (born Jenny Clare Hargreaves on 16 March 1960 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — then Malaya) is a comedienne, actress and novelist, working in the United 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's Perrier Comedy Award and in 2005 appeared in the singing contest, "Comic Relief Does Fame Academy".Fact|date=March 2007

On 18 March 2007, she was voted 39th on Channel Four's countdown of the greatest ever stand-up comedians.Fact|date=March 2007

Current work

Ms Eclair is appearing at Derby Playhouse in "The Killing of Sister George" from 13 September 2008 until 18 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 on BBC 7 and regularly has covered for Sandi 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!" alongside Dillie Keane and Linda 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 in London'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, ed Malcolm 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: 978-0751536058

Family 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, south London, won the Manser 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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