Jenny Eclair (born Jenny Clare Hargreaves on 16 March 1960) is an English comedian, novelist and actor, best known for her roles in Grumpy Old Women between 2004 and 2007 and in Loose Women in 2011 and 2012. Read full biography of Jenny Eclair →
I might be needy, competitive and desperate but it's far better than being wet.
I think my siblings sometimes have to defend me within their social circles - they are both barristers.
As a rule, wearing a bigger pair of jeans looks better than squishing yourself into a pair of jeans that used to fit before you gave up smoking.
Family is the one thing that is definitely not disposable.
I am best viewed from a distance.
I am not sure gender ever won't be an issue in comedy, because I think that women do have different priorities in some respects.
I still can't set up the ironing-board. A complete Luddite.
I think as time goes by you'll get female comics who are weirder - you'll get a female Mighty Boosh.
I'm a schizophrenic mix of wannabe glamourpuss and absolute slob, and my style is very much magistrate-meets-barmaid.
After graduating from flares and platforms in the early 1970s, I started drama school wearing a pair of khaki dungarees with one of my Dad's Army... →
The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather's going to be dreadful... →
I can't tan naturally.
Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because that's a bit high for me. I always feel that... →
Jenny Eclair (born Jenny Clare Hargreaves on 16 March 1960) is an English comedian, novelist and actor, best known for her roles in Grumpy Old Women between 2004 and 2007 and in Loose Women in 2011 and 2012.