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 was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up.
I'm very bad at having heroes. I don't rate anyone particularly highly because I'm so snide and competitive and not very nice.
I'm very jealous of my daughter's education. She's been inspired by her teachers, and nobody inspired me as a teenager.
I've got a hat face. My mother always said I've got a hat face.
I've got this horrible feeling that I'm one of those people who'll always have to flog their guts out to get anywhere.
I've never been prudish.
Moderation is never something I've been good at.
The comedy I like the best is comedy I can't do, stuff that doesn't touch my arena.
Women are more emotional, and it's natural to talk about it.
As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didn't know that funny women existed. It wasn't until I got back to England that I realised women... →
I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn off because it upsets me. I get comedy... →
I've just got crap hair. Although I inherited a lot of stuff from my dad, including giant knees, I didn't get his good, thick hair. I got my... →
If I do go to the beach there have to be certain rules: it can't be a pebbly beach, there has to be some shade and there has to be a beach bar. I... →
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.