Jenny Eclair
- 64 years old
- English
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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Jenny Eclair on approaching her 58th birthday
On my 58th birthday, I've started to question what it means to be happy - and what it means to be angry.
Jenny Eclair, The Independent, 19th March 2018Longevity, banging on and on, is the key component of national treasuredom. In his slick Sale of the Century years it was hard to imagine Nicholas Parsons might ever achieve the status, but now, aged 94, and having presented 975 episodes of Radio 4's Just a Minute/c], without deviation but with plenty of repetition, the mantle maybe fits. The BBC celebrated his half century with a tribute, Just a Minute: 50 Years in 28 Minutes, which had living panellists compete with departed wits; a ouija board parlour game. Paul Merton interrupted Peter Cook's 60 seconds on the Loch Ness monster, Jenny Eclair was superseded by Patrick Moore on foolishness. By the time Stephen Fry cut in on Kenneth Williams and Barbara Castle on the subject of Gregorian chants, it was tricky to work out who was in the studio and who wasn't. "I don't think we can have psychic challenges," a youthful Parsons reminded his departed guests; we can now.
Tim Adams, The Guardian, 31st December 2017How Edinburgh changed British comedy
Comedy did not feature at all when the Edinburgh Fringe began but over the past three decades it has become the "spiritual home" of Britain's funny folk.
Steven Brocklehurst, BBC, 6th August 2017Mel Giedroyc to host new panel show Mind The Gap
Mel Giedroyc is to host the pilot of a new TV panel show about generational differences. Jenny Éclair and Chris Ramsey will be the team captains on Mind The Gap.
British Comedy Guide, 12th May 2017Jenny Eclair interview
'My father was hilarious - even when he was dying'
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 18th November 2016Interview: Rarely Asked Questions - Jenny Eclair
Jenny Eclair is getting some of the best reviews of her career for her latest show, How To Be A Middle-Aged Woman (Without Going Insane).
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd November 2016Jenny Eclair on the menopause and getting older
The comedian, 56, on moaning middle-aged women, hotel breakfasts, and spoiling her daughter rotten...
Lara Kilner, The Mirror, 9th October 2016Interview: Jenny Eclair
A global if somewhat grumpy phenomenon travels across the country.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 10th June 2016Review: Jenny Eclair
If 60 is the new 40, I have to ask if Jenny Eclair is a grumpy old woman or a middle-aged maniac as the subtitle of her one-woman show suggests.
Ken Wilson, TV Bomb, 20th March 2016Ill Jenny Eclair pulls gigs
Jenny Eclair has cancelled two tour shows after coming down with a chest infection.
Chortle, 6th March 2016