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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.
Jenny Eclair
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Jenny Eclair
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: March 16
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Jenny-Clare Hargreaves
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