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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 could be funny.
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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Without fake tan I have the skin tones of a dead jellyfish.
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