---
name: "Jenny Eclair"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jenny-eclair"
fi1m_id: "jenny-eclair"
imdb_id: "nm0248759"
tmdb_id: 215827
wikidata_id: "Q6179248"
roles: []
born: "16 March 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T17:14:54.924771+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jenny Eclair

## Identity

Jenny Eclair

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jenny-eclair
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jenny-eclair
- **IMDb ID:** nm0248759
- **TMDB ID:** 215827
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6179248
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Eclair, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6179248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/215827

Actor. Born 16 March 1960 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

## Details

- **Born:** 16 March 1960, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- **Also known as:** Jenny Clare Hargreaves
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (1), 2000s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Eclair, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6179248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/215827

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Graham Norton Show*](https://film.one/tv/the-graham-norton-show.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jenny Eclair, born Jenny Clare Hargreaves, is an English comedian, novelist and actress. She was born on 16 March 1960 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and studied drama at Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama (now Manchester Metropolitan University).

She appeared as a guest on *The Graham Norton Show* in 2007. Her television acting roles include appearances in *Auf Wiedersehen, Pet* (1983), *Skins* (2007) and *Taskmaster* (2015). She is also known for her work on *Grumpy Old Women* (2004–2007) and *Loose Women* (2011–2012).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Auf Wiedersehen, Pet* (1983), Fi1m 84, as Room Service Waitress — [page](https://film.one/tv/auf-wiedersehen-pet.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Graham Norton Show* (2007), Fi1m 82, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-graham-norton-show.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Britain's Favourite Ads Of The 70s And 80s* (2023), Actor
- *The Wonderful World of Baby Animals* (2019), series, as Narrator
- *That Sunday Night Show* (2011), series, Actor
- *Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford* (2010), series, Actor
- *Comedy Map of Britain* (2007), series, Actor
- *Skins* (2007), series, as Vivienne — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *My Childhood* (2006), series, Actor
- *Grumpy Old Women* (2004), series, Actor
- *Comic Relief Does Fame Academy* (2003), series, Actor
- *VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon* (1996), as Sandra
- *Sid the Sexist* (1992), Actor
- *Packet of Three* (1991), series, as Jenny · Writer
- *Auf Wiedersehen, Pet* (1983), series, as Room Service Waitress — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/auf-wiedersehen-pet.md)
- *The Comedy Annual*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Jenny Eclair](https://film.one/media/person/469874/gallery-32876ade7c5e.jpg) Jenny Eclair — Amnesty International UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Jennyeclair.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jenny Eclair](https://film.one/media/person/469874/gallery-504a85fc5bf7.jpg) Jenny Eclair — Image via TMDB

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