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Jennifer Saunders (Jennifer Jane Saunders) was born on 6 July, 1958 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, is an English comedian. Discover Jennifer Saunders's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

Popular As Jennifer Jane Saunders
Occupation Actress · comedienne · singer · screenwriter
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 6 July, 1958
Birthday 6 July
Birthplace Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Her husband is Ade Edmondson (m. 11 May 1985)

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Children 3, including Ella Edmondson and Beattie Edmondson

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1958

Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English actress, comedian, singer, and screenwriter.

Jennifer Jane Saunders was born on 6 July 1958 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England.

Her mother, Barbara Jane Saunders née Duminy, was a biology teacher, born in France, and her father, Robert Thomas Saunders, served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF).

He reached the rank of group captain, and later worked for British Aerospace.

She has three brothers.

As her father was in the armed forces during her childhood years, Saunders changed schools several times.

She was educated from the age of five to 18 in boarding schools and then at St Paul's Girls' School, an independent school in west London.

After school, she worked for a year in Italy as an au pair.

1977

In 1977, Saunders received a place at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London on a drama teachers' course, where she met her future comedy partner, Dawn French.

French and Saunders came from RAF backgrounds, and had grown up on the same base, even having had the same best friend, without ever meeting.

The comic duo originally did not get on well, and as far as Saunders was concerned, French was a "cocky little upstart".

The distrust was mutual: French considered Saunders snooty and uptight.

French wanted to become a drama teacher, whereas Saunders loathed the idea and had not fully understood what the course was about; thus, she disliked French for being enthusiastic and confident about the course.

Saunders was shocked to find that she was taking a course to become a teacher, as her mother had filled in the application form.

Her mother was saddened when Saunders chose not to apply for an Oxbridge university education.

After the initial friction experienced while at college, French and Saunders shared a flat together.

French has remarked on Saunders' messy habits when sharing the house saying: "When we lived together in Chalk Farm, she had a room at the top of the house. We got broken into and the police said, 'Well, it is quite bad, but the worst is that room at the top.' And, of course, nobody had been in there."

The two performed together after graduation, working the festival, cabaret, and stand-up circuits.

They formed a double-act called The Menopause Sisters.

Saunders described the act, which involved wearing tampons in their ears, as "cringeworthy".

The manager of the club where they performed recalled, "They didn't seem to give a damn. There was no star quality about them at all."

1980

Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with her best friend and comedy partner, Dawn French.

French and Saunders would eventually come to public attention as members of the informal comedy collective The Comic Strip, part of the alternative comedy scene in the early 1980s.

They answered a 1980 advert in The Stage newspaper looking for female comedians to perform at The Comic Strip, which had, until that point, only had male performers.

When they walked into the audition, they were immediately told, "You're booked. When can you start?"

They became continuing members of The Comic Strip, which included Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Peter Richardson, Nigel Planer, Pete Richens, Alexei Sayle and Robbie Coltrane.

The group performed at the Boulevard Theatre, above Soho's Raymond Revuebar, and gained a cult following, with visiting audience members including Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, and Robin Williams, who once joined in the performance.

By the time French and Saunders became members of The Comic Strip, French was already working as a drama teacher, while Saunders was on the dole and spending much of her time in bed.

Saunders starred in a Comic Strip film called The Supergrass, a parody of slick 1980s police dramas, directed by Peter Richardson.

1982

The comedy group appeared on Channel 4's first night on air, in the first episode of The Comic Strip Presents: Five Go Mad In Dorset, broadcast on 2 November 1982.

In the episodes "Bad News" and "More Bad News", Saunders plays a trashy rock journalist touring with the fictional heavy metal band, Bad News.

1984

Saunders played Meryl Streep playing Arthur Scargill's wife in Strike, a Comic Strip spoof on the 1984 miners' strike.

She appeared twice as a guest on The Young Ones.

1985

In 1985, Saunders starred in and co-wrote Girls on Top with French, Tracey Ullman, and Ruby Wax, which portrayed four eccentric women sharing a flat in London.

Saunders also appeared in Ben Elton's Happy Families where she played various members of the same family, including all four Fuddle sisters in the six-episode BBC situation comedy.

1987

In 1987, she and French created French and Saunders, a popular sketch comedy series for the BBC which sporadically aired until 2007, often with long gaps between series.

1989

Saunders also appeared in Amnesty International's The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball live benefit in 1989, along with Dawn French and others.

Saunders and French followed separate careers as well as irregularly maintaining their comedy sketch show.

1990

Saunders later received acclaim in the 1990s for writing and playing her character Edina Monsoon in her sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.

2009

With French, she co-wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, French and Saunders, for which they jointly received a BAFTA Fellowship in 2009.