Jennifer Saunders - Born 1958
British Comedienne, Actress and Screenwriter
Added to the album by Sarah, A Wonderful Woman
It seems like a very long time ago that I wrote about Victoria Wood (Wonderful Woman No. 21), the only other Comedienne in the blog so far (though there are others in the album, who will follow). My wonderful friend, Sarah's suggestion of Jennifer Saunders was most welcome and I am in complete agreement about the wonderfulness of this woman.
There are many moments of television that I fondly remember and am thankful to Jennifer Saunders for, most notably her hillarious sketchs with Dawn French (Another Wonderful Woman) and the brilliance of the series Absolutely Fabulous.
After graduating as Drama Teachers, Jennifer and her fellow student and housemate Dawn began to perform their comic act together under the name The Menopause Sisters, in various theatres. In the early 1980s, the duo were signed up to become members of the stage and television crew The Comic Strip, their femininity playing a part in their acception as until that point, the group had consisted entirely of men.
In 1985, Jennifer co-wrote and starred in the British sit-com Girls On Top, the show ran for two series and was a ratings success. Jennifer has appeared in a great many sit-coms since Girls On Top, including Happy Families, The Young One's and American
The sketch show French and Saunders began in 1987 and has reappeared on British television at various times ever since, an integeral part of the BBC and a show ingrained on the British public's mindset. As is, Absolutely Fabulous, created by Jennifer in 1992, hugely popular in the United Kingdom and America, the show ran for thirteen years and was recently revisited, Jennifer's character Edina and Joanna Lumley's (Another Wonderful Woman) Patsy both cult icons and instantly recognisable.
In addition to her comedic work, Jennifer has written a number of screen plays and shows, starring in some. She also appears in acting roles in a number of feature films including; In the Bleak Midwinter, Muppet Treasure Island and the voice of the deranged Fairy Godmother in Shrek.
She is twice a BAFTA winner, an International Emmy Award Winner, a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award winner, as well as being acknowledged with a plethora of other industry awards. She is a great among her peers and loved by both the British and American public.
She is wonderfully funny, wonderfully talented and wonderfully womanly.
Men would find it much harder because men have such odd personal relationships with each other. They don't really emotionally connect, whereas women do. I think women become very close.
Jennifer Saunders
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