A Grumpy Old Woman . . . And Her Father's Grisly Wartime Secret ; Jenny Eclair's Agony As She Uncovers Truth of Haunting Pictures

Mail on Sunday › June 18, 2007

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AS THE star of BBC2's Grumpy Old Women, comedienne Jenny Eclair has made a career from provoking strong reactions with her foulmouthed, hard-drinking persona.

But nothing she has done on stage or screen has proved as shocking as the dark family mystery she uncovered when she agreed to take part in a TV documentary series.

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A Grumpy Old Woman . . . And Her Father's Grisly Wartime Secret ; Jenny Eclair's Agony As She Uncovers Truth of Haunting Pictures

The Perrier Award-winning star, born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, in the last days of British colonial rule, had for years been haunted by her troubling childhood discovery of a cache ...

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