Jackie Clune is the author of
the novel “Man
of the Month Club”, and “Extreme
Motherhood: The Triplet Diaries”. She was born into an Irish
Catholic family, the 3rd of 4 children. Jackie studied drama at Kent
University. She helped form the Red Rag Women’s Theatre Company, and fell into
stand-up comedy while working at the Hackney Empire. Jackie had actually
started out as a singer, but she liked to chat and joke between songs. Someone
told her that she sounded like Karen Carpenter, so Jackie spent several years
impersonating the 70s singer. She was also a full time drama lecturer at Royal
Holloway College at the same time. She wanted to do more acting, so got pal Dan
Rebellato to write a play for her, called “Showstopper”, about Marni Nixon, the
singing voice of Audrey Hepburn and Deborah Kerr. For TV, she appeared in
“Comedy Nation”, and wrote bits of the first series of “Smack the Pony”, as
well as singing the theme song. Jackie Clune briefly appeared in “EastEnders”
as well, playing Barry’s girlfriend. In addition, she spent several years as a
presenter on GLR. Her singing talents were undoubtedly utilised in her role as
compere for a tour of “Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music”. She has also appeared on
stage with her show “Julie Burchill is Away”.
My crime
against the lesbian state – Jackie Clune’s lengthy article on the
controversy caused by her switch from lesbianism to heterosexuality
Answer
the Questions! Jackie Clune – a Jackie Clune article about her show “Julie
Burchill is Away”
Jackie
Clune: the show must go on – Sally Chatterton’s interview for “The
Independent” from 2001
Send in the Clune
– Jackie McGlone’s interview for “The Scotsman” in 2004
Love etc
– Penny Wark’s interview for “The Times” from 2005
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