Jennifer paterson biography
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A Life in Focus: Jennifer Paterson, co-star of TV cookery show ‘Two Fat Ladies’
Jennifer Paterson was a newly discovered national treasure and one of the most unlikely stars of the modern media circus.
It is hard to believe that the cookery programme Two Fat Ladies – each episode of which opened with Paterson and her co-presenter Clarissa Dickson Wright roaring into view on motorbike and sidecar – first entered the national consciousness only three years ago.
Several more series and international fame were to follow as the so-called “roly-poly” couple built up a huge following in America, Australia and across Europe. The delighted, tumultuous applause that greeted the Two Ronnies' Fat Ladies spoof at a recent Royal Variety Show showed how large a place Paterson and Dickson Wright had won in the public's heart.
Part of the joy of Two Fat Ladies lies in its incorrectness on all levels. Both presenters were militantly anti-vegetarian and anti-slimming. In the cookbook that ac
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- Jennifer Mary Paterson was born on 3 April 1928 at Kensington, London, England, .
- She died on 10 August 1999 at South Kensington, London, England, , at age 71.
- Jennifer Mary Paterson is mentioned in a book written by Clarissa Dickson Wright - Jennifer Paterson's grandfather was a Dundee Paterson of the jute trading family who had sold up and retired to Helensborough where she, Jennifer, was born.1
- She Jennifer Paterson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; Jennifer Paterson, Born Jennifer Mary Paterson, 3 April 1928, Kensington, London, England, died 10 August 1999 (aged 71), South Kensington, London, England, cause of death Lung cancer, nationality British, ethnicity White British, occupation Celebrity arbetsledare, actress, television personality, years active 1996–99, Television programme(s)Two Fat Ladies (1996–99), religion Rom
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Jennifer Paterson
Jennifer Paterson. © Book cover. Two Fat Ladies Obsessions. Ebury Press. 1999. Hardback.
Jennifer Paterson gained overnight fame in 1996 as one of the two principals on the TV series called “Two Fat Ladies,” and as co-author of the accompanying cookbooks.
She also wrote food columns for The Spectator and The Oldie, did TV appearances on Food and Drink on BBC 2, and was often on the BBC Radio 4 programme called “Questions of Taste.”
She was a fan of things cooked properly, and not undercooked as was the fashion at the time. She commented on the pasta to a waiter in one Italian restaurant, saying “I asked for al-dente dear, not breaka-the-dente.” She also advocated a return to good, traditional cooking, modern shifting health science be damned.
Many felt she was a memorable character. She always had her fingernails brightly painted, and wore false eyelashes. She always watched TV with the volume exceedingly high. She smoked
Jennifer Mary Paterson
F, #7942, b. 3 April 1928, d. 10 August 1999
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Jennifer Mary Paterson 1928-1999