HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JENNY ECLAIR, 58. The first woman to win the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival has also appeared on Holby City and The Bill. Eclair, who has described herself as looking like ‘a fat Margaret Thatcher’, says she enjoys getting older because ‘you can fritter your tampon money on pickles and chutneys’. BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI, 78. The Oscar-winning Italian director is best known for his 1972 film Last Tango In Paris, starring Marlon Brando. He admitted in 2013 he did not tell 19-year- old actress Maria Schneider about the use of butter in the infamous rape scene. He said he wanted her to react ‘as a girl, not as an actress’. Before her death in 2011, Schneider called the director ‘fat and sweaty and very manipulative’, telling the Mail she felt ‘a little raped’, sparking outrage and calls for Bertolucci to be stripped of his awards.