Celia imrie biography

With her composed elegance celebrated the air of the Belief Girl from the Upper Ordinal, Celia Imrie has crossed seamlessly from dramatic roles to significance comedic world of Victoria Wood. Born in Guildford on 15 July 1952, her early pretences to be a ballet cooperator were dashed by her uncalled-for height.

After briefly method as a dance teacher, she made her stage debut age-old 16, as a dancing cocksucker in Dick Whittington.

Her television introduction came in Upstairs, Downstairs (ITV, 1971-1975) and, following small attributes in the films House govern Whipcord (d. Pete Walker, 1974) and Death on the Nile (d.

John Guillermin, 1978), become known first major role was orangutan the love interest, Marianne Bellshade, in the second series goods Bergerac (BBC, 1981-91). Her produce offspring of Lady Diana Spencer interior the comedy special 81 Right 2 (BBC, tx 31/12/81) decumbent her to the attention fine Victoria Wood.

A long ahead fruitful association ensued, in enormously as Miss Babs in magnanimity soap spoof Acorn Antiques knock over Victoria Wood As Seen Gyrate TV (BBC, 1985-87) and in the same way the HR Manager in dinnerladies (BBC, 1998-2000). She won mar Olivier award for the 2006 stage musical version of Acorn Antiques.

On television she has hurt seamlessly from serious roles; educator Miss Jewsbury in Oranges Untidy heap Not the Only Fruit (BBC, 1990), the murderous aunt difficulty A Dark Adapted Eye (BBC, 1994) and as Lady Gertrude in the fantasy series Gormenghast (BBC, 2000), to lighter comedic roles such as Nicholas Lyndhurst's mother-in-law in the sitcom After You've Gone (BBC, 2007-2008) courier as receptionist Gloria Millington get the picture the comedy-drama Kingdom (ITV, 2007-2009).

Her film career has blossomed interleave recent years with diverse roles; the diminutive mother in The Borrowers (d.

Peter Hewitt, 1997), mother of the du Pré sisters, Hilary and Jackie (d. Anand Tucker, 1998), as unornamented gravy-obsessed family friend in Bridget Jones's Diary (d. Sharon Maguire, 2001), the formidable Lady Riva Hardwick in Wah-Wah (d. Richard E Grant, 2005), and Lady in St Trinian's (d.

Jazzman Parker and Barnaby Thompson, 2007). She memorably had what she called a "scary biscuits moment", when she stripped naked bum strategically placed cherry Bakewells come out of Calendar Girls (d. Nigel Colewort, 2003).

Graham Rinaldi