First Name |
Celia
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Middle Name |
Diana Savile
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Last Name |
Imrie
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Maiden Name |
Imrie
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Full Name at Birth |
Celia Diana Savile Imrie
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Alternative Name |
Impy
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Birthday |
15th July, 1952
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Birthplace |
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
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Height |
5' 5½" (166 cm)
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Weight |
123lbs (56 kg)
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Build |
Average
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Eye Color |
Blue
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Hair Color |
Brown - Light
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Distinctive Feature |
Famously Busty., Thin Lips., Always short cut hair., Impressively Muscular Arms., Scottish (father), English (mother) & Northern Irish ancestry., Her mother Diana was a descendent of William the Conqueror
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Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
British
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High School |
Guildford High School (an independent school for girls in her hometown of Guildford)
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University |
The Guildford School of Acting in Guildford, Surrey, England
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Occupation Text |
Actress, Author, Co-Producer
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Occupation |
Actress
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Claim to Fame |
her roles as Marianne Bellshade in the BBC1 crime drama television series Bergerac, Philippa Moorcroft in the BBC sitcom dinnerladies, Diana Neal in the BBC sitcom After You've Gone and Gloria Millington in ITV1 drama television series Kingdom
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Music Genre (Text) |
Film Actress, Theatre Actress - West End & Broadway, TV Actress - UK & US, Author - Books, Radio Actress, Shakespearean Actress, Co-Producer - TV Series, TV & Film Comedienne, Career Partnership - with Victoria Wood, Anorexia Nervosa - sufferer in childhood, Would-be Ballerina
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Year(s) Active |
???? > ???? (actress : Radio Drama on BBC Radio 4), 1976 > present (actress : theatre), 2006 > 2006 (winner : Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for "Acorn Antiques The Musical"), 2005 > 2005 (US theatre debut : in 'Unsuspecting Susan'), 2016 > 2016 (US television debut : in the DC action-adventure series 'Legends of Tomorrow'), 2011 > present (Author : 4 books), 2013 > present (Awardee : Honorary Doctorate by the University of Winchester), 2017 > 2017 (Awardee : EON Productions Lifetime Achievement Award), 2017 > 2017 (Awardee : Women in Film and Television 'Lifetime Achievement award), 2016 > 2016 (Awardee : Best Actress, TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards), 2016 > 2016 (Awardee : Best Ensemble, Best Actors Film Festival for 'Year by the Sea' (2016)), 1987 > present (tv self : various characters / Presenter / Interviewee / Guest / Narrator / Storyteller), 2018 > 2018 (vocalist : Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again : "When I Kissed the Teacher"), 1971 > present (actress : 65 tv series), 1973 > present (actress : 46 feature films), 1998 > present (actress : 17 short films), 1981 > present (actress : 24 tv films), 1988 > present (actress : 12 tv mini-series), 1999 > 2017 (voice artist : 4 films / series), 1973–present
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Record Label |
BBC Radio 4 (radio channel), BBC 1 (tv channel), BBC 2 (tv channel), Hodder & Stoughton (book publisher), Bloomsbury Publishing (book publisher), Royal Shakespeare Company (theatre company), Showtime (tv channel), Sky Atlantic (tv channel)
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Brand Endorsement |
Charities / foundations supported > Nordoff Robbins, Charities / foundations supported > Royal National Lifeboat Institution
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Bust (inches) |
35
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Waist (inches) |
24
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Hips (inches) |
35
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Official Websites |
http://www.celiaimrie.com/, web.archive.org/web/20120209110020/http:/www.celiaimrie.com/index.asp, http://www.celiaimrie.com
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Pets |
Julie Walters (actress), Victoria Wood (frequent collaborator), Timothy Spall (actor & friend), Benjamin Whitrow (ex partner)
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Favorite People |
Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Diana Rigg, Sally Ann Triplett (actress), Trevor Nunn (director), Harold Pinter (writer), Sean Connery, Woody Allen, Alan Bates, George Lucas, Stephen Fry, Richard E. Grant, Lily James (singing colleague), Julie Walters, Isadora Duncan, Rudolf Nureyev
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Favorite TV Shows |
New Faces (1970s talent show)
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Favorite Books |
Blue Guide
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Favorite Places |
New York, USA, Australia, America, Canada, The Queen Mary 2 (ocean liner), Bombay, India, Palermo, Sicily, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Scotland, Carlisle, England, Paris, France, Stratford Upon Avon, England, Swaffham, Norfolk, Cowes, Isle of Wight, White Lodge, the junior branch of the Royal Ballet School in Richmond, South-West London, Bognor Regis, West Sussex
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Favorite Foods |
Cupcakes
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Celia Diana Savile Imrie (born 15 July 1952) is an English actress and author. She is known for her work with Victoria Wood, including Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985–1987), the sitcom Dinnerladies (1998–2000) and Acorn Antiques: The Musical, for which she won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical.