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Celia Imrie: ‘People go wild when I tell them I was a fighter pilot in Star Wars’ – The Guardian
As her portrayal of a foul-mouthed gran in Better Things finally reaches UK screens, Celia Imrie talks about commuting by cruise ship, her funniest ever sketch – and taking up trapeze at 68

Celia Imrie is calling from Nice, where she has spent most of lockdown, finishing her fifth novel. Isnt it magic, the way that it works? she says down the line, in that familiar voice, immediately recognisable to anyone who has caught one of her 170 or so screen performances. It never ceases to amaze me, because you sound as if youre next door! Her enthusiasm is so warm and pervasive, she can even make a humble phonecall sound like a marvel.
Imrie says people in Britain must think shes been on …
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