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Article: Interview - Celia Imrie: The lady who came in from the cold; Dinnerladies star Celia Imrie talks about her new fact-based drama.(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 3, 2001
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Byline: Rowena Mafham
Celia Imrie has tackled everything from Hollywood blockbusters to British sitcoms. Yet for all her versatility as an actress, one prop has dogged her career - a tatty grey cardie.
As she prepares to wear this unflattering garment once again, playing dowdy Aunt Sadie in BBC1's Love In A Cold Climate, she reveals that it has been a standing joke between her and her friend Dame Judi Dench, since they first worked together at the National Theatre.
"I played Judi's downtrodden companion and afterwards she said I should really not ...