The Happy Hoofer

THE ENTERTAINING, UPLIFTING STORY OF CELEBRITY TRAITORS STAR CELIA IMRIE’S ACTING LIFE: A MUST-READ FOR AUTUMN 2025

Readers LOVE The Happy Hoofer:

‘Very interesting book from the beginning to the end, witty, funny, entertaining’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Full of pieces that make you giggle out loud . . . hard to put down’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A highly interesting read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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‘I’ve always been wilful… I’ve always been stubborn and always determined’

One of our best-loved actors, Celia Imrie would rather have been a dancer. As a child she planned to join the Royal Ballet and marry Rudolf Nureyev. Now she has become one of our finest and funniest performers, on stage, TV and screen – adored for her roles in Acorn Antiques and dinnerladies, as well as films including Calendar Girls and Nanny McPhee.

In her hugely entertaining autobiography Celia Imrie recounts a life hurtling (not always intentionally) into adventures both on stage and off. Whether it’s finding herself on stage with half the scenery stuck to her cardigan, or being kidnapped on her way to location, somehow she emerges from the chaos unscathed.
Acting, she admits, is a mad, chaotic profession and it is her refreshing honesty, sense of mischief, fun and almost unruffled determination in the face of it all that makes this autobiography a never-ending delight.