Personal Life
By the actor Benjamin Whitrow, Imrie has a son, Angus, who appears as her on-screen son in Kingdom. She lives in London and in Cowes (on the Isle of Wight).
When Celia Imrie was fourteen, she was admitted to St Thomas' Hospital for anorexia under the psychiatrist William Sargant, where she was given electroshock and large doses of the anti-psychotic drug Largactil. Imrie has written that Sargant still features in her nightmares.
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