The Happy Hoofer Author:Celia Imrie One of the UK's favorite comedy actresses?with starring roles in Calendar Girls, Acorn Antiques, and Dinnerladies?tells her extraordinary and highly entertaining life story. Celia Imrie was born one of five children to an aristocratic mother who married beneath her station. Desperate to be a ballet dancer, Celia was told by the Royal Ballet Scho... more »ol that she was too big and in a desperate effort to lose weight Celia became anorexic. She underwent highly controversial ECT and brainwashing treatment. It didn't work and she eventually cured herself.« less