Imelda Staunton: 'I think I'll need to be quiet for a bit'
The star of Gypsy on larynx massages, meeting Stephen Sondheim " and how she can possibly top her role as Mama RoseImelda Staunton, 59, is one of Britain's most accomplished stage, screen and musical actors. Born into an Irish working-class family in Archway, north London, she went to Rada and then worked in rep and at the National Theatre. Staunton has won three Olivier awards, and a Bafta (among countless other awa…