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Jeffery Dench, sometimes spelled Jeffrey Dench, is an actor who lives in Clifford Chambers near Stratford-upon-Avon. He is the older brother of actress Judi Dench.

Personal life

Jeffery Dench was born in Manchester, the son of Eleanora Olave (née Jones), a native of Dublin, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor who met Jeffery's mother while studying medicine at Trinity College.^[1] Jeff lived in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, with his sister, Judi, and brother, Peter.

Jeffery attended St Peter's, York, where he began acting with the role of Cleopatra in George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra.^[2] He spent his national service at an army theatre in Catterick before attending the Central School of Speech and Drama. It was here that he met his wife Betty, who was working as a speech therapist.

Jeffery moved to Clifford Chambers and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963, where he worked for many years.^[2]

With his wife Betty, Jeffery has three daughters: Sarah, a teacher who lives in Brailes; Clare, who lives in Shiplake; and Emma, a Roman historian previously at Birkbeck, University of London,^[3] and currently at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Through these daughters, Jeffery has eight grandchildren, Hannah Scroggs, Matthew Scroggs, Ben Scroggs, Dominic Mayer, Sebastian Mayer, Oliver Mayer, Ellie Mayer and Jacob Bowka.

Jeffery's wife, Betty, died from a heart attack on 11 January 2002. Since his wife's death, Jeffery has married Ann Curtis, a costume designer for the RSC and long time family friend.^[4]

Filmography

TV Appearances

Selected Theatre Appearances

References