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Judi Dench |

Dench at the 2007 BAFTAs |
Born |
Judith Olivia Dench
9 December 1934 (1934-12-09) (age 75)
York, Yorkshire, England, UK |
Occupation |
Actress |
Years active |
1957–present |
Spouse(s) |
Michael Williams
(1971–2001) (his death) |
.^ Judith Olivia Dench was born on December 9, 1934, in North Yorkshire, England.- Profiles - Judi Dench - hellomagazine.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.hellomagazine.com [Source type: General]
^ Dame Judi Dench (born December 9 1934) was raised in Heworth, York.- The Original Rose Theatre - Theatre in Shakespeare in Love - Shakespeare's Rose Theatre - Dame Judi Dench and the British Shakespeare Company 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.shakespearesrose.org [Source type: General]
^ Dame Judi Dench (born December 9, 1934) is a renowned British stage, film and television actress.
.^ In 1957, she made her professional stage debut as Ophelia in the Old Vic 's Liverpool production of Hamlet .- Judi Dench > Overview - AllMovie 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.allmovie.com [Source type: General]
- judi dench | biography (b. 1934) | gallery | mailing address 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.leninimports.com [Source type: General]
^ In 1957, she made her professional stage debut as Ophelia in the Old Vic's Liverpool production of Hamlet .- Honorary Board of Advisors: Dame Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.proartslab.ucsb.edu [Source type: General]
^ She made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company.- Dame Judi Dench - Actress 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.squidoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Her first role was as Ophelia in Hamlet.- Judi Dench is in a class of her own | The Australian 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.theaustralian.com.au [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Clothes on to play Lady Macbeth .- Dame Judi Dench's fears of arts funding 'siphoned off' for Olympics - Times Online 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC entertainment.timesonline.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare 's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth.- Dame Judi Dench to Young Actors: 'Learn A Bit About the Heritage of Theatre First' 2009/10/13 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.broadwayworld.com [Source type: General]
.^ The following year, she won her first BAFTA, a Most Promising Newcomer honor for her work in Four in the Morning.- Judi Dench | Latest News, Videos, Trailers, Photos, Biography | MTV Movies 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.mtv.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Judi Dench - Blockbuster Online 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.blockbuster.com [Source type: General]
^ The following year, she won her first BAFTA , a Most Promising Newcomer honor for her work in Four in the Morning .- judi dench | biography (b. 1934) | gallery | mailing address 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.leninimports.com [Source type: General]
^ The following year, she won her first BAFTA, a Most Promising Newcomer honor for her...- Judi Dench - Overview - MSN Movies 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Not generally known as a singer, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical
Cabaret in 1968.
.^ Not generally known as a singer, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968. During the next two decades, she established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company .- Dame Judi Dench to Young Actors: 'Learn A Bit About the Heritage of Theatre First' 2009/10/13 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.broadwayworld.com [Source type: General]
^ A prolific stage career followed, performing with the likes of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.- Honorary Board of Advisors: Dame Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.proartslab.ucsb.edu [Source type: General]
^ Since her theater debut, she has performed with Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and at Old Vic Theatre.- Judi Dench bio 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.tribute.ca [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Her many television appearances include lead roles in the series "A Fine Romance" and "As Time Goes By".
^ In television, she achieved success during this period, in the series A Fine Romance from 1981 until 1984 and in 1992 began a continuing role in the television romantic comedy series As Time Goes By. Her film appearances had been infrequent until she was cast as M in GoldenEye (1995), a role she has played in each James Bond film since.- Dame Judi Dench to Young Actors: 'Learn A Bit About the Heritage of Theatre First' 2009/10/13 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.broadwayworld.com [Source type: General]
^ Her many television appearances include lead roles in the series A Fine Romance and As Time Goes By.- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
.^ She famously plays M in the James Bond films, a role she has now upheld for fourteen years.- The Original Rose Theatre - Theatre in Shakespeare in Love - Shakespeare's Rose Theatre - Dame Judi Dench and the British Shakespeare Company 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.shakespearesrose.org [Source type: General]
^ In 1995 she took over the role of M in the James Bond franchise and has starred in the films:.
^ Since 1995 she has played an icy M in the Bond films.- Judi Dench is in a class of her own | The Australian 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.theaustralian.com.au [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
She received several notable film awards for her role as
Queen Victoria in
Mrs. Brown (1997), and has since been acclaimed for her work in such films as
Shakespeare in Love (1998),
Chocolat (2000),
Iris (2001),
Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and
Notes on a Scandal (2006), and the television production
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001).
.^ She has won nine BAFTAs, seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, an Oscar, two Golden Globes and a Tony Award.- Judi Dench - Topics - Breitbart.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC topics.breitbart.com [Source type: General]
^ Judi Dench has received seven Laurence Olivier Awards, three Critics’ Circle Awards, a Tony Award and an Oscar for her performance in Shakespeare In Love.- The Official London Theatre Guide | Dench, Dame Judi : Actress. Born 1934. 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ She received several notable film awards for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown (1997), and has since been acclaimed for her work in such films as Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and Notes on a Scandal (2006), and the television production The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001). Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as the leading British actress in polls, Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include ten BAFTAs, seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award.- Dame Judi Dench to Young Actors: 'Learn A Bit About the Heritage of Theatre First' 2009/10/13 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.broadwayworld.com [Source type: General]
.^ In 1971, she married British actor Michael Williams, who died of cancer in 2001.
^ Royal links She married actor Michael Williams in 1971.- BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Dame Judi: Stage and screen star 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC news.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Married to Michael Williams 1971-2001; one daughter, Tara Cressida, 34.- In Step WithJudi Dench | Parade.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.parade.com [Source type: General]
Personal life
.^ Dame Judi Dench was born on December 9, 1934, in York, England.- Judi Dench Photos, Gossip, Bio & Reviews - AskMen.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.askmen.com [Source type: General]
- Judi Dench Photos, Gossip, Bio & Reviews - AskMen.com UK 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC uk.askmen.com [Source type: General]
^ Where did Dame Judi Dench study?- Dame Judi Dench Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Dame Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: General]
^ Dame Judi Dench (born December 9 1934) was raised in Heworth, York.- The Original Rose Theatre - Theatre in Shakespeare in Love - Shakespeare's Rose Theatre - Dame Judi Dench and the British Shakespeare Company 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.shakespearesrose.org [Source type: General]
[1] .^ At the age of 13, she began studies at the Mount School, an all-girls Quaker school in York.- Juilliard | The Juilliard Journal Online 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.juilliard.edu [Source type: General]
^ A. Michael Williams Q. Dench was raised a Methodist until she attended which Quaker public secondary school in York?- Einstein Factor: Life & Career of Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.abc.net.au [Source type: General]
^ Barbara Covett (Dench), a domineering and solitary teacher at a run-down London secondary school, soon latche...- Films starring Judi Dench on DVD and Blu-ray | Movie Mail UK 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.moviemail-online.co.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[2][3] .^ Notable relatives include her older brother, actor Jeffrey Dench, and her niece, Emma Dench, a Roman historian.- Judi Dench Biography - Biography Archives from When We Were Kids 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.wwwk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Judi Dench was born on December 9, 1934 in North Yorkshire, England, and is one of the most prolific actresses of the century.- Judi Dench news, photos and more on UsMagazine.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.usmagazine.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Judi Dench news, photos and more on UsMagazine.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.usmagazine.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ She is the mother of actress Finty Williams , who has appeared in several films, and the sister of stage actor Jeffery Dench .- screenonline: Dench, Judi (1934-) Biography 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.screenonline.org.uk [Source type: General]
[2][3] .^ Notable relatives include her older brother, actor Jeffrey Dench, and her niece, Emma Dench, a Roman historian.- Judi Dench Biography - Biography Archives from When We Were Kids 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.wwwk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Notable relatives include her older brother, actor Jeffery Dench, and her niece, Emma Dench, a Roman historian previously at Birkbeck, University of London, and currently at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
^ Notable relatives include actor Jeffrey Dench, her older brother, and her niece Emma Dench, a Roman historian previously at Birkbeck, University of London, and currently at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.- Judi Dench - Biography, pictures, photos, photo, images, latest news, horoscope, lyrics, photo gallery, links 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.biggeststars.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
In 1971, Dench married British actor
Michael Williams and they had their only child, Tara Cressida Williams, known professionally as
Finty Williams, on 24 September 1972.
.^ They starred together in a British sitcom, A Fine Romance .
^ Dench and her husband starred together in several stage productions, as well as separately, but then paired again to make television history with Bob Larbey's hit British sitcom, "A Fine Romance" (1981–84).
^ They have since starred in several stage productions together as well as the 1984 sitcom A Fine Romance.- IGN: Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC stars.ign.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Michael Williams died from lung cancer in 2001, aged 65.
Career
.^ In her native United Kingdom, Dame Judi has developed her reputation as arguably the greatest British actress of the post-1945 period primarily through her work in theatre, which has been her main forte throughout her career.
^ In Britain, Dench has developed a reputation as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, primarily through her work in theatre, which has been her forte throughout her career.- Judi Dench Biography 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.monstersandcritics.com [Source type: General]
- Judi Dench Biography - Biography Archives from When We Were Kids 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.wwwk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ In Britain, Dench has developed a reputation as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, primarily through her work in theatre, which has been her main forte throughout her career.- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
.^ She has more than once been named number one in polls for Britain's best actress.
^ She is one of Britain's best-loved actresses and adored by cinemagoers the world over.- Dame Judi Dench DBE: Movie Star Winner of Oscars, Golden Globes and many other Awards 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC moderntheatre.suite101.com [Source type: General]
^ As Bernard Levin wrote in the Sunday Times: '...demonstrating once more that she is a comic actress of consummate skill, perhaps the very best we have.'
[4][5] .^ Research to find "the perfect voice" has indicated that Dench's voice is one of the best.- Judi Dench Biography - Biography Archives from When We Were Kids 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.wwwk.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Research to find 'the perfect voice' has indicated that Dench's voice is one of the best.
^ Despite the voice Dench has been named as one of the UK's finest Shakespearian actresses and has played almost every leading female role.- Dame Judi Dench DBE: Movie Star Winner of Oscars, Golden Globes and many other Awards 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC moderntheatre.suite101.com [Source type: General]
[6]
Early years
.^ A. Speech Q. What role did Dench play in the 1957 production of the York Mystery Plays?- Einstein Factor: Life & Career of Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.abc.net.au [Source type: General]
^ Before starting her professional career, Judi Dench trained for the stage at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, and was involved in the first three productions of the modern revival of the York Mystery Plays in the 1950s.
^ Before starting her professional career Judi Dench trained for the stage at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, and was involved in the first three productions of the modern revival of the York Mystery Plays in the 1950s.- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
.^ Most famously, she played the role of the Virgin Mary in the 1957 production, performed on a fixed stage in the Museum Gardens.
^ The 74-year-old actress first starred as Titania in a school production and went on to play her again in a 1962 stage show and the film version six years later.- Judi Dench injured during dinner party 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC blog.taragana.com [Source type: General]
- Judi Dench ‘to make appearance in Black Eyed Peas video’ 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC blog.taragana.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In 1957 she gave her first important critically acclaimed performance, as Ophelia in the Old Vic production of Hamlet .- Dame Judi Dench (British actress) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: General]
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.^ In 1957, she made her professional stage debut as Ophelia in the Old Vic 's Liverpool production of Hamlet .- Judi Dench > Overview - AllMovie 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.allmovie.com [Source type: General]
^ A. M Q. Playing Ophelia in Shakespeares Hamlet, Dench made her professional stage debut in 1957 at which English city?- Einstein Factor: Life & Career of Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.abc.net.au [Source type: General]
^ After graduating from London's Central School of Speech and Drama, she made an auspicious debut with the Old Vic Theatre Company as Ophelia in "Hamlet" in 1957.- Judi Dench Biography - Yahoo! Movies 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC movies.yahoo.com [Source type: General]
- Judi Dench Profile: Biography, Filmography & Photos - Yahoo! Movies UK 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC uk.movies.yahoo.com [Source type: General]
.^ She remained a member of the company for four seasons, 1957–1961, her roles including Katherine in "Henry V" in 1958 (which was also her New York debut) and as Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" in October 1960, directed and designed by Franco Zeffirelli.
^ She remained a member of the company for four seasons, 1957-1961, her roles including Katherine in Henry V in 1958 (which was also her New York debut) and as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet in October 1960, directed and designed by Franco Zeffirelli.- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
^ Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare 's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth.- Dame Judi Dench to Young Actors: 'Learn A Bit About the Heritage of Theatre First' 2009/10/13 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.broadwayworld.com [Source type: General]
.^ During this period, she toured the United States and Canada, and appeared in Yugoslavia and at the Edinburgh Festival.
^ During this period she toured the United States and Canada , and appeared in Yugoslavia and at the Edinburgh Festival.- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
^ The Defiant One: Exploring the Met's New Carmen Legendary Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra to Tour United States Feb.- Playbill News: Full Casting Announced for Peter Hall's Midsummer, Starring Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www1.playbill.com [Source type: General]
.^ She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in December 1961 playing Anya in The Cherry Orchard at the Aldwych Theatre in London, and made her Stratford-upon-Avon debut in April 1962 as Isabella in Measure for Measure.- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
^ She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in December 1961 playing Anya in "The Cherry Orchard" at the Aldwych Theatre in London, and made her Stratford-upon-Avon debut in April 1962 as Isabella in "Measure for Measure".
^ She began her acting career with training at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London in the 1950s, and joined repertory companies in Oxford and Nottingham before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1961.- Judi Dench Pictures, Judi Dench Photo Gallery and Biography - Celebrity Pictures by WireImage.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.wireimage.com [Source type: General]
.^ She subsequently spent seasons in repertory both with the Nottingham Playhouse from January 1963 (including a West African tour as Lady Macbeth for the British Council), and with the Oxford Playhouse Company from April 1964.
^ She subsequently spent seasons in repertory both with Nottingham Playhouse from January 1963 (including a West African tour as Lady Macbeth for the British Council), and with the Oxford Playhouse Company from April 1964.- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
^ Macbeth - Lady Macbeth (also West Africa tour) .
Prominence
.^ In 1968 she was offered the role of Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret.- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
^ On stage, Dench has appeared in Shakespearean roles and musicals—she was the original Sally Bowles in Cabaret.- Judi Dench - Actors and Actresses - Films as Actress:, Films as Director:, Publications 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.filmreference.com [Source type: General]
^ In 1968, she was offered the role of Sally Bowles in the musical "Cabaret".
.^ As Sheridan Morley later reported: "At first she thought they were joking.- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
^ As Sheridan Morley later reported: 'At first she thought they were joking.
.^ She had never done a musical and she has an unusual croaky voice which sounds as if she has a permanent cold.
^ When she was just starting out, an older player once recalled, her voice was so croaky she sounded like she had laryngitis (hence that sign at the Nottingham Playhouse).- Judi Dench - Biography 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.tiscali.co.uk [Source type: General]
.^ So frightened was she of singing in public that she auditioned from the wings, leaving the pianists alone on stage'.
^ But when it opened at the Palace Theatre in February 1968, Frank Marcus, reviewing for "Plays and Players", commented that: 'She sings well.
^ So frightened was she of singing in public that she auditioned from the wings, leaving the pianists alone on stage".- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
.^ The title song in particular is projected with great feeling.'
.^ Best Actress (win) Iris 2001 British Academy Awards .- Judi Dench - Biography, Awards, News, Pictures, Clips and History -Spout 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.spout.com [Source type: General]
^ After a long run in "Cabaret", she rejoined the RSC making numerous appearances with the company in Stratford and London over the next two decades, winning several best actress awards.
^ In 1961 she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and made numerous appearances with the company in Stratford and London over the next two decades, winning several best actress awards.
.^ In the Stratford 1976 season, and then at the Aldwych in 1977, she gave two comedy performances, first in Trevor Nunn's musical staging of The Comedy of Errors as Adriana, then partnered with Donald Sinden as Beatrice and Benedick in John Barton's "British Raj" revival of Much Ado About Nothing.- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
^ A year later she played the title-role in Webster's The Duchess of Malfi .- Dame Judi Dench Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Dame Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: General]
^ In the Stratford 1976 season, and then at the Aldwych in 1977, she gave two comedy performances, first in Trevor Nunn's musical staging of "The Comedy of Errors" as Adriana, then partnered with Donald Sinden as Beatrice and Benedick in John Barton's 'British Raj' revival of "Much Ado About Nothing".
As
Bernard Levin wrote in
The Sunday Times: "...demonstrating once more that she is a comic actress of consummate skill, perhaps the very best we have."
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.^ Nunn's acclaimed production of "Macbeth" was first staged with a minimalist design at The Other Place theatre in Stratford.
^ Trevor Nunn's acclaimed RSC musical production .- screenonline: Dench, Judi (1934-) Biography 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.screenonline.org.uk [Source type: General]
^ But one of her most notable achievements with the RSC was her performance as Lady Macbeth in 1976.
.^ Its small round stage focused attention on the psychological dynamics of the characters, and both Ian McKellen in the title role, and Dench, received exceptionally favourable notices.
^ Occasionally she brought her stage roles to the screen in such film adaptations as A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) and Macbeth (1978), in which she was Lady Macbeth to Ian McKellen 's tormented king.- judi dench | biography (b. 1934) | gallery | mailing address 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.leninimports.com [Source type: General]
^ Occasionally, she brought her stage roles to the screen in such film adaptations as A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) and Macbeth (1978), in which she was Lady Macbeth to Ian McKellen 's tormented king.- Videodetective.com - Judi Dench filmography 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.videodetective.com [Source type: General]
.^ Michael Billington in The Guardian called her Ranevskaya ''even by this actress's standards, a remarkable performance.''- If the Role Is At All Unlikely, Call Judi Dench - NYTimes.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.nytimes.com [Source type: General]
^ Digg it Michael Billington The Guardian , Monday 12 September 2005 Dame Judi Dench in All's Well that ends well, RSC, 2004.- Judi Dench on why she's not retiring | Film | The Guardian 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.guardian.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ "If this is not great acting I don't know what is.": Michael Billington, The Guardian.- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
.^ With nearly 50 years experience as an actress, Dame Judi Dench has given an astonishing range of performances.
^ "It will astonish me if the performance is matched by any in this actress's generation.": J C Trewin, The Lady.- DAME JUDI DENCH Biography - Actors and Actresses 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.findbiography.org [Source type: General]
^ 'It will astonish me if the performance is matched by any in this actress's generation.': J C Trewin, "The Lady".
.^ The production transferred to London, opening at the Donmar Warehouse in September 1977, was filmed for television, and later released on VHS and finally DVD. She won the SWET Best Actress Award in 1977.
^ The production is directed by Donmar Warehouse artistic director Michael Grandage and designed by Christopher Oram .- Judi Dench Returns to Madame After Ankle Injury - News - Whatsonstage.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.whatsonstage.com [Source type: General]
^ The Weinstein Company asserts that the later release is not because of production...- Judi Dench - Dench Blasts Fame Hungry Actors: PHOTO 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC celebrifi.com [Source type: General]
Dench won the
SWET Best Actress Award in 1977.
.^ Langrishe Go Down jako Imogen Langrishe .- Judi Dench- filmografia - FILMWEB.pl 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC judi.dench.filmweb.pl [Source type: General]
^ In the 70s, she starred in the BBC play, Langrishe Go Down , in which she had to appear nude.- Judi Dench: 'Does nobody ever believe anything I do?' | Culture | The Guardian 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.guardian.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ And she'd make a mark in TV with the critical lauded Langrishe, Go Down, directed by David Jones.- Judi Dench - Biography 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.tiscali.co.uk [Source type: General]
.^ I have also made numerous appearances in the West End and with the National Theatre in London.- MySpace - Dame Judi Dench - 75 - Female - Surrey, UK - myspace.com/damejudidenchwilliams 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Dench made her directing debut in 1988 with the Renaissance Theatre Company's touring season, "Renaissance Shakespeare on the Road", co-produced with the Birmingham Rep, and ending with a three month repertory programme at the Phoenix Theatre in London.
^ Dench rose quickly through the ranks of British theatre, eventually joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1961.- Judi Dench DVDs, Judi Dench DVD Rentals, Rent Judi Dench Movies at Netflix Today 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.netflix.com [Source type: General]
.^ Dench's contribution was a staging of "Much Ado About Nothing", set in the Napoleonic era, which starred Kenneth Branagh and Samantha Bond as Benedick and Beatrice.
^ A. Spaceship Earth Q. In what film set in a French village does Dench star alongside Juliette Binoche?- Einstein Factor: Life & Career of Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.abc.net.au [Source type: General]
^ Dench returned to the stage to play Cleopatra in "Antony and Cleopatra" (1987-88), and followed up with a pair of film roles as a materialistic mother in "A Handful of Dust" (1988) and the lusty Mistress Quickly in Kenneth Branagh's "Henry V" (1989).- Judi Dench Biography - Yahoo! Movies 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC movies.yahoo.com [Source type: General]
.^ In the same season, Geraldine McEwan and Derek Jacobi also made their directorial debuts.
^ Dame Judi made her debut in a production of Hamlet, and stayed for four seasons, appearing in Franco Zeffirelli's 1960 stage production of Romeo and Juliet.
.^ Dame Judi has also made numerous appearances in the West End and with the National Theatre in London.
^ I have also made numerous appearances in the West End and with the National Theatre in London.- MySpace - Dame Judi Dench - 75 - Female - Surrey, UK - myspace.com/damejudidenchwilliams 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ She has made numerous appearances in the West End including the role of Miss Trant in the 1974 musical version of "The Good Companions" at Her Majesty's Theatre.
.^ Dame Judi was out, and Elaine Paige was in.- If the Role Is At All Unlikely, Call Judi Dench - NYTimes.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.nytimes.com [Source type: News]
^ A. 1970 Q. Elaine Page replaced Dench due to injury in which role for the original London production of the musical Cats?- Einstein Factor: Life & Career of Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.abc.net.au [Source type: General]
^ Here's a clip from 1968, in which she plays Sally Bowles in the original London production of "Cabaret": .- Popcorn & Prejudice: A Movie Blog | Happy birthday, Judi Dench | Seattle Times Newspaper 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC seattletimes.nwsource.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[10] .^ She played Sally Bowles in the original London production of Cabaret , and won the Olivier award in 1995 for her role in Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music .- Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench Join 'Nine' - Cinematical 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.cinematical.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ She has acted with the National Theatre in London where, in September 1995, she played Desiree Armfeldt in a major revival of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music", for which she won an Olivier Award.
^ She remains compelling in movies like Iris and stage roles like Sondheim's A Little Night Music, in which her intimate performance of Send in the Clowns was an expressive tour de force.-Simon Farqharr .
Popular success
.^ In 1995 she took over the role of M in the James Bond franchise and has starred in the films: .
^ In 1995, she became known to an international audience after taking over the role of M (James Bond's boss) with the James Bond film series, starting with "GoldenEye".
^ In 1995 she took over the role of M in the James Bond franchise and has starred in the films:.
.^ She is one of the few actors from Pierce Brosnan's Bond films to remain in the rebooted franchise.
^ After her supporting role as Mistress Quickly in Kenneth Branagh 's acclaimed 1989 adaptation of Henry V, Dench exchanged the past for the present with her thoroughly modern role as M in GoldenEye (1995), the first of the Pierce Brosnan series of James Bond films.- Judi Dench - Ask.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.ask.com [Source type: General]
^ Without question, James Bond remains his own person in all 21 bond films, and along the way, he has learned to play the dicey side of affairs of state.- Casino Royale (2006) Daniel Craig, Judi Dench - Mystery Movies 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.bellaonline.com [Source type: General]
.^ She has appeared in 2006's "Casino Royale" and has been confirmed to be continuing the role in "Quantum of Solace", which is scheduled to be released in November 2008.
^ CASINO ROYALE 2006 .- Videodetective.com - Judi Dench filmography 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.videodetective.com [Source type: General]
^ Nov 14, 2008 Quantum of Solace .- HSX.com – StarBond : Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.hsx.com [Source type: General]
.^ She has won many, many awards including an academy award.- Dame Judi Dench - Actress 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.squidoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ She has won multiple awards for performances on the London stage, including a record six Laurence Olivier Awards.
^ I am a multiple winner of the main awards for performances on the London stage, including a record six Laurence Olivier Awards.- MySpace - Dame Judi Dench - 75 - Female - Surrey, UK - myspace.com/damejudidenchwilliams 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ She also won the Tony Award for her 1999 Broadway performance in the role of Esme Allen in David Hare's "Amy's View".
^ She won plaudits in David Hare's Amy's Way, both in the West End (1998) and on Broadway (1999).- Dame Judi Dench Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Dame Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: General]
^ "Amy's View" (2000); Judi Dench sings "Send In The Clowns" and discusses her 1996 Olivier-winning performance in "A Little Night Music", Featurette, Interviews.- Walmart.com: Judi Dench Collection, The: Movies 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.walmart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Alongside her numerous award winning performances, she has also managed to take on the role of Director for a number of stage productions.
^ Since then she has been showered with awards for performances on stage, film and television and is one of Britain’s most loved and respected actors.
^ Most famously, I played the role of the Virgin Mary in the 1957 production, performed on a fixed stage in the Museum Gardens.- MySpace - Dame Judi Dench - 75 - Female - Surrey, UK - myspace.com/damejudidenchwilliams 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ See recent WENN news » A theatre set handed to the British Shakespeare Company by actress Dame Judi Dench is to be turned into a real playhouse.- Judi Dench - Dench Blasts Fame Hungry Actors: PHOTO 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC celebrifi.com [Source type: General]
^ Pop Culture & Celebs Judi Dench actress as time goes by dame judi dench judi dench movies oscar quantum of solace shakespeare in love television xtnshun Recommends...- Dame Judi Dench - Actress 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.squidoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Won BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for "The Last of the Blonde Bombshells" .
.^ Close Judi Dench on why she's not retiring .- Judi Dench on why she's not retiring | Film | The Guardian 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.guardian.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ Judi Dench has frequently appeared with her close friend Geoffrey Palmer, in the series "As Time Goes By" and in the films "Mrs.
^ Dame Judi Dench has 772 friends.- MySpace - Dame Judi Dench - 75 - Female - Surrey, UK - myspace.com/damejudidenchwilliams 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ A. Amys View Q. Which close friend was Denchs co-star in all 67 episodes of the TV series As Time Goes By?- Einstein Factor: Life & Career of Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.abc.net.au [Source type: General]
^ On television, she and her late husband, Michael Williams, played a married couple in A Fine Romance ; with Geoffrey Palmer she appeared in the sitcom As Time Goes By .
^ In the former medium, she endeared herself to viewers with her work in such series as A Fine Romance (in which she starred opposite real-life husband Michael Williams ) and As Time Goes By .- Videodetective.com - Judi Dench filmography 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.videodetective.com [Source type: General]
The program spanned nine seasons. They also worked together on the films
Mrs. Brown and
Tomorrow Never Dies, both filmed in 1997. Dench has also lent her voice to many animated characters, narrations, and various other voice work. She plays the role of "Miss Lilly" in the children's animated series
Angelina Ballerina (alongside her daughter, Finty Williams, as the voice of Angelina) and as Mrs. Calloway in the
Disney animated film
Home on the Range.
.^ She has narrated various classical music recordings (notably Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and Britten's "Canticles-The Heart of the Matter"), and has appeared in numerous BBC radio broadcasts as well as commercials.
^ Much-loved British actress Dame Judi Dench will appear in a reimagining of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream due to open in London next year.- Judi Dench to appear in A Midsummer Night's Dream | London Hotel | Millennium Hotel London 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.millenniumhotels.com [Source type: News]
^ In defiance of ageing, she will play Titania in Hall's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream early next year.- Judi Dench is in a class of her own | The Australian 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.theaustralian.com.au [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ My many television appearances include lead roles in the series As Time Goes By and A Fine Romance.- MySpace - Dame Judi Dench - 75 - Female - Surrey, UK - myspace.com/damejudidenchwilliams 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Her many television appearances include lead roles in the series "A Fine Romance" and "As Time Goes By".
^ Television appearances include sit-com A Fine Romance.
.^ Palmer and Dench reconnecting in an early episode of BBC's As Time Goes By.- Current.org | Fans of "As Time Goes By" 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.current.org [Source type: General]
^ As Time Goes By is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One from 1992 to 2005.- Dame Judi Dench - Actress 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.squidoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In 2004, As Time Goes By came 29th in Britains Best Sitcom.BBC - Britains Best Sitcom - Top 11 to 100 .- Dame Judi Dench - Actress 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.squidoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Recent years
.^ Dench returned to the West End stage in April 2006 in "Hay Fever" alongside Peter Bowles, Belinda Lang and Kim Medcalf.
^ Dame Judi Dench returns to West End .- Dame Judi Dench returns to West End | London Hotel | Millennium Hotel London 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.millenniumhotels.com [Source type: News]
^ I returned to the West End stage in April 2006 in Hay Fever alongside Peter Bowles, Belinda Lang and Kim Medcalf.- MySpace - Dame Judi Dench - 75 - Female - Surrey, UK - myspace.com/damejudidenchwilliams 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ I have finished off a busy 2006 with the role of "Mistress Quickly" in the RSC's new musical version of "The Merry Wives",[5] at Stratford-upon-Avon.- MySpace - Dame Judi Dench - 75 - Female - Surrey, UK - myspace.com/damejudidenchwilliams 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Then she'd be back with the RSC, playing Mistress Quickly in a musical version of The Merry Wives Of Windsor, alongside Simon Callow and brother Jeff.- Judi Dench - Biography 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.tiscali.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Dench has sung before — in her career-defining Sally Bowles in a Sixties production of Cabaret , in The Comedy of Errors, The Merry Wives of Windsor and A Little Night Music — and thinks Marshall is “a genius.
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.^ Titles include: Talking to a Stranger (1966) Keep an Eye on Amlie (1973) The Cherry Orchard (1981) Going Gently (1981) Ghosts (1987) Make and Break (1987) Can You Hear Me ..- Judi Dench (Rage, Nine, Quantum of Solace and Cranford - Complete BBC Series) - news, photos, filmography, rent DVDs from LOVEFiLM 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.lovefilm.com [Source type: General]
^ Quick, what do you think of Judi Dench? .- Dame Judi Dench - Actress 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.squidoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ With commanding performances from stars Dench and Co...- Dame Judi Dench - Actress 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.squidoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ She is up for the best actress prize for her role in BBC series Cranford, along with her co-star Dame Eileen Atkins, also 73 ...
^ Dame Judi Dench interview - part one - Parkinson - BBC .- Judy Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.listal.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ With commanding performances from stars Dench and Co...- Dame Judi Dench - Actress 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.squidoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The series began transmission in the UK in November 2007, and on the BBC's U.S. producing partner station
WGBH (PBS Boston) in spring 2008.
.^ Charlie [Dance, the director] hadn't made a film before, but we were both in David Hare's play "The Breath of Life," and he said, "I found this short story and I'm going to adapt it and make it into a film."- Judi Dench - Grand Dame of Cinema - ComingSoon.net 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.comingsoon.net [Source type: General]
^ Before starting my professional career, I was involved in the first three productions of the modern revival of the York Mystery Plays the 1950s.- MySpace - Dame Judi Dench - 75 - Female - Surrey, UK - myspace.com/damejudidenchwilliams 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It was not until the mid-'80s that Dench began to make her name known to an international film audience.- Videodetective.com - Judi Dench filmography 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.videodetective.com [Source type: General]
.^ This culminated on 21 June with a day of city centre performances in York.
She worked on the 22nd Bond adventure Quantum Of Solace and reprised her role as M.
.^ A. Ophelia Q. Interested in horse racing, Dench is the co-owner of which winner of the 2008 Brigadier Gerard Stakes?- Einstein Factor: Life & Career of Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.abc.net.au [Source type: General]
^ She is also interested in horse racing and in partnership with her chauffeur Bryan Agar owns a four-year-old horse 'Smokey Oakey'.
^ She stars in "Notes" as a lonely, scheming teacher who discovers a younger colleague, Cate Blanchett, is having an affair with a 15-year-old student.- FOXNews.com - Judi Dench Won't Attend Oscars - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.foxnews.com [Source type: General]
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.^ The play then transferred to the West End.- Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.tmaw.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ "I loved doing Madame de Sade.- Judi Dench is in a class of her own | The Australian 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.theaustralian.com.au [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In March 2009 I will be appearing in a play titled "Madame De Sade at the Wyndhams Theatre in the West End, London.- MySpace - Dame Judi Dench - 75 - Female - Surrey, UK - myspace.com/damejudidenchwilliams 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) 24.- Judi Dench - Movies 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC filmsandtv.com [Source type: General]
^ In defiance of ageing, she will play Titania in Hall's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream early next year.- Judi Dench is in a class of her own | The Australian 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.theaustralian.com.au [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Then I played Titania for Peter in 1962, then the film.
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Public life
.^ Dench is a patron of The Leaveners, Friends School Saffron Walden and the Archway Theatre, Horley, UK. She became president of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 2006, taking over from Sir John Mills, and is also president of the Questors Theatre.
^ After attending art school, she studied acting at London's Central School of Speech and Drama.- Videodetective.com - Judi Dench filmography 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.videodetective.com [Source type: General]
^ She studied at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, London, and made her debut (1957) as Ophelia in the Old Vic's production of Hamlet.- Dame Judi Dench Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Dame Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: General]
.^ In May 2006, she became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
She is also patron of Ovingdean Hall School, a special day and boarding school for the deaf and hard of hearing in Brighton and Vice President of
The Little Foundation.
.^ Dench is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
.^ In 2000 Dame Judi received an honorary degree from Oxford University.- Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.tmaw.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ In 2000-2001 she received an Honorary "DLitt" from Durham University.
^ On 24 June, 2008, she was honoured by the University of St Andrews, receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) at the university's graduation ceremony.
.^ Actress Judi Dench looks at her scroll after receiving her Honorary Doctor of Letters degree in the grounds of St. Andrews University June 24, 2008.- Judi Dench Pictures - Asylum.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.asylum.com [Source type: General]
^ In 2000 Dame Judi received an honorary degree from Oxford University.- Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.tmaw.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Actress Judi Dench rests her head on her scroll after receiving her Honorary Doctor of Letters degree in the grounds of St. Andrews University, eastern Scotland June 24, 2008.- Judi Dench Pictures - Asylum.com 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.asylum.com [Source type: General]
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.^ Dench: I like the people I work with.- Tavis Smiley . Shows . Judi Dench . April 23, 2008 | PBS 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Dench's work in the James Bond films increased her profile among international audiences, and she began to take on more substantial screen roles.- Filmography (website): Judi Dench : The New Yorker 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.newyorker.com [Source type: General]
She made a small supporting video saying the Bushmen are victims of tyranny, greed and racism.
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Filmography
She has also lent her likeness and voice for the role of M in James Bond video games:
Theatre work
Source: "Judi Dench: With a Crack in her Voice" by John Miller
As an actress
St Mary's Abbey
- York Mystery Plays - Virgin Mary
- Hamlet - Ophelia
- Measure for Measure - Juliet
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - First Fairy
- Twelfth Night - Maria (also USA tour)
- Henry V - Katharine (also USA tour)
- The Double Dealer - Cynthia
- As You Like It - Phebe
- The Importance of Being Earnest - Cecily
- The Merry Wives of Windsor - Anne Page
- Richard II - Queen
- Romeo and Juliet - Juliet (also Venice Festival)
- She Stoops to Conquer - Kate Hardcastle
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Hermia
- Also walk-on roles in King Lear and Henry VI)
- The Cherry Orchard - Anya, Aldwych Theatre
- Measure for Measure - Isabella, Stratford
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Titania, Stratford
- A Penny for a Song - Dorcas Bellboys, Aldwych
Nottingham Playhouse Company
- Macbeth - Lady Macbeth (also West Africa tour)
- Twelfth Night - Viola (also West Africa tour)
- A Shot in the Dark - Josefa Lautenay, Lyric Theatre
- Three Sisters - Irina
- The Twelfth Hour - Anna
- The Alchemist - Dol Common
- Romeo and Jeannette - Jeannette
- The Firescreen - Jacqueline
Nottingham Playhouse Company
- Measure for Measure - Isabella
- Private Lives - Amanda
- The Country Wife - Margery Pinchwife
- The Astrakhan Coat - Barbara
- St Joan - Joan
Oxford Playhouse Company
- The Promise - Lika
- The Rules of the Game - Silia
- The Promise - Lika, Fortune Theatre
- Cabaret - Sally Bowles
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RSC
- The Winter's Tale - Hermione and Perdita, Stratford
- Women Beware Women - Bianca, Stratford
- Twelfth Night - Viola, Stratford
- London Assurance - Grace Harkaway, Aldwych
- Major Barbara - Barbara Undershaft, Aldwych
- The Merchant of Venice - Portia, Stratford
- The Duchess of Malfi - Duchess, Stratford
- Toad of Toad Hall - Fielfmouse, Stoat and Mother Rabbit, Stratford
No Company
- Context to Whisper - Aurelia, Royal, York
- The Wolf - Vilma, Oxford Playhouse (also at Apollo, Queen's & New London)
West End
- The Good Companions - Miss Trant, Her Majesty's
- The Gay Lord Quex - Sophy Fullgarney, Albery
RSC
- Too True to Be Good - Sweetie Simpkins, Aldwych
- Much Ado About Nothing - Beatrice, Stratford
- Macbeth - Lady Macbeth, Stratford (also Donmar Warehouse and Young Vic)
- The Comedy of Errors - Adriana, Stratford
- King Lear - Regan, Stratford
- Pillars of the Community - Lona Hessel, Aldwych
- The Way of the World - Millamant, Aldwych
- Cymbeline - Imogen, Stratford
- Juno and the Paycock - Juno Boyle, Aldwych
No Company
- A Village Wooing - Young Woman, New End
- The Importance of Being Earnest - Lady Bracknell, Lyttleton
- A Kind of Alaska - Deborah, Cottesloe
- Pack of Lies - Barbara Jackson, Lyric
RSC
- Mother Courage - Mother Courage, Barbican
- Waste Amy O'Connell, Barbican and Lyric
West End
- Mr and Mrs Nobody - Carrie Pooter, Garrick
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National Theatre
- Antony and Cleopatra - Cleopatra, Olivier
- Entertaining Strangers - Sarah Eldridge, Cottesloe
- Hamlet - Gertrude, Olivier
RSC
- The Cherry Orchard - Ranevskaya, Aldwych
- The Plough and the Stars - Bessie Burgess, Young Vic
National Theatre
- The Sea - Mrs Rafi, Lyttleton
- Coriolanus - Volumnia, Chichester
Royal Shakespeare Company
- The Gift of the Gorgon - Helen Damson, Barbican and Wyndham's
National Theatre
- The Seagull - Arkadina, Olivier
- Absolute Hell - Christine Foskett, Lyttleton
- A Little Night Music - Desirée Armfeldt, Olivier
- Amy's View - Esmé, Lyttleton
- Amy's View - Esmé, Aldwych
West End and Broadway
- Filumena - Filumena, Piccadilly
- Amy's View - Esmé, Barrymore, New York
- The Royal Family - Fanny Cavendish, Theatre Royal Haymarket
- The Breath of Life - Frances, Theatre Royal Haymarket
RSC
- All's Well That Ends Well - The Countess, Stratford and Gielgud
West End
- Hay Fever - Judith Bliss, Theatre Royal Haymarket
RSC
- The Merry Wives - The Musical - Mistress Quickly, Stratford
Donmar Warehouse
- Madame de Sade - Madame de Montreuil, Donmar at Wyndham's
Rose Theatre, Kingston
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As a director
Discography
.^ Woman A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) ....- Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]
- Judi Dench 10 January 2010 14:43 UTC us.imdb.com [Source type: General]
Conducted by
Seiji Ozawa
A Little Night Music (1995) by Stephen Sondheim, Royal National Theatre Cast
Nine (2009) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Awards and nominations
Theatre
- Awards
Television
- Awards
- Nominations
References
- ^ Staff writers (6 September 2002). "The Importance of Dame Judi". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/2241129.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ a b Michael Billington (12 September 2005). "Please God, not retirement". The Guardian. http://film.guardian.co.uk/oscars2006/story/0,,1699880,00.html. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ a b Michael Billington (23 March 1998). "Judi Dench: Nothing like the Dame". The Guardian. http://film.guardian.co.uk/Feature_Story/Guardian/0,,44053,00.html. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ "Hopkins and Dench named best British actors". The Guardian. 18 August 2005. http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1551503,00.html. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
- ^ "Connery and Dench Top Legend Poll". Time Out Group. 25 February 2005. http://www.timeout.com/film/news/303/connery-and-dench-top-legend-poll.html. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
- ^ Staff writers (30 May 2008). "Formula 'secret of perfect voice'". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7426923.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ "Dame Judi speaks up for Mystery Plays". HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk. 18 September 2003. http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/CAMPAIGNS/2003/09sep/030918judi.shtml. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
- ^ Sheridan Morley (1986). The great stage stars: distinguished theatrical careers of the past and present. London: Angus & Robertson. ISBN 978-020714970-2.
- ^ Robert Tanitch (2007). London stage in the 20th century. London: Haus Publishing. ISBN 978-190495074-5.
- ^ Staff writers (15 January 2002). "Record-breaking Cats bows out". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1761508.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ "Merry Wives – The Musical". Royal Shakespeare Company. http://www.rsc.org.uk/WhatsOn/3537.aspx. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
- ^ Philip Fisher (2007). "Reviews: Absolute Hell". British Theatre Guide. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/DVD-jdenchabshell-rev.htm.
- ^ "Dame Judi Dench lands Brigadier Gerard Stakes with Smokey Oakey". This is London. The Evening Standard. 29 May 2008. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-23488432-details/Dame+Judi+Dench+lands+Brigadier+Gerard+Stakes+with+Smokey+Oakey/article.do. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ White, Lesley (2010-02-14). "Peter and Judi play a Tug of Love". Sunday Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article7021949.ece.
- ^ "About the Rose". The Rose Theatre. http://www.rosetheatrekingston.org/about-us. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ "Dame Judi Dench". Shakespeare Schools Festival. http://www.ssf.uk.com/aboutus/patrons/damejudidench. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
- ^ "Doctor of the University". http://portal.surrey.ac.uk/calendar/hongrads/01doctor.jsp. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
- ^ "Distinguished actress to be honoured by University". University of St Andrews. 21 May 2008. http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/Title,21556,en.html. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ "Journalists need to leave the Stone Age". The Independent. 2006-01-23. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/journalists-need-to-leave-the-stone-age-524213.html. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ "News & Media". Survival International. http://www.survival-international.org/news/video. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ British Theatre Guide review
Further reading
- Herbert, Ian; Christine Baxter and Robert E. Finlay (1981). Who's Who in the Theatre (17th ed.). Detroit: Gale. ISBN 0273017179.
- Billington, Michael (1993). One Night Stands: A critic's view of British theatre from 1971-1991. London: Nick Hern Books. ISBN 1854591851.
External links
Persondata |
NAME |
Dench, Judie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES |
Dench, Judith Olivia |
SHORT DESCRIPTION |
English actress |
DATE OF BIRTH |
9 December 1934 |
PLACE OF BIRTH |
York, North Yorkshire, England, UK |
DATE OF DEATH |
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PLACE OF DEATH |
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