biography
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Dench, Dame Judi
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popular name of Dame Judith Olivia Dench
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1934– )
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| biography:
| Actress, born in York, North Yorkshire, N England, UK. She studied at the Central School of Dramatic Art in London, and made her stage debut as Ophelia in Hamlet (1957) in Liverpool. A member of the Old Vic Company (1957–61), she became one of Britain's most distinguished classical actresses. Her television credits include plays and the popular sitcom A Fine Romance (1981–4), in which she co-starred with Michael Williams (1935–2001), her husband from 1971, and later TV plays include The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000, Golden Globe and BAFTA Best Actress). Her films include Henry V (1989), Mrs Brown (1997), and Shakespeare in Love (1998, Oscar and BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress), and she played M in the James Bond movies Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World is Not Enough (1999), and Iris (2002, BAFTA Best Actress). Created a dame in 1988, she also made her directorial debut that year with a production of Much Ado About Nothing. In 1997 she starred in David Hare's Amy's View at the National Theatre, London, taking it to Broadway where she won a Tony Award for Best Actress (1999). In 2001 she was awarded a BAFTA fellowship in recognition of her outstanding contribution to television and film. |
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