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Judi Dench

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Actor b. 1934 On stage 19582002

Dame Judith Olivia Dench (born 9 December 1934) is a retired English actress. Widely considered one of Britain's greatest actresses, she is noted for her versatile roles on stage and screen. Dench has garnered various accolades throughout a career that spans seven decades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, six British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), and seven Olivier Awards. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. During the following few years, she performed in several of Shakespeare's plays, in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Although m…

On stage 4 productions, 44 years

1958 King Henry V Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Michael Benthall 11 perf.
1958 Twelfth Night Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Michael Benthall 14 perf.
1999 Amy's View Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Richard Eyre 103 perf.
2002 Into the Woods Broadhurst Theatre · Revival · directed by James Lapine 279 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Ursula Jenkins 2 productions
Thomas Johnston 2 productions
Simon Fraser 2 productions
Richard Wordsworth 2 productions
Peter Hodgson 2 productions
Peter Cellier 2 productions
Peggy Butt 2 productions
Oliver Neville 2 productions
Michael Culver 2 productions
Joss Ackland 2 productions
John Humphry 2 productions
John Gay 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • Judi Dench (right) as Sally Bowles in the 1968 London production directed byHarold Prince (Photofest)ebooks/Garebian, Keith/Making of Cabaret, The - Keith Garebian.txt
  • Jacobs, Gerald. Judi Dench: A Great Deal of Laughter. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1985.ebooks/Garebian, Keith/Making of Cabaret, The - Keith Garebian.txt
  • Miller, John. Darling Judi: A Celebration of Judi Dench . London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004.ebooks/Garebian, Keith/Making of Cabaret, The - Keith Garebian.txt
  • ———. Judi Dench with a Crack in Her Voice : The Biography. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998.ebooks/Garebian, Keith/Making of Cabaret, The - Keith Garebian.txt
  • Shorter, Eric. “Judi Dench a Spirited Sally Bowles.” Daily Telegraph , 29 Feb. 1968.ebooks/Garebian, Keith/Making of Cabaret, The - Keith Garebian.txt
  • Judi Dench as Sally Bowles in the first London production of Cabaret , 1968 (Photofest)ebooks/Lawrence, Greg/Colored Lights_ Forty Years of Words and Music, Show Biz, Collaboration, and All That Jazz - Greg Lawrence & John Kander & Fred Ebb.txt

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