With familial links to Hamlet’s Castle, the connection is set to be revealed on the BBC program, Who Do You Think You Are?, which will broadcast Tuesday, 12 October and has left her feeling just a wee bit closer to William Shakespeare, a full 64 years after she made her debut as Ophelia in Hamlet.
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The New York Knicks have Spike Lee, the Los Angeles Lakers may have Jack Nicholson, even Everton FC can count Dame Judi Dench among their ‘avid-Blue’ fan base. Now, the NBA’s Utah Jazz can count on none other than John Cleese, one of the original founding members of the Monty Python troupe, to be one of their most ardent fans. Even though he has never seen a game live, Cleese has remained a Jazz fan for more than two decades.
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Red Nose Day has to be the single most brilliant example known to man and/or woman of how an entire country demonstrates the ability to rally around a charitable cause. To label Red Nose Day in the UK as a cultural phenomenon is doing it an injustice. It’s an institution. The entire country gets involved. The entire British acting […]
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At 85 years old, Dame Judi Dench is the oldest woman ever to be featured on the cover of British Vogue in its 104-year history. Previously, Jane Fonda held the title for her cover shoot in 2019 at 81 years of age. The actress appears on the cover of the June issue of the fashion magazine for […]
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The stage and screen legend shared with Graham Norton how he made himself at home.
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Director Tom Hooper had already herded Taylor Swift, Sir Ian McKellen, James Corden and Jennifer Hudson for the film adaptation, and now he’s added the greatness of Idris Elba and Judi Dench to the litter.
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What happens when four legends of British stage and screen get together? Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of our time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable Oscars, Tonys, Emmys, and BAFTAs between them. They are also longtime […]
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With series 7 of Call the Midwife coming to an end this past Sunday on PBS, most fans of the series are still in denial that the series will not return in America until Spring 2019 with series 8 moving the residents of Nonnatus House into the mid-60s. While separation anxiety is beginning to set in, […]
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Four forces of nature converged in Sussex to film a documentary about their decades of acting: dames Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Aitkins and Joan Plowright.
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I’m now fully convinced that if you looked up the definition of brilliant in the dictionary, there would simply be a photo of Dame Judi Dench. Turning 83 years young today, the Oscar/Tony/BAFTA/Laurence Olivier/Golden Globe/Screen Actors Guild award winner is embarking on a new chapter in her life. Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees, airing […]
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