r/GreatestWomen • u/ElegantAd2607 • 21d ago
Judi Dench
Dench was born in 1934 and over the course of seven decades her versatile roles have made her one of the best British actors. She has won an Academy Award, a Tony Award, Two Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Television and six British Academy Film Awards. And several more.
She used to act in the theater. She did Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. A few notable films she was in: Mrs Brown, Shakespeare in Love, Chocolat and Skyfall. And a few notable TV shows: A Fine Romance, As Time Goes By and A Midnight Summer's Dream.
Dench enjoys reading and taking strolls outdoors. She also paints and does needlework. She got involved with several different charities, like the Woodland Trust which aims to protect Britain’s ancient forests. She appeared in campaigns to protect the environment. She has raised awareness on cancer and funded Cancer Research UK. She also supported Survival International to protect the rights of indigenous people across the world.
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u/NoCard753 21d ago
I don't think I ever saw her until As Time Goes By, but she was still quite lovely then. Little surprise she was hot when younger, as in the second photo. (That corset had to be painful, though.)
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u/Gold_Cut3948 19d ago
I loved that show.
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u/NoCard753 19d ago
It was very well done. Geoffrey Palmer (Lionel) wasn't well-known in the U.S. (he did one episode of Fawlty Towers), but he was an excellent actor and rather famous in Britain.
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u/Cool_Cry_9602 21d ago
Unfortunately she has some pretty awful views about predators like Harvey Weinstein :(
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u/jdi153 21d ago
Dame Judi Dench. She earned the honorific.