Dame Judi Dench (1934–) is an English actress, who has received wide popular and
critical admiration for a career marked by outstanding performances in both classical
and contemporary roles.
Dench was born in York, England, where Dame Judi Dench Walk, near the Museum
Gardens, was named in her honour. Through her parents, Dench had regular contact
with the world of theatre as her father was an amateur actor and the doctor for the York
theatre, and her mother was its wardrobe mistress. Actors often stayed in the Dench
household. During these years, Dench was involved on a non-professional basis in the
first three productions of the modern revival of the York Mystery Plays in 1951, 1954
and 1957. On leaving the Mount School, a Quaker school in York, Dench went to art
school to study theatre design but switched to a course at London’s Central School of
Speech and Drama. She graduated with four acting prizes, including the Gold Medal
as Outstanding Student.
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Dame Judi Dench (1934–) is an English actress, who has received wide popular and
critical admiration for a career marked by outstanding performances in both classical
and contemporary roles.
Dench was born in York, England, where Dame Judi Dench Walk, near the Museum
Gardens, was named in her honour. Through her parents, Dench had regular contact
with the world of theatre as her father was an amateur actor and the doctor for the York
theatre, and her mother was its wardrobe mistress. Actors often stayed in the Dench
household. During these years, Dench was involved on a non-professional basis in the
first three productions of the modern revival of the York Mystery Plays in 1951, 1954
and 1957. On leaving the Mount School, a Quaker school in York, Dench went to art
school to study theatre design but switched to a course at London’s Central School of
Speech and Drama. She graduated with four acting prizes, including the Gold Medal
as Outstanding Student.
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