by JohnMiller (Author)
Whether it is her sunny temperament, her gift of laughter, her wide-ranging abilities, or all three, Judi Dench is without doubt a star. Shortlisted for a 1998 Oscar for her performance as Queen Victoria in MRS BROWN, she then won one for her role as Queen Elizabeth in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. Judi Dench is widely loved, and not only among the theatrical profession. Her long-running appearance opposite Geoffrey Palmer in the TV situation comedy AS TIME GOES BY has run to four series and gained her a TV TIMES readers' award as 'the actress we most wish see more often on television'. She juggles the National Theatre (a sell-out season in Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and David Hare's AMY'S VIEW) with TV and films (she is now established as 'M' in the latest James Bond series). Since the paperback edition was published, John Miller has written a new chapter, bringing what is fast becoming a classic biography completely up-to-date.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: 18th
Publisher: Orion
Published: 01 Aug 2002
ISBN 10: 0752848941
ISBN 13: 9780752848945
Book Overview: Judi Dench is Britain's premier actress. She has just been made Companion of Honour in the Birthday Honours list. Revised and updated for the 2002 edition. Gives a full account of her life from Yorkshire Quaker background to stardom in all media and a DBE. Includes Dench's own diary she kept in the run-up to the Oscar ceremony in Hollywood . The original paperback has edition reprinted six times. 'This is an enchanting portrait of a great actress and a great person' DAILY MAIL. 'Dench's extraordinarily varied career ... is celebrated with this biography which contains, in addition to its subject's own reminiscences, a great many amusing and affectionate anecdotes about her' THE TIMES.