Dame Judi Dench revealed her struggles with her rapidly deteriorating eyesight in a recent interview on The Graham Norton Show. The 88-year-old British actress said she finds it “impossible” to read scripts, but she won’t let that stop her from acting.
Dench is one of today’s most celebrated British stars
Born on December 9, 1934, in North Yorkshire, England, Dame Judi Dench is one of the most celebrated British actors of this generation. She rose to fame on the stage prior to the screen, starring in several Shakespearean productions. In 1957, she made headlines for her performance as Ophelia in an on-stage production of Hamlet. Dench went on to appear in important Shakespeare productions of classics like Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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