Judi Dench
Born December 09, 1934 (Age: 91)
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York, North Yorkshire, England
Biography
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an English film, stage and television actress. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. She branched into film work, and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer; however, most of her work during this period was in theatre. Not generally known as a singer, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968. During the next two decades, she established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In television, she achieved success during this period, in the series A Fine Romance from 1981 until 1984 and in 1992 began a continuing role in the television romantic comedy series As Time Goes By. Her film appearances were infrequent until she was cast as M in GoldenEye (1995), a role she played in each James Bond film until Skyfall (2012). She received several notable film awards for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown (1997), and has since been acclaimed for her work in such films as Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and Notes on a Scandal (2006), and the television production The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001). Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as the leading British actress in polls, Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include ten BAFTAs, seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She was married to actor Michael Williams from 1971 until his death in 2001. They are the parents of actress Finty Williams.
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an English film, stage and television actress.
Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. She branched into film work, and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer; however, most of her work during this period was in theatre. Not generally known as a singer, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968.
During the next two decades, she established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In television, she achieved success during this period, in the series A Fine Romance from 1981 until 1984 and in 1992 began a continuing role in the television romantic comedy series As Time Goes By.
Her film appearances were infrequent until she was cast as M in GoldenEye (1995), a role she played in each James Bond film until Skyfall (2012). She received several notable film awards for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown (1997), and has since been acclaimed for her work in such films as Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and Notes on a Scandal (2006), and the television production The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001).
Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as the leading British actress in polls, Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include ten BAFTAs, seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award.
She was married to actor Michael Williams from 1971 until his death in 2001. They are the parents of actress Finty Williams.
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Filmography
Joke
2026
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as
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Age: 91
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
2022
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as Self
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Age: 87
Belfast
2021
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as Granny
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Age: 86
Off the Rails
2021
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as Diana
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Age: 86
Blithe Spirit
2020
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as Madame Arcati
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Age: 85
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
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as Miss Rocholl
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Age: 85
Cats
2019
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as Old Deuteronomy
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Age: 85
All Is True
2018
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as Anne Shakespeare
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Age: 84
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
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as Princess Dragomiroff
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Age: 82
Victoria & Abdul
2017
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as Queen Victoria
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Age: 82
Tulip Fever
2017
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as The Abbess of St. Ursula
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Age: 82
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
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as Miss Avocet
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Age: 81
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
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as Self (archive material)
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Age: 80
Spectre
2015
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as M (uncredited)
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Age: 80
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
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as Evelyn Greenslade
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Age: 80
Philomena
2013
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as Philomena
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Age: 78
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
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as Self
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Age: 77
Skyfall
2012
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as M
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Age: 77
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
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as Evelyn Greenslade
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Age: 77
My Week with Marilyn
2011
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as Dame Sybil Thorndike
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Age: 76
J. Edgar
2011
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as Anna Marie Hoover
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Age: 76
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
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as Society Lady
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Age: 76
Jane Eyre
2011
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as Mrs. Fairfax
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Age: 76
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
2011
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as M (voice)
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Age: 76
Nine
2009
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as Lilli
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Age: 74
Quantum of Solace
2008
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as M
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Age: 73
Notes on a Scandal
2006
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as Barbara Covett
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Age: 72
Casino Royale
2006
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as M
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Age: 71
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
2006
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as Miss Lilly (voice)
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Age: 71
No Image
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
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as
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Age: 71
Doogal
2006
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 71
Pride & Prejudice
2005
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as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
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Age: 70
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
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as Mrs. Laura Henderson
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Age: 70
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
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as Miss Lilly (voice)
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Age: 69
Ladies in Lavender
2004
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as Ursula
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Age: 69
A Dairy Tale
2004
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as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
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Age: 69
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
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as Aereon
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Age: 69
Home on the Range
2004
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as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
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Age: 69
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
2004
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as Self
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Age: 69
Bugs!
2003
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 68
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002
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as Self
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Age: 68
No Image
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
2002
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as Self
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Age: 68
No Image
Best Ever Bond
2002
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as Self
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Age: 67
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
2002
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as Self
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Age: 67
Die Another Day
2002
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as M
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Age: 67
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
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as Lady Bracknell
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Age: 67
No Image
The Life of Shakespeare
2002
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as self
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Age: 67
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002
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as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
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Age: 67
No Image
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
2002
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as Self
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Age: 67
The Shipping News
2001
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as Agnis Hamm
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Age: 67
Iris
2001
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as Iris Murdoch
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Age: 67
Chocolat
2000
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as Armande Voizin
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Age: 66
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
2000
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as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Age: 65
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
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as Elizabeth
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Age: 65
The World Is Not Enough
1999
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as M
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Age: 64
Tea with Mussolini
1999
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as Arabella
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Age: 64
Shakespeare in Love
1998
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as Queen Elizabeth
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Age: 64
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
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as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
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Age: 63
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
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as Self
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Age: 63
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
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as M
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Age: 63
Mrs Brown
1997
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as Queen Victoria
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Age: 62
Hamlet
1996
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as Hecuba
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Age: 62
GoldenEye
1995
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as M
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Age: 60
Jack & Sarah
1995
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as Margaret
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Age: 60
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
1992
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as Narrator
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Age: 57
Absolute Hell
1991
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as Christine Foskett
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Age: 56
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
1990
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as Anne
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Age: 55
Henry V
1989
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as Mistress Quickly
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Age: 54
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 54
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
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as Self
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Age: 54
A Handful of Dust
1988
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as Mrs. Beaver
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Age: 53
Ghosts
1987
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as Helene Alving
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Age: 52
The Angelic Conversation
1987
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as (voice)
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Age: 52
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
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as Nora Doel
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Age: 52
Make and Break
1987
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as Mrs. Rogers
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Age: 52
A Room with a View
1986
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as Eleanor Lavish
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Age: 51
The Browning Version
1985
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as Millie Crocker-Harris
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Age: 51
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
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as Dorrie Edgehill
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Age: 51
Wetherby
1985
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as Marcia Pilborough
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Age: 50
The Cherry Orchard
1981
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as Mme. Ranevsky
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Age: 46
Going Gently
1981
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as Sister Scarli
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Age: 46
No Image
Village Wooing
1979
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as Z
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Age: 44
The Comedy of Errors
1978
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as Adriana
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Age: 43
Langrishe, Go Down
1978
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as Imogen Langrishe
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Age: 43
Dead Cert
1974
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as Laura Davidson
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Age: 39
Luther
1974
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as Katharina
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Age: 39
Four in the Morning
1965
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as Wife ("Judi")
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Age: 31
A Study in Terror
1965
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as Sally
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Age: 30
He Who Rides a Tiger
1965
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as Joanne
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Age: 30
The Third Secret
1964
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as Miss Ada Humphries
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Age: 29
The Cherry Orchard
1962
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as Anya
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Age: 27