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Post by spiderwort on Dec 9, 2019 15:58:50 GMT
Dame Judi Dench
Dame Judi Dench was born in York, England on December 9, 1934. She made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company and soon established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She made her television debut in 1959 and her feature film debut in 1963, eventually becoming one of the most honored actresses of our time.
She won an Oscar as best supporting actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love (1998).
She also received six other Oscar nominations, both as supporting and best actress, for her roles were in Mrs. Brown (1997), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Philomena (2013). And she received six British Academy Film Awards, four BAFTA TV Awards, seven Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award.
She has had a stellar career spanning 62 years and is still working hard today.
Happy Birthday, Dame Judi Dench. You are a treasure and a joy. Thanks for your great work. Looking forward to all that is still to come. 
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Post by koskiewicz on Dec 9, 2019 16:43:39 GMT
And a HB to John Malkovich, (66) as well! Both are excellent actors/actresses.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Dec 9, 2019 17:02:10 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Dec 9, 2019 18:15:27 GMT
Fun fact, we actually learn her character M's name in Skyfall as Olivia Mansfield. Because it's on her nametag. |
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Post by teleadm on Dec 9, 2019 19:40:22 GMT
Happy Birthday, Dame Judi Dench!  Movie debut, The Third Secret 1964  A Fine Romance, a British sit-com 1981 - 1984.  A Room with a View 1985  Goldeeye as M 1995  Cranford TV 2007 - 2010  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2011  Madame Arcati in the coming Blithe Spirit 2020 Thanks for the past, and coming memories! |
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Post by petrolino on Dec 9, 2019 20:10:55 GMT
Happy Birthday, Ms. Dench.
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Post by biker1 on Dec 9, 2019 21:47:17 GMT
Not much of a Judi Dench fan - a bit grim - but I've seen a number of her movies. British comedy drama and anything to do with exotic hotels or nude revues is a no-go zone.
10 best Judi Dench seen..
wetherby (1985)
pride & prejudice (2005)
a room with a view (1985)
mrs. brown (1997)
84 charing cross road (1987)
jane eyre (2011)
casino royale (2006) & skyfall (2012)
iris (2001)
notes on a scandal (2006)
philomena (2013)
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Post by amyghost on Dec 9, 2019 21:52:58 GMT
I love Dame Judy to pieces for her acting, her style, her humor and her warm heart. Most of all I love her for the priceless gift she and her husband, the late Michael Williams, helped to gift to the people of Staunton, VA in the establishment of Blackfriars Playhouse and the American Shakespeare Company. I don't know that she'll ever read this, but this theatergoer wishes her the happiest of birthdays, and many more to come!
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Post by llanwydd on Dec 10, 2019 1:48:12 GMT
Unbelievable! Seems like yesterday I saw her naked in A Midsummer Night's Dream and she took my breath away. 85, my God!
Happy Birthday Titania.
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Post by spiderwort on Dec 10, 2019 2:48:17 GMT
Unbelievable! Seems like yesterday I saw her naked in A Midsummer Night's Dream and she took my breath away. 85, my God! Happy Birthday Titania. Wowsie! I wish I'd seen this! Directed by Peter Hall, and with Ian Richardson, Diana Rigg and Helen Mirren, too. That's a lot to miss!
Gotta see if I can find this. Thanks so much!
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 10, 2019 15:46:25 GMT
Unbelievable! Seems like yesterday I saw her naked in A Midsummer Night's Dream and she took my breath away. 85, my God! Happy Birthday Titania. Wowsie! I wish I'd seen this! Directed by Peter Hall, and with Ian Richardson, Diana Rigg and Helen Mirren, too. That's a lot to miss!
Gotta see if I can find this. Thanks so much!
I have seen this twice. Once many years ago and again in 2016, Shakespeare's 400th death anniversary when I revisited every Shakespeare play. In spite of that posed picture, the scenes with Ian Richardson and Judi Dench as the sexiest King and Queen of the Fairies ever are shot very dark and perhaps with some kind of filter on the camera so you're always going, is she really...is that...no it can't be...there it is again. It's peek-a-boo all the way through. Titillating but never explicit. This film is very much worth seeing. The rest of the major cast includes Helen Mirren, David Warner, Michael Jayston, and Diana Rigg as the four lovers from Athens, Ian Holm as Puck, and Paul Rogers as Bottom so you know it has some great and charismatic talent.
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Post by london777 on Dec 10, 2019 16:28:07 GMT
As far as I'm concerned Judi Dench can do no wrong.  This! She has had a few roles which were beneath her but, if she thought that, she never let it show and always enhanced whatever was there. But these were exceptions, and she has generally chosen good and widely varying roles. Whether top dog (or should that be "top bitch"?) or underdog, she usually carries a natural authority. But in a recent movie, Red Joan (2018) dir: Trevor Nunn, she is either humble or feigns humility. Which, is left to the viewer to decide. It is the most interesting aspect of an otherwise prosaic spy drama.  I first saw her in Four in the Morning (1965) dir: Anthony Simmons, a critically (but not popularly) acclaimed attempt to create a low-budget Brit "Antonioni", but it was not she who impressed but Ann Lynn (whose cinematic career never really took off). I see that, rather surprisingly for a totally forgotten Brit movie, it is available on DVD in the US. I shall treat myself for Christmas. I think 54 years is sufficient interval for a second viewing. .jpg) I next saw her play Sally Bowles in the London production of "Cabaret", having been dragged kicking and screaming into a live theater by my new wife in defiance of my principles. My wife (rightly) tipped her for stardom but I only got the message once she started playing middle-aged roles. I agree with spiderwort that she can do no wrong. I cannot think of a single performance (and she is very prolific) where she dropped the ball, and I can say that of few actors, even top-rank actors.
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Post by london777 on Dec 10, 2019 16:48:53 GMT
Unbelievable! Seems like yesterday I saw her naked in A Midsummer Night's Dream and she took my breath away. 85, my God! Happy Birthday Titania. Wowsie! I wish I'd seen this! Directed by Peter Hall, and with Ian Richardson, Diana Rigg and Helen Mirren, too. That's a lot to miss! Agreed!
Gotta see if I can find this. Thanks so much!
Available on Amazon Prime, which I don't have and cannot afford (and it is a hassle to use where I live on Devil's Island). If anyone has a decent copy they can post to my US forwarding address, I will gladly reciprocate.
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Post by amyghost on Dec 10, 2019 20:50:51 GMT
Unbelievable! Seems like yesterday I saw her naked in A Midsummer Night's Dream and she took my breath away. 85, my God! Happy Birthday Titania. Wowsie! I wish I'd seen this! Directed by Peter Hall, and with Ian Richardson, Diana Rigg and Helen Mirren, too. That's a lot to miss!
Gotta see if I can find this. Thanks so much!
Sexiest. Shakespeare. Ever. I can't watch this film often enough...the entire cast is a pure delight.
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Post by spiderwort on Dec 10, 2019 22:17:34 GMT
As far as I'm concerned Judi Dench can do no wrong. This! She has had a few roles which were beneath her but, if she thought that, she never let it show and always enhanced whatever was there. But these were exceptions, and she has generally chosen good and widely varying roles. Whether top dog (or should that be "top bitch"?) or underdog, she usually carries a natural authority. But in a recent movie, Red Joan (2018) dir: Trevor Nunn, she is either humble or feigns humility. Which, is left to the viewer to decide. It is the most interesting aspect of an otherwise prosaic spy drama. I first saw her in Four in the Morning (1965) dir: Anthony Simmons, a critically (but not popularly) acclaimed attempt to create a low-budget Brit "Antonioni", but it was not she who impressed but Ann Lynn (whose cinematic career never really took off). I see that, rather surprisingly for a totally forgotten Brit movie, it is available on DVD in the US. I shall treat myself for Christmas. I think 54 years is sufficient interval for a second viewing. I next saw her play Sally Bowles in the London production of "Cabaret", having been dragged kicking and screaming into a live theater by my new wife in defiance of my principles. My wife (rightly) tipped her for stardom but I only got the message once she started playing middle-aged roles. I agree with spiderwort that she can do no wrong. I cannot think of a single performance (and she is very prolific) where she dropped the ball, and I can say that of few actors, even top-rank actors.
Beautifully stated, London, and I agree completely. So glad to that you share my appreciation for this amazing talent. And, oh, I wish I could have seen her in "Cabaret"! I'm sure she was a wonderful Sally Bowles.
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Post by llanwydd on Dec 10, 2019 23:06:51 GMT
Gotta see if I can find this. Thanks so much!
I have seen this twice. Once many years ago and again in 2016, Shakespeare's 400th death anniversary when I revisited every Shakespeare play. In spite of that posed picture, the scenes with Ian Richardson and Judi Dench as the sexiest King and Queen of the Fairies ever are shot very dark and perhaps with some kind of filter on the camera so you're always going, is she really...is that...no it can't be...there it is again. It's peek-a-boo all the way through. Titillating but never explicit. This film is very much worth seeing. The rest of the major cast includes Helen Mirren, David Warner, Michael Jayston, and Diana Rigg as the four lovers from Athens, Ian Holm as Puck, and Paul Rogers as Bottom so you know it has some great and charismatic talent. Funny, that's not how I remember it. I don't have a copy of the film but somehow I remember very clear, bright shots and just a few dark shots. What a great cast too, hey? All the people you mentioned, most of them unknown then but very famous now.
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 11, 2019 0:00:32 GMT
I have seen this twice. Once many years ago and again in 2016, Shakespeare's 400th death anniversary when I revisited every Shakespeare play. In spite of that posed picture, the scenes with Ian Richardson and Judi Dench as the sexiest King and Queen of the Fairies ever are shot very dark and perhaps with some kind of filter on the camera so you're always going, is she really...is that...no it can't be...there it is again. It's peek-a-boo all the way through. Titillating but never explicit. This film is very much worth seeing. The rest of the major cast includes Helen Mirren, David Warner, Michael Jayston, and Diana Rigg as the four lovers from Athens, Ian Holm as Puck, and Paul Rogers as Bottom so you know it has some great and charismatic talent. Funny, that's not how I remember it. I don't have a copy of the film but somehow I remember very clear, bright shots and just a few dark shots. What a great cast too, hey? All the people you mentioned, most of them unknown then but very famous now. I may not have seen a good print. I watched an older mystery thriller the other night where the daytime scenes were very grainy and the nighttime and old dark house scenes were just black. Not a thing could be seen in the scene. May I should watch it a third time.
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