Judi Dench Trivia

1. Where was Judi born?

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Answer: North Yorkshire

Judi was born on 9th December 1934 in Heworth, in the north riding of Yorkshire. Her mother was Irish and her father, a doctor, was from Dorset. She had two brothers, Jeffery, who is also an actor and Peter.

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Answer: Judith Olivia Dench

Judi grew up in a rambling Victorian house with her mother, father and two brothers. Her parents were both keen amateur actors. Her father studied medicine and was the company's doctor at the Theatre Royal in York. As a child, Judi would often join her father backstage.

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Answer: 1934

Judi was born on December 9, 1934, to Reginald and Olave Dench.

From Quiz The Life and Work of Judi Dench

Answer: Finty

When Judy was pregnant she and her husband called her bump 'Finty' and the name stayed after she was born although officially she is called Tara. She has appeared in such movies as 'Gosford Park' and 'The Importance of Being Ernest'.

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Answer: Set designer

Judi only studied designing for one year before joining the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. The school is a popular choice for teaching drama. Their list of students includes Vanessa Redgrave, Kathleen Turner, Julie Christie, Rupert Everett and Carrie Fisher. Judi graduated with a first class degree in acting.

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Answer: Michael Williams

Michael Williams and Judi Dench were married in 1971, until his death in 2001.

From Quiz The Life and Work of Judi Dench

Answer: A Fine Romance

'A Fine Romance' was a gem of a series where Judi and Michael played two very shy and socially inept people, who somehow managed to form a relationship. Susan Penhaligon played her sister Helen, who was of opposite personality. Despite the fact that their parents shamefully favoured Helen the two sisters were close.

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Answer: Old Vic

The beginning of her acting career saw Judi play many characters in William Shakespeare's plays. The 'Old Vic' is the name given to the repertory company based in the theatre, formally known as the 'Royal Victoria Hall'. Well known American actor, Kevin Spacey, became the artistic director for the Old Vic in 2003.

From Quiz All About Judi Dench

Answer: Goldeneye

She repeated the role in "Tomorrow Never Dies."

From Quiz The Life and Work of Judi Dench

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I

In the movie 'Shakespeare in Love' Judi played Queen Elizabeth I and won the award for best supporting actress. Joseph Fiennes played Shakespeare and Gwyneth Paltrow was the woman he was in love with.

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Answer: Cabaret

Although not a trained singer, Judi appealed to audiences with her husky voice and natural stage presence. 'Cabaret' was set in 1931 Berlin at a time when the Nazis were coming to power. Judi played cabaret singer, Sally Bowles, who regularly performed in a run down club called the 'Kit Kat Club'.

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Answer: Finty

Born in 1972, she was christened Tara Cressida Frances Williams, but has always been known as Finty.

From Quiz The Life and Work of Judi Dench

Answer: Geoffrey Palmer

The story is about a young nurse and an army officer who meet during the second world war and fall in love. When he is posted their letters to each other go astray, and through misplaced pride neither of them tries again to get in touch. Forty years later they meet again when she is a widow and he is divorced, and rekindle their romance.

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Answer: Michael Williams

Judi married Michael in 1971 and their only daughter was born just over a year later. Tara Cressida Frances, otherwise known as Finty, followed in her parents footsteps by becoming an actress. Judi spent several months at home caring for Michael before his death, in 2001, of cancer.

From Quiz All About Judi Dench

Answer: Shakespeare in Love

Judi won for best supporting actress in her role as Queen Elizabeth. She was also nominated for an Oscar in 1997, for her role in "Mrs. Brown" where she played Queen Victoria.

From Quiz The Life and Work of Judi Dench

Answer: Nature Conservation

Ex Guernsey farmer David Mills asked Judi to open his badger sanctuary. She refused due to health problems at the time but later opened a sanctuary for squirrels for him. They have now been together since 2010, and have made a television series together about Borneo.

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Answer: A Fine Romance

Judi played 'Laura', a middle aged woman who had been paired up with a shy landscape gardener. The series followed their 'fine' romance which normally resulted in petty squabbles, even though they were devoted to each other. The series was televised between 1981 and 1984.

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Answer: Ophelia

Judi performed all these roles with Old Vic, but Ophelia was the first.

From Quiz The Life and Work of Judi Dench

Answer: Norah

Norah, Frank's second wife, was an Irish woman. She had two daughters Sheila, who was the child from Frank's first marriage, and Mary who was Frank's and Norah's. After Frank dies she writes to Helene and admits that sometimes she was jealous of the relationship she had with Frank.

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Answer: As Time Goes By

Judi played opposite actor Geoffrey Palmer, who to this day remains a very close personal friend. Their characters fell in love during the 1950s but lost touch after Lionel (Palmer) was sent to Korea. They met up after being separated for 38 years only to find their feelings still as strong. The programme was televised between 1992 and 2005.

From Quiz All About Judi Dench

Answer: Much Ado About Nothing

She directed this for the Renaissance Theatre Company in 1988.

From Quiz The Life and Work of Judi Dench

Answer: Trained telephone sales people

This movie is about a group of pensioners who retire to a hotel in India. Judy's character is a recently widowed woman whose husband was very controlling. She finds a new life of freedom at the Marigold hotel, and becomes close with unhappily married Douglas played by Bill Nighy.

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Answer: Shakespeare in Love

The storyline centered around two doomed lovers, William Shakespeare and Viola de Lesseps. Judi played her role as Queen Elizabeth I to regal perfection. The Queen was witness to a wager between Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) and Lord Wessex (Colin Firth). Shakespeare had to prove that a play could capture the essence of true love. Shakespeare won the wager, but the Queen exiled Viola to America with Lord Essex, to whom she was newly married. Judi's appearance only lasted for eight minutes during the whole film.

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Answer: Laura Dalton

Judi played opposite her real life husband Michael Williams.

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Answer: M

M was the head of MI5 and Judi played her for all of the time that Piers Brosnan played James Bond, dying in one of the Daniel Craig offerings, "Skyfall". The movies included 'Licence to Kill' and 'Goldeneye'. Stella Rimington was appointed head of MI5 in 1992, and 'Golden Eye' was made in 1995 so she may have been the inspiration to cast a female as M.

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Answer: M

MI6 is the name given to the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service. 'M' was the fictional name given to the head of MI6, and James Bond's immediate supervisor. Judi was the first woman to play the role. Her character remains steadfastly cold and blunt, unwilling to reveal her growing respect for Bond. She once called him a "sexist, misogynist dinosaur, a relic of the Cold War".

From Quiz All About Judi Dench

Answer: Billy Connolly

Geoffrey Palmer, who plays her husband Lionel in the sitcom "As Time Goes By," was also in the movie. He played Henry Ponsonby.

From Quiz The Life and Work of Judi Dench

Answer: Ophelia

Ophelia was a tragic heroine in the play 'Hamlet', who drowned herself when Hamlet rejected her. Judi was a great success as Ophelia and continued to work with the Royal Shakespeare Company for four years. On an occasion when she played Juliet in an RSC production, her parents were in the audience. Judi came on with the line 'Where are my father and my mother?' to which her mother answered 'We're here darling in the stalls'.

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Answer: Horse racing

Judi has always loved horses and ponies. She is in partnership with her driver, Bryan Agar, and they jointly own a horse called 'Smokey Oakey'. Although away a lot of the time, either filming or acting, she still receives regular updates on the colt's performance.

From Quiz All About Judi Dench

Answer: She ran a secretarial agency

It was called "Type For You."

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