Judi Dench

2022 - 7 - 15

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Judi Dench's partner David Mills' age and career - and why they won ... (Birmingham Live)

A new feature-length documentary about Dame Judi Dench airs on Friday (July 15) on Channel 5.

The new profile will chart the actress' life and career, from her strict Quaker upbringing in Yorkshire to her award-winning film and TV roles. Let's just pull ourselves together and be our age!" Speaking about their relationship status, Judi explained: "He is not going to propose.

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Dame Judi Dench claims late husband's 'presence' still in her home (Daily Express)

In 2001, Michael Williams would tragically pass just one day after receiving a Papal knighthood and the ache of that loss is still prevalent for Dame Judi.

This is one of the highest honours in the Catholic Church and is awarded to those who champion and notably contribute to Catholic life. The passing of had left both Dame Judi and her daughter distraught after a tough battle with lung cancer. Since his passing, Dame Judi has planted a tree dedicated to as part of the memorial forest on the grounds of the estate. At this point in the podcast, Dame Judi’s daughter spoke up with her own experience of Michael's spirit in her London home. However, this one particular day Dame Judi around her house when she noticed something out of place in the bathroom. In 2001, Michael Williams would tragically pass just one day after receiving a Papal knighthood and the ache of that loss is still prevalent for Dame Judi. In 2020 Dame Judi and her daughter Tara ‘Finty’ Williams spoke to Gaby Roslin on the That Gaby Roslin Podcast.

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'It really worried him' Billy Connolly's panic good friend Judi Dench ... (Daily Express)

BILLY CONNOLLY was said to have panicked Judi Dench had fallen head over heels for him whilst they shot Mrs Brown.

In a retrospective looking at Dame Judi Dench’s life and career, director John Madden recalled Billy Connolly’s fear his co-star “fancied” him. “And he was so frightened and so nervous and I went, ‘You’re going to love her, she’s lovely.’ Close friend and co-star Samantha Bond recalled: “My first day on GoldenEye was the first day of principle photography, and I had a scene with Pierce [Brosnan]. “We made it on a very small, BBC budget and it would have been destined to be shown on BBC One,” John, who directed the film, explained. “He’s in his kilt and she was just beaming at him and he suddenly got very nervous because he thought to himself, ‘I think she fancies me.’ Dame Judi and Billy formed a strong friendship as they filmed the low-budget which was expected to air on the BBC.

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