Lesley Manville

2022 - 10 - 7

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Lesley Manville says 'naughty' Judi Dench once made her laugh so ... (The Independent)

The actors appeared together in a production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard at the Aldwych Theatre between 1989 and 1990. Appearing on The Graham Norton Show ...

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Judi Dench Once Made Co-Star Lesley Manville Pee Herself On ... (HuffPost UK)

"I could see my pee trickling down and over the edge into the stalls."

I want to go back to the theatre.” You have the wrong face.’ And I said that is fine, I don’t like film anyway. “But at the end he said, ‘You’ll never make a film. “We were in the Cherry Orchard and I was on stage on my own and she was in the wings trying to make me laugh,” Lesley explained. “Luckily I had a long dress on but the stage was raked and I could see my pee trickling down and over the edge into the stalls. [Dame Judi Dench](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/judi-dench/) had a naughty twinkle in her eye, and the veteran actor’s mischievous streak has been confirmed by one of her former co-stars.

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Lesley Manville says Judi Dench once made her wet herself on ... (Yahoo News)

The actor, 66, said it happened when they co-starred in a production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard in the West End in the 80s and that it was so funny she wet ...

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Judy Dench's outrageous behaviour made co-star 'wet herself on ... (Fortnite)

Judy Dench may be a classy and dignified Oscar-winner but her raucous and rude sense of humour is well known. Numerous co-stars have revealed her fondness ...

Then I brought it up at lunch and said, “You know, I do have it on my bum” – and then I actually got up and showed him! She just sits there and she embroiders and you think: ‘Oh, that's so nice! And she is doing this beautifully, intricate, ornate... And she gives them as presents. It's a true charmer of a movie. It's yet another reason why she is a national treasure, of course.

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Lesley Manville says Judi Dench once made her wet herself on ... (Yahoo Lifestyle UK)

The actor, 66, said it happened when they co-starred in a production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard in the West End in the 80s and that it was so funny she wet ...

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Dame Judi Dench once made Lesley Manville wet herself on stage (Metro)

Dame Judi Dench is known for her cheeky sense of humour, but once took it too far while working with Lesley Manville.

‘We were in the Cherry Orchard and I was on stage on my own and she was in the wings trying to make me laugh,’ Lesley said, already unable to contain her laughter. Talking about her long career in the theatre, and reminiscing about working with Dame Dench in the 1989 production, Lesley shared details of her humiliating incident on The Graham Norton Show on Friday. ‘She is so naughty!’, Lesley declared, leaving the host and audience in fits of laughter. [London](https://metro.co.uk/tag/london/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P3_LNK1), telling the story of the decline of power of the aristocracy in the 20th century. Dame Judi and Lesley were starring in The Cherry Orchard at Aldwych Theatre in Westminster [Dame Judi Dench ](https://metro.co.uk/tag/judi-dench/)has a cheeky, but infectious, sense of humour, but one person in particular wasn’t so amused by it back in the day.

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