Judi Dench, the British actress best known as M in the James Bond films, was born in York, England in 1934.
Dame Judith Olivia Dench is an English actress who was born on December 9, 1934. She is regarded as a "peerless performer" with parts spanning from James Bond blockbusters to Shakespearean tragedies, and is regarded as one of the finest actresses in British history. On several times, she has been crowned Britain's finest actor. Dench made her stage debut with the Old Vic Company in 1957. She appeared in numerous of Shakespeare's plays during the next several years, including Hamlet's Ophelia, Romeo and Juliet's Juliet, and Macbeth's Lady Macbeth.
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