Judi Dench regular contact with the theatre. Her father, a physician, was also the GP for the York theatre, and her mother was its wardrobe mistress. Actors often stayed in the Dench household. During these years, Judi Dench was involved on a non-professional basis in the first three productions of the modern revival of the York Mystery Plays in 1951, 1954 and 1957. In the third production she played the role of the Virgin Mary, performed on a fixed stage in the Museum Gardens. Though she initially trained as a set designer, she became interested in drama school as her brother Jeff
Judi Dench Dench established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She received critical praise in television during this period, in the series "A Fine Romance" from 1981 until 1984, and from 1992 to 2005 with a starring role in the romantic comedy series "As Time Goes By". Her film appearances were infrequent, and included supporting roles in major films, such as "A Room with a View" (1986), before she rose to international fame as M in "GoldenEye" (1995), a role she continued to play in James Bond