Jeffery Dench Jeffery Dench Jeffery Danny Dench (29 April 1928 – 27 March 2014) was an English actor, best known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was the older brother of actress Judi Dench. Jeffery Dench was born in Tyldesley, Lancashire to Eleanora Olave (née Jones), a native of Dublin, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a physician who met his future wife while studying medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. Jeff lived in Tyldesley with his brother Peter; later the family moved to York where his sister, Judith, was born. Dench attended St Peter's, York, where he began acting with the
Judi Dench filmography performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In television, she achieved success during this period, in the series "A Fine Romance" from 1981 until 1984 and in 1992 began a continuing role in the television romantic comedy series "As Time Goes By". Her film appearances were infrequent until she was cast as M in "GoldenEye" (1995), a role she continued to play in James Bond in films through to "Spectre". She has starred in many acclaimed films since then, and won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for "Shakespeare in Love". Judi