A popular revival of A Little Night Music in 1995 starred Judi Dench, and her rendition of the song has become highly acknowledged as one of the best.

The town and its vicinity has been used as the setting for numerous films and television programmes, including Iris about the life of Iris Murdoch starring Judi Dench ; Drowning by Numbers by Peter Greenaway ; Kavanagh QC starring John Thaw ; ' East of Ipswich ' by Michael Palin ; Little Britain with Matt Lucas and David Walliams ; and a 1969 version of David Copperfield.

Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television ; her awards include eleven BAFTAs, ( including the Bafta Fellowship in 2001 ) seven Laurence Olivier Awards, ( including the Society's Special Award ) two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award.

In early 2012, Dench discussed her macular degeneration, with one eye " dry " and the other " wet ", for which she has been treated with injections into the eye.

In Britain, Dench has developed a reputation as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, primarily through her work in theatre, which has been her forte throughout her career.

Judi Dench has frequently appeared with her close friend Geoffrey Palmer.

Dench has worked with the non-governmental indigenous organisation, Survival International, campaigning in the defence of the tribal people, the Bushmen of Botswana and the Arhuaco of Colombia.

Holm has been nominated for an Emmy Award twice, for a PBS broadcast of a National Theatre production of King Lear, in 1999 ; and for a supporting role in the HBO film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells opposite Judi Dench, in 2001.

In the Eon Productions series of films, M has been portrayed by three actors: Bernard Lee, Robert Brown and Judi Dench, who is the current incumbent ; in the two independent productions, M has been played by John Huston and Edward Fox.

Sociologist Geoff Dench has stated that Hewitt discourages male involvement in child rearing by questioning " whether we can trust men with children " and she concluded that it would be necessary to adopt the practice of " not leaving men on their own with groups of children ".

However, Larbey has since written the long-running BBC series As Time Goes By, starring Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer, which was last shown domestically in 2005 and is currently running on BBC Prime.

Apart from its notable alumni, who include Lord Laurence Olivier, Vanessa Redgrave, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Harold Pinter, the school has had some notable staff.

The original production is included in The Judi Dench Collection boxset which has been issued in both Region 1 and Region 2 DVD versions.

She has also appeared with Kathleen Battle and Judi Dench on Seiji Ozawa's recording of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

In recent years additional land has been purchased, a theatre ( opened by and named after Dame Judi Dench ), science laboratories, an all-weather sports pitch, and other sports facilities have been constructed.

Since the war, the theatre has been a receiving house, with actors such as Dame Judi Dench, Dirk Bogarde and Maureen Lipman appearing.

The book has been the subject of a television documentary, a radio play, starring Judi Dench, and a film, The Duchess, starring Ralph Fiennes and Keira Knightley.

He has worked with distinguished actors including Anthony Hopkins, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Gambon, Judi Dench and Ben Kingsley on the adaptation of another George Eliot work Silas Marner in 1986.

The iconic main gate ( now no longer used due to the construction of a purpose-built security entrance 500 yards further along the road ) also features in My Week with Marilyn ( 2011 ) when Eddie Redmayne greets Judi Dench.

Notable relatives also include her niece, Emma Dench, a Roman historian and professor previously at Birkbeck, University of London, and currently at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

It was also revealed that Dench is a supporter of Everton.

Mrs. Brown ( also released and advertised under the title Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown ) is a 1997 British drama film starring Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher and Gerard Butler.

Dench also criticised Hewitt for suggesting that it requires less intelligence and education to raise children than to be employed.

He also gave considerably more screen time than usual to the character of M, as played by Judi Dench.

The Music School, the Dame Judi Dench Drama Centre, Hope House, and Queen's Building ( History, Religious Studies, Geography, and Latin ) are also located along the top of the Campus.

He also made cameo appearances as an itinerant poacher in a few episodes of STV's soap Take The High Road ( 1984 ) and appeared alongside Judi Dench in Saigon: Year of the Cat ( 1983 ).

During this time he also appeared with Dench in other productions: the James Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies where he portrayed Admiral Roebuck, and Mrs. Brown, he played Sir Henry Ponsonby to Dench's Queen Victoria.

On Broadway, Donovan appeared as Alan Seymour in the revival of Picnic in 1994 ; he also appeared opposite Dame Judi Dench in Amy's View ( 1999 ).

In the same season Judi Dench and Derek Jacobi also made their debuts as directors.

The Donmar West End season also included Derek Jacobi starring in Twelfth Night, Judi Dench in Yukio Mishima's Madame de Sade and Jude Law in Hamlet, all staged by Grandage.

Dench won the 1977 SWET Best Actress award for her performance and in 2004, members of the RSC voted her performance the greatest by an actress in the history of the company.

It featured songs from many of his musicals, including a performance of " Send in the Clowns " from A Little Night Music by Judi Dench ( reprising her role as Desirée from the 1995 production of that musical ), and performances from many other stars of opera, Broadway, stage and screen, including Bryn Terfel and Maria Friedman.

Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company.

Dench and her husband starred together in several stage productions, and the Bob Larbey British television sitcom, A Fine Romance ( 1981 – 84 ).

Through her parents, Dench had regular contact with the theatre.

Dench was nominated for a BAFTA for her role as Hazel Wiles in the 1979 BBC drama On Giant's Shoulders.

Dench made her debut as a director in 1988 with the Renaissance Theatre Company's touring season, Renaissance Shakespeare on the Road, co-produced with the Birmingham Rep, and ending with a three month repertory programme at the Phoenix Theatre in London.

A year later, Dench renewed her collaboration with Sir Peter Hall at the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames in A Midsummer Night's Dream which opened in February 2010, when she played Titania as Queen Elizabeth I in her later years: Queen of the Forest of Arden.

Dench was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, but lost to Helen Hunt for her role in As Good as It Gets opposite Jack Nicholson.

The film shows the story of a bereaved Queen Victoria ( portrayed by Judi Dench ) and her relationship with a Scottish servant, John Brown ( played by Billy Connolly ), and the subsequent uproar it provoked.

Offered the opportunity to write her autobiography, she took a role in the BBC television film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, alongside Dame Judi Dench and Olympia Dukakis.

Her poetry is often requested and read on the BBC Radio 4 programme ' Poetry Please ' and one of her poems was chosen by Judi Dench and Michael Williams in their joint BBC Radio 4 ' With Great Pleasure '.

John Barton's 1969 production starred Judi Dench as Viola ; her performance was highly acclaimed and the production as a whole was commented on as showing a dying society crumbling into decay.