Judi Dench as Matty Jenkyns
Finally, a celebrity memoir that has a chance of being interesting! On Wednesday St. Martin’s Press announced the acquisition of a memoir from Judi Dench, And Furthermore. As the press release puts it, “For the first time, Dench writes about her life, both on-stage and off, in a book that takes the measure of both her astonishing career and her private life. ” The book will be published in October.
Dench made her acting debut in 1957 and has amassed a string of impressive credits in the years since. Seeing her name on a cast list feels like a guarantee of quality to me — her turn as Lady Catherine de Bourg made the sub-par 2005 version of Pride & Prejudice worth watching (OK, Matthew MacFadyen helped with that too!). It’s hard to say what role of hers is my favorite, but right now I’m going to go with Miss Matty Jenkyns in the Cranford adaptations. (I blogged about the series here.)
I’m also looking forward to her turn as Mrs. Fairfax in the upcoming version of Jane Eyre. (More on that here.)
Do you have a favorite Dench film? Has anyone seen her on stage? And will you read her memoir?
I can’t think of a thing she was in that I didn’t like. I would certainly read her memoir and see anything she was in.
I can’t wait to buy this book. I LOVE Judy Dench!I think my favorite of her roles is in a BBC program called As Time Goes By.But anything she is in I will watch.
Wasn’t she in some recent Bond films also? I loved her in the Cranford series.
Of course I’ll read the memoirs of one of my all time favorites! She is wonderful in anything she tries.
Yes, to UnaMary…she played “M” in the last several Bond pictures, perfectly I might add.
I purchased her BBC series “As Time Goes By” because the local PBS affiliate didn’t show them often enough.
I love her in the BBC series “As Time Goes By”. She
makes me laugh with the way she gets her way
I enjoy her in anything she does. The Cranford series was great, and I especially enjoyed the BBC series “As Time Goes By.’