Dame Judi Dench: 'I can't do a play, a film or read any more'
The Oscar winner says age-related macular degeneration has left her unable to perform, read scripts or recognize faces after more than a decade of decline.
- On Thursday, Dame Judi Dench, 91, revealed she can no longer perform on stage, work in films, or read due to age-related macular degeneration, sharing the news during a BBC Radio 4's Today programme interview.
- Dench was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration in 2012, a degenerative eye condition that has progressively eroded her central vision over the past 14 years, making it difficult to recognize faces and navigate film sets.
- To manage her condition, Dench uses AI-powered glasses that convert text to speech for script learning; she occasionally approaches strangers to give them 'an almost hug' by mistake due to face-recognition difficulties.
- When asked about ageing, Dench replied, "There's nothing to say for it at all," adding that she tries not to think about it too much and instead focuses on adjusting to her changing reality.
- Remaining active in media, Dench is promoting her new memoir and continuing public appearances while shifting focus toward radio, stating that the medium "has always been important" to her throughout her life.
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Judi Dench has been suffering from a progressive eye disease for years. Nevertheless, the Oscar winner wanted to continue her work. Now the 91-year-old has to admit that she will never be in front of the camera again.
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London, Oct 22 (EFE).- British actress Judi Dench, who has received numerous awards throughout her career, including an Oscar in 1999, has admitted that her eye condition, diagnosed more than ten years ago, prevents her from doing theatre, cinema or reading. Doctors diagnosed her in 2012 with macular degeneration associated with [...] The post Judi Dench says that her eye condition prevents her from doing theatre, cinema or reading was first pub…
The British actress with the Oscar Prize, Judi Dench, has revealed that her vision has worsened so much that she can no longer climb the stage or read, more than a decade since she was...
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