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Dame Judi Dench: 'I can't do a play, a film or read any more'
The 91-year-old actor says worsening sight loss has made it difficult to recognize faces, learn scripts and continue public appearances.
- Oscar-Winning actor Dame Judi Dench, 91, revealed that age-related macular degeneration has ended her ability to perform on stage, work in film, and read.
- Dench was diagnosed with AMD in 2012, a condition affecting her vision that has progressively made it difficult to recognise faces and perform her craft.
- Speaking to Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Dench stated that 'the radio has always been important to me' as she continues making public appearances.
- Dench recalled meeting American actor Sidney Poitier backstage in New York and admitted to being 'besotted' by Shakespeare's sonnets, tracing her passion to watching her brother play King Duncan in Macbeth.
- When asked about ageing, Dench replied: 'There's nothing to say for it at all. don't think about it too much.' She also simply replied 'no' when asked about the next Bond.
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The 91-year-old Oscar-winning actress spoke openly about how the condition she suffers has transformed her daily life and professional activity. Dame Judi Dench was diagnosed in 2012 with age-related macular degeneration, which causes the gradual loss of vision. In a recent interview, the actress found that...
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