Dench

Dench
(1934– )
an English actor who has played many leading roles in the plays of Shakespeare, especially with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has also appeared in several television series and films, including A Room with a View (1986), Mrs Brown (1997) in which she played the part of Queen Victoria and Iris (2001) in which she played Iris Murdoch. She received an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love (1999). She was made a dame(2) in 1988.

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