The Unofficial Chronology of Dame Judi Dench's Career 

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Last Updated:  February 25, 2007


* = includes Michael Williams
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The Old Vic Company Collection of Plays


     Year          Type              Title / Event ... Role

     1957           Play               York Mystery Plays ... Virgin Mary
     1957           Play               Hamlet ... Ophelia

     1957           Play               Measure For Measure ... Juliet

     1957           Play               A Midsummers Night's Dream ... First Fairy

     1958           Play               Twelfth Night ... Maria
     1958           Play               Henry V ... Katherine

     1958           Play               Henry V ... Katherine

     1958           Play               Twelfth Night ... Maria

     1959           Play               The Double Dealer ... Cynthia
     1959           Play               As You Like It ... Phebe

     1959           Play               The Importance of Being Earnest ... Cecily

     1959           Play               The Merry Wives of Windsor ... Anne

     1959           TV                 Family on Trial ...          

     1959           Audio             Lucius Junius Brutus ... Radio Play
     1959           Audio             Hilda Lessways  ... Radio Play

   

     Year          Type              Title / Event ... Role

     1960           Play               Richard II ... Queen
     1960           Play               Romeo and Juliet ... Juliet

     1960           Play               She Stoops to Conquer ... Kate

     1960           Play               A Midsummer Night's Dream ... Hermia

     1960           Play               Henry V - Age of Kings ...

    
1960           Play               Henry VI  ... (walk-on)
     1960           Play               King Lear  ... (walk-on)

     1960           Play               Romeo and Juliet ... Juliet

     1960           TV                 Z-Cars ...

     1960           TV                 Pink String and Sealing Wax

     1961           Play               The Cherry Orchard ... Anya
     1961           Award           Paladino D'Argentino at the Venice Festival
                                                       for Romeo And Juliet
 

     1962           Play               A Midsummer Night's Dream ... Titania
     1962           Play               Measure For Measure ... Isabella

     1962           Play               A Penny for a Song ... Dorcas Bellboys

     1962           Play               Major Barbara ... Barbara

     1962           Public            Attended Royal Shakespare Co. First Year

     1963           Play               Twelfth Night ... Viola
     1963           Play               A Shot in the Dark ... Josefa Lautenay

     1963           Play               Macbeth ... Lady Macbeth

     1963           Play               The Funambulists ...

     1963           Play               Twelfth Night ... Viola

     1964           Play               Macbeth ... Lady Macbeth
     1964           Play               Three Sisters ... Irina

     1964           Play               The Twelfth Hour ... Anna

     1964           Film               The Third Secret ... Miss Humphries

     1965           Play               Romeo and Jeannette ... Jennette
     1965           Play               The Alchemist ... Dol Common

     1965           Play               The Firescreen ... Jacqueline

     1965           Play               Measure For Measure ... Isabella

     1965           Play               Private Lives ... Amanda

     1965           Film               A Study in Terror ... Sally

     1965           Film               Four in the Morning ... wife

     1965           Film               He Who Rides a Tiger ... Joanne

     1965           TV                 Safety Man - Mogel ...

     1966           Play               The Country Wife ... Margery Pinchwife
     1966           Play               The Astrakhan Coat ... Barbara

     1966           Play               St. Joan ... Joan

     1966           Play               The Promise ... Lika

     1966           Play               The Rules of the Game ... Silia

     1966           Film               Days To Come ... Elizabeth

     1966           TV                 Talking to a Stranger ... Terry

     1966           Award           Best Actress - Win -  Four in the Morning

     1966           Audio            Titus Andronicus ... Lavinia

     1967           Award           Bafta TV Award Ceremony ... Win - Talk to a Stranger
     1967           Play               The Promise ... Lika

     1968           Play               Cabaret ... Sally Bowles
     1968           Audio            Cabaret ... Sally Bowles ... recording of Stage Prod

     1968           Film               A Midsummer Night's Dream ... Titania

     1968           TV                 Morecombe & Wise Show ... herself

     1968           TV                 On Approval ...

     1968           Audio             Pericles ... Marina

     1969           Play                The Winter's Tale ... Hermione / Perdita
     1969           Play                Women Beware Women ... Bianca

     1969           Play                Twelfth Night ... Viola


     Year          Type              Title / Event ... Role

     1970           Play               London Assurance * ... Grace
     1970           Play               Major Barbara ... Barbara

     1970           TV                Confession - Neighbors ...

     1970           Award           Received OBE

     1971           ---                 Married Michael Williams
     1971           Play               The Duchess of Malfi * ... Duchess

     1971           Play               The Merchant of Venice ...  Potita

     1971           Play               Toad of Toad Hall * ... Mother Rabbit

     1972           ---                 Tara Cressida  (Finty)  Williams born
     1972           Film               Luther ... Katherine

     1972           Book             Who's Who in Shakespeare ... Foreword
     1972           Audio           
 Puss in Boots

     1973           Play               Content to Whisper ... Aurelia
     1973           Play               The Wolf ... Vilma

     1973           TV                Keep an Eye on Amelie ...

     1974           Film               Dead Cert * ... Laura Davidson
     1974           Play               The Good Companions ... Miss Trant
     1974           Audio            The Good Companions ... Recording of Stage Prod

     1974           Book             Directors' Theatre ...  Foreword

     1975           Audio            The Butterfly Ball ... narrator
     1975           Play               The Gay Lord Quex ... Sophy

     1975           Play               Too True to be Good * ... Sweetie

     1976           Play               Much Ado About Nothing ... Beatrice
     1976           Play               Macbeth ... Lady Macbeth

     1976           Play               The Comedy of Errors ... Adriana

     1976           Play               King Lear  ... Regan

     1976           Award           Olivier Award - Win - Macbeth

     1977           Play               The Way of the World ... Millamant
     1977           Play               Pillars of the Community ... Lona

     1977           Film               The Comedy of Errors * ... Adriana

     1977           Audio            BBC's "Jubilee Bear" ... reader

     1978           Audio            Heidi ... reader
     1978           TV                A Village Wooing * ... Young woman

     1978           Film               Langrishe, Go Down ... Imogen

     1978           Film               Macbeth ... Lady Macbeth

     1978 
         Award           SWET Award - Win - Macbeth
    
1978           Award           Honorary Doctor of Letters, Warwick University

     1979           Play               Cymbeline ... Imogen
     1979           TV                 Love in a Cold Climate * ... Lady Sadie

     1979           Film               On Giant's Shoulders ... Hazel Wiles

     1979           Video            The Shock of the New ...  Reader 

 

     Year           Type             Title / Event ... Role

     1980           Play                Juno and the Paycock ... Juno Boyle
     1980           TV                  A Fine Romance - Season 1 ( 7 Ep ) * ... Laura

     1980           TV                  Going Gently ...

     1980           Film                The Cherry Orchard ... Madame Ranevskaya

     1980           Award            Olivier Award - Win - Juno and PC

     1980           Award            SWET Award - Win -  Juno And PC

     1980           Award            Evening Std Award - Win - Juno And PC

     1980           Award            Plays and Players Award - Win - Juno And PC

     1980           Award            BAFTA TV Award - Win - AFR / Going Gently

     1980           Film                Nela ...  voice only
     1980           Audio             Notre Dame at Noon ... 
    
1980           Award            Plays and Players Award - Best Actress

     1981           Play                A Village Wooing * ... Young woman
     1981           TV                 A Fine Romance - Season 2 ( 6 Ep ) * ... Laura

     1981           Play                Cats ... (had to pull out due to injury)

     1981           Audio             My Favourite Fairy Stories ... reader

     1981           Play                Other Places ...

     1981           Award            Olivier Award - Nom - Other Places

     1982           Play                A Kind of Alaska ... Deborah
     1982           Play                The Importance of Being Earnest ... LB

     1982           TV                 A Fine Romance - Season 3 ( 6 Ep ) * ... Laura

     1982           Film                Saigon - Year of the Cat ... Barbara

     1982           Audio             Silas Marner ... reader

     1982           Award            Olivier Award - Nom - IOBE

     1982           Award            Evening Std Award - Win - AKA / IOBE

     1982           Award            Drama Theatre Award - Win - AKA / IOBE

    
1982           ????               To Cambridge With Love

     1983           Play                Pack of Lies * ... Barbara
     1983           TV                 A Fine Romance - Season 4 ( 7 Ep ) * ... Laura

     1983           Award            Olivier Award - Win - Pack of Lies

     1983           Award            SWET Award - Win - Pack Of Lies

     1983           Award            Plays and Players Award - Win - Pack Of Lies

     1983           Award            Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of York

     1984           Play                Mother Courage ... Mother Courage
     1984           TV                  Playing Shakespeare * ... herself

     1985           Play                Waste ... Amy O'Connell
     1985           Film                A Room with a View ... Miss Lavish

     1985           Film                Ghosts ... Mrs. Alving

     1985           Film                Mr and Mrs Edgehill ... Dorrie Edgehill

     1985           Video             The Angelic Conversation ... narrator

     1985           Film                The Browning Version ... Millie

     1985           Film                Wetherby ... Marcia Pilborough

     1985           Award            Bafta BSA Award - Win - ARWAV

     1985           Award            ACE Award - Mr & Mrs Edgehill

    
1985           Audio             Private Lives ... Amanda - special performance
                                                     for the Queen Mother's birthday

     1986           Film                84 Charing Cross Road ... Nora Doel
     1986           Audio             A Room with a View ... reader

     1986           Audio             Kids' Stuff ... narrator

     1986           TV                 Make and Break ... devoted secretary
     1986           Audio             A View from the Mountain * ... wife
     1986           Play                Mr and Mrs Nobody * ... Carrie Pooter

     1986           Book              Gerald Jacobs' Bio of DJD
    
1986           Video             Bar Convent in York * ...  Narrator

     1987           Audio             Woman of Paris ...title role
     1987           Film                A Handful of Dust ... Mrs. Beaver

     1987           Play                Antony and Cleopatra ... Cleopatra

     1987           Book              Peter Hall Directs "Antony and Cleopatra"

     1987           Play                Entertaining Strangers ... Sarah Eldridge

     1987           Audio             Lady Chatterly's Lover ... reader

     1987           Award            Bafta BSA Award - Win - AHOD

     1987           Award      
     Evening Std Award - Win - A & C

     1987           Award            Drama Theatre Award - Win - A & C

     1988           Award            Became Dame of British Empire (DBE)
     1988           Film                Behaving Badly ... Bridget

     1988           Film                Henry V * ... Mistress Quickly

     1988           Play                Much Ado About Nothing ... director

     1988           Award            Olivier Award - Win - A & C

     1988           Book              Reflections: Images of British Women
                                                      in Their Own Words
    
1988           Intv                 Kaleidoscope ... herself

     1989           Book              Stage People -- Love's Old Sweet Song
     1989           Play                Hamlet ... Gertrude

     1989           Film                Look Back in Anger ...director

     1989           Play                Look Back in Anger ... director

     1989           Play                Macbeth ... director

     1989           Play                The Cherry Orchard ... Ranevskaya

     1989           Video             Cinderella -- storytelling
     1989           Video             The Tinder Box -- storytelling
     1989           Audio             Whom Do I Have the Honor of Addressing? BBC
     1989 ?        Video             Judi Dench's York -- Video Tour


    
Year          Type              Title / Event ... Role

     1990           Film               Can You Hear Me Thinking * ... Anne
     1990           TV                The Torch * ... Aba  (also includes Finty)

     1991           TV                As Time Goes By - Season 1 ( 6 Ep ) ... Jean
     1991           Film               Absolute Hell ... Christine

     1991           Play               The Boys from Syracuse ... director

     1991           Play               The Plough and the Stars ... Bessie

     1991           Play               The Sea ... Mrs. Rafi

     1991           Award           Olivier Award - Nom - Boys from Syracuse

     1992           Audio            Hamlet  * ... Gertrude
     1992           TV                As Time Goes By - Season 2 ( 7 Ep ) ... Jean

     1992           Play               Coriolanus ... Volumnia

     1992           Play               The Gift of the Gorgon ... Helen

     1992           Award           Olivier Award - Nom - Gift of the Gorgon

     1992           Audio            Mowgli L'enfant-loup ... narrator 

     1993           Audio            Romeo and Juliet ... Nurse
     1993           TV                As Time Goes By - Season 3 ( 10 Ep ) ... Jean

     1993           Play               Romeo and Juliet ... director
     1993           Public            Dunhill Queens Cup Polo

     1993           Audio            Chicken Shed Theater "The Night Before Christmas"

     1994           TV                As Time Goes By - Season 4 ( 10 Ep ) ... Jean
     1994           Audio            A Dog So Small ... reader

     1994           Audio            A Midsummer Night's Dream ... narrator

     1994           Film               Jack and Sarah ... Margaret

     1994           Audio            King Lear * ... Goneril

     1994           Play               The Seagull ... Arkadina

     1994           TV                Middlemarch ...  The Voice of George Eliot
     1994           Book             A Theatre for All Seasons ... Foreword
   

     1995           Audio            A Bunch of Sweet Peas ... reader
     1995           Play               A Little Night Music ... Desiree
     1995           Audio            A Little Night Music ... Recording of Stage Prod

     1995           Play               Absolute Hell ... Christine Foskett

     1995           TV                As Time Goes By - Season 5 ( 7 Ep ) ... Jean

     1995           Intv               Bravo Profile Show * ... herself

     1995           Audio            English Verse Readings ... reader

     1995           Book            First Steps Towards Acting Career ... foreword

     1995           Film              Goldeneye ... M

     1995           Film              Hamlet ... Hecuba  (long version)

     1995           Audio           Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales ... reader

     1995           Audio           Importance of Being Earnest ... Lady Bracknell

     1995           Book            The Actor Speaks ... foreword

     1995           Award          Olivier Award - Win - Absolute Hell

     1995           Award          Olivier Award - Win - ALNM

     1995           Audio           Lark Rise to Candleford ... reader

     1995           Audio           The Ultimate Fairy Tale Collection

     1996           Film              Mrs. Brown ... Queen Victoria
     1996           Recital          Fond and Familiar Recital * ... reader

     1996           TV               As Time Goes By - Season 6 ( 7 Ep ) ... Jean

     1996           Video           1914 - 1918 Total War ... narrator

     1996           Audio           As Time Goes By ... Jean

     1996           Audio           Britten - Canticles I-V  ... reader

     1996           Video           Film Portrait of JRR Tolkien ... narrator

     1996           Audio           Man and Superman ... Mrs. Whitehead

     1996           Audio           The Driver's Seat ... reader

     1996           Intv               The Pebble Mill Show

     1997           Film              Tomorrow Never Dies ... M
     1997           Audio           A Wizard of Earthsea ... reader

     1997           Play              Amy's View ...Esme

     1997           Intv               Desert Island Disks ... herself

     1997           Film              Shakespeare in Love ... Queen Elizabeth I

     1997           Audio           Winnie-the-Pooh Stories * narrator / Kanga ( + Finty)

     1997           Award          Olivier Award - Nom - Amy's View

     1997           Award          Critic's Circle Award - Win - Amy's View
     1997           Public           Evening Standard Awards

     1998           TV               As Time Goes By - Season 7 ( 7 Ep ) ... Jean
     1998           Award          Scottish BAFTA Award - Win - Mrs Brown

     1998           Award          Golden Globe Award - Win  - Mrs Brown

     1998           Award          Golden Satellite Award - Nom - Mrs Brown

     1998           Award          Chicago Film Critics Award - Nom - Mrs Brown

     1998           Award          Evening Std Film Awards - Nom -Mrs Brown

     1998           Award          London Film Critic's Circle - Nom - Mrs Brown

     1998           Award          SAG Award - Nom - Mrs Brown

     1998           Award          BAFTA Award - Win - Mrs Brown

     1998           Award          Oscar Award - Nom - Mrs. Brown

     1998           Audio           Hound of the Baskervilles * ... Mrs. Hudson

     1998           Recital          Hey Mr. Producer ... Desiree from ALNM

     1998           Film              Tea with Mussolini * ... Arabella

     1998           Play              Filumena ... Filumena

     1998           Intv               Conan O'Brien Show ... herself

     1998           Intv               The View ... herself

     1998           Recital           Sheldonian Recital * ... reader

     1998           Audio            Amy's View ... Esme

     1998           Play               Amy's View ... Esme

     1998           Audio            BBC Collection Love Poetry ... reader

     1998           Award           Bafta TV Award - Nom - ATGB

     1998           Award           Olivier Award - Nom - Filumena

     1998           Public            John Mills 90th Birthday Party * ... herself

     1998           Public            Albert Memorial Miniature Unveiling
     1998           Public            Charity Fundraiser - Mander and Mitchenson Theatre
     1998           Public            Hampton Court Flower Show

     1999           Film               The World is Not Enough ... M
     1999           Intv                Barry Norman's Film Night ... herself

     1999           Intv                Rough Cut ... herself

     1999       
   Award           Golden Globe Award - Nom - SIL

     1999           Award           Natl Society of Film Critics Award - Win - SIL

     1999           Award           SAG Award - Nom - SIL

     1999          
Award           BAFTA Award - Win - SIL

     1999           Award           Oscar Award - Win - SIL
     1999           Play               Amy's View (Broadway) ... Esme

     1999           Public            The 13th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition

     1999           Public            Literacy Partners Evening of Reading Gala
     1999           Award           Gielgud Award

     1999           Intv                The Today Show ... herself

     1999           Intv                Rosie O'Donnell Show ... herself

     1999           Award           The Tony Awards Ceremony - Win - AV

     1999           Intv                Charlie Rose Interview ... herself

     1999           Public             Highland Games -- Scotland
     1999           Public             BAFTA Awards ... Presenter
     1999           Public             Oscar Wilder Statue Unveiling
     1999           Public             The Lion King -- Premiere

     1999           Film                The Last of the Blonde Bombshells ... Elizabeth

     1999           Book              John Miller Bio of  DJD

     1999           Book              Shakespeare for Dummies ...
foreword

     1999           Audio             Hay Fever * ... Judith Bliss

     1999           Audio             Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire *

     1999           Award            Outer Critics Circle Award - Nom - Amy's View

     1999           Award            Variety UK Entertainment Person of Year


     Year           Type              Title / Event ... Role