Judi Dench: Scenes from My Life

Dame Judi’s irrepressible sense of humor will tickle you as she shares rare photographs and personal memories from her private and professional lives. Follow the award-winning actress (As Time Goes By, Mrs. Henderson Presents) from girlhood—when she wanted to be an acrobatic nurse—to greatness in theatre, television and film. Hardcover; 224 pages, 195 color and black and white photographs.

After Dame Judi’s first screen test, a film producer told her, “Miss Dench, you have every single thing wrong with your face.” Crushed, she avoided films for years.