DAME JUDI DENCH - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/17/1997 - HFSID 345303

JUDI DENCH
The well-respected actress thanks a fan in this typed letter
Typed Letter signed: “Judi Dench” in blue ink, 1p, 8¼x11¾. No place, 1997 November 17. To “Dear Guy Gauthier”. In full: “Thank you very much for your letter. It was kind of you to write and I have pleasure in sending you a signed photograph./ Yours sincerely,”. Photograph not included. Respected British actress Judi Dench, born Judith Olivia Dench in 1934, has been nominated for numerous acting awards, winning three British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (A Room With a View, 1986; A Handful of Dust, 1988; and Iris, 2001),an Oscar (Shakespeare in Love, 1998), seven Laurence Olivier Awards for acting (Macbeth, 1977; Juno and the Paycock, 1980; Pack of Lies, 1984; Antony and Cleopatra, 1987; Absolute Hell, 1996; and A Little Night Music, 1996) and a Tony Award (Amy's View, 1999). In 1988, Dench was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Dench began a prolific stage career with a critically acclaimed performance as Hamlet's Ophelia with the Old Vic Company and made her first of over 80 TV, movie and video game appearances with the title role in the TV series Hilda Lessways (1959). Some other notable performances from her arms-length resume include the BBC TV series A Fine Romance(1981-1984) and As Time Goes By(1992-2002), Queen Victoria in the movie Mrs. Brown (1997), Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love, Arabella in Tea with Mussolini(1999), Barbara Covett in Notes on a Scandal(2006), James Bond fans know her as Bond's boss M in the latest sequence of the series beginning with Golden Eye (1995) and continuing through Skyfall (2012). Severalslight indentations near letterhead. Horizontal creases that run across greeting and 2 inches below signature. Otherwise, fine condition.