{"id":114815,"date":"2026-10-22T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/judi-dench-says-worsening-eyesight-means-she-can-no-longer-act-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:08:10","slug":"judi-dench-says-worsening-eyesight-means-she-can-no-longer-act-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/judi-dench-says-worsening-eyesight-means-she-can-no-longer-act-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Judi Dench says worsening eyesight means she can no longer act | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 91-year-old Dame has had macular degeneration for more than a decade<\/p>\n\n

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British actress Judi Dench said her eyesight had deteriorated to the point that she could no longer \u200bact on stage or in films. Dench, 91, has had \u200cmacular degeneration for more than a decade “I can’t be on stage, I can’t do a play anymore, I can’t do a film \u200banymore, I can’t read anymore,” she told BBC Radio \u200bon Thursday. “So you’ve got to adjust to all that, \u2060and make allowances for it and just get on \u200band don’t think about it too much.” She said she could \u200bno longer recognise faces, meaning she often nearly hugged strangers, mistaking them for people she knew. Dench has had a seven-decade career on stage, \u200bfilm and television, receiving critical acclaim, including an Oscar, a \u200bTony and seven Olivier awards. She appeared as the character “M” in eight \u200cJames \u2060Bond films. She has played many of Shakespeare’s major roles, including Juliet, Lady Macbeth and Cleopatra, and spoke of her enduring love for his poetry. “I am besotted by the sonnets, I \u200bjust love \u200bthem,” she said. “The \u2060way he summed up so simply the way that any of us feel about, well, \u200banything,” she added. Reflecting on her career, Dench \u200bsaid she \u2060had taken risks in choosing roles, adding that performing was always a daunting experience. “For me, always frightening, but that’s part \u2060of it,” \u200bshe said. “It’s part of what that \u200bfear generates, an energy that you can use up, use the energy.” “It’s always ‘work \u200bin progress’, always.”PHOTO: Reuters <\/p>\n\n

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British actress Judi Dench said her eyesight had deteriorated to the point that she could no longer \u200bact on stage or in films.<\/p>\n

Dench, 91, has had \u200cmacular degeneration for more than a decade<\/p>\n

“I can’t be on stage, I can’t do a play anymore, I can’t do a film \u200banymore, I can’t read anymore,” she told BBC Radio <\/em>\u200bon Thursday. “So you’ve got to adjust to all that, \u2060and make allowances for it and just get on \u200band don’t think about it too much.”<\/p>\n

She said she could \u200bno longer recognise faces, meaning she often nearly hugged strangers, mistaking them for people she knew.<\/p>\n

Dench has had a seven-decade career on stage, \u200bfilm and television, receiving critical acclaim, including an Oscar, a \u200bTony and seven Olivier awards. She appeared as the character “M” in eight \u200cJames \u2060Bond films.<\/p>\n

She has played many of Shakespeare’s major roles, including Juliet<\/em>, Lady Macbeth <\/em>and Cleopatra<\/em>, and spoke of her enduring love for his poetry.<\/p>\n

“I am besotted by the sonnets, I \u200bjust love \u200bthem,” she said. “The \u2060way he summed up so simply the way that any of us feel about, well, \u200banything,” she added.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on her career, Dench \u200bsaid she \u2060had taken risks in choosing roles, adding that performing was always a daunting experience.<\/p>\n

“For me, always frightening, but that’s part \u2060of it,” \u200bshe said. “It’s part of what that \u200bfear generates, an energy that you can use up, use the energy.” “It’s always ‘work \u200bin progress’, always.”<\/p>\n

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