And Furthermore

I read Judi Dench's autobiography called And Furthermore. She told the story to a writer who put it in book form. She starts out with her childhood and two older brothers. Then she proceeds to detail every performance from school play to playing "M" in six James Bond movies. I liked her performance in the television series called "As Time Goes By." In it she plays a woman who fell in love before the war. She never got his love letters and ended up marrying someone else. He married someone else too. Her spouse died. He divorced his spouse. Now they meet again, both single, and both a little angry with each other at first. But then they gradually fall in love all over again. According to Judi that series was way more loved in the United States and Australia than it was in the UK. She mentions the series had a fan club that would, on several occasions, fly to New York or London to watch her perform in a play. Most of her book is mentioning the other actors and actresses. She had a running gag with one actor where they handed a gray glove to each other at most inopportune moments. I do like her impish sense of humor.