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Judi Dench: 'I was told I'd never make a film. I had the wrong face'

By Jonathan Dean
The Times·
14 mins to read

Last year Dame Judi Dench discovered something extraordinary about her family; one of life's connections that can throw a person. It was during her turn on the BBC ancestry show Who Do You Think You Are? As the episode glides along, it delves into detail about a war injury Dench's father had in his knee, which explains a limp his daughter never fully understood. It also explores her mother's family in Ireland. Dench is delighted throughout the filming. "Well, who

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