{"id":3131,"date":"2021-12-09T10:26:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T10:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:58:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:58:46","slug":"happy-birthday-judi-dench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2021\/12\/09\/happy-birthday-judi-dench\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Judi Dench!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Kevin Yates<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Happy birthday to Judi Dench! Born December 9<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 1934, Dench\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">grew up drawn to theatre performance in small-town England. Her achievements include multiple BAFTA\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nominations and awards and even an Oscar win.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0She has been in many films and other productions, creating a long resume of theatrical performance. Most recently,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">her role in the infamous (for better or for worse) movie\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cats\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has placed her back into the spotlight of modern-day Hollywood and even the front page of many memes.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dench has a wide variety of performances that appease those looking for a wide variety of films and other productions.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She is one of the most prolific British women in Hollywood and the British\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">acting scene. Whether it be her role in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the James Bond films or more obscure productions like\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, she has a long resume and is a fantastic example of talented actresses. Celebrate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">women in Hollywood and watch some Judi Dench\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">films from our very own collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skyfall (DVD 5001)<\/li>\n<li>Chocolat (DVD 7736)<\/li>\n<li>Philomena (DVD 11312)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wrlc-amu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01WRLC_AMU\/1ncanq5\/alma99186090965704102\">Murder on the Orient Express<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wrlc-amu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01WRLC_AMU\/1ncanq5\/alma99186090965804102\">Notes on a Scandal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wrlc-amu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01WRLC_AMU\/1ncanq5\/alma99186090974504102\">Best Exotic Marigold Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Kevin Yates Happy birthday to Judi Dench! Born December 9th, 1934, Dench\u00a0grew up drawn to theatre performance in small-town England. Her achievements include multiple BAFTA\u00a0nominations and awards and even an Oscar win.\u00a0She has been in many films and other productions, creating a long resume of theatrical performance. Most recently,\u00a0her role in the infamous (for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":3132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","9":"post-with-thumbnail","10":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3131"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3259,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131\/revisions\/3259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}