All of us at Silksoundbooks are delighted to send our best wishes to the celebrated actress and star audio book reader Dame Judi Dench who is celebrating her birthday today - the 9th of December.

Dame Judi was born in Heworth, York in North Yorkshire and after leaviing school trained as a set designer. Her first professional stage appearance was in 1957 with the Old Vic Company, at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool and her career from then on has taken her to international acclaim. Both as an actress and as a director, Dame Judi has worked in theatre, television and cinema winning countless awards.

These are not just theatrical awards - she was awarded the OBE in 1970, became a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1988, and a Companion of Honour in 2005.

With her daughter Finty Williams and long time television co-star Geoffrey Palmer, Dame Judi reads one of Silksoundbooks most popular audio book downloads - Evelina, the wickedly funny eighteenth century best-seller by Frances Burney.

Happy Birthday Dame Judi, from all of us at Silksoundbooks.


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