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[40] [41] In October 2018, Idris Elba and Judi Dench joined the cast of the film. [42] [43] Dench was cast in the original stage musical, but had been forced to pull out due to a torn Achilles tendon; Lloyd Webber and Hooper made Old Deuteronomy a female cat and offered her the role. [44]
Dame Judi Dench is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company . Over the following few years, she played in several of Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet , Juliet in Romeo and Juliet , and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth .
Dench was born in the Heworth area of York on 9 December 1934, [5] [6] the daughter of an Irish mother and English father. Her mother, Eleanora Olive (née Jones) (1897–1983), was born in Dublin; her father, Reginald Arthur Dench MC & Bar (1897–1964), was a doctor from Dorset who grew up primarily in Dublin and who fought on the Western Front in World War I. [7] [8] Her parents met while ...
Judi Dench, British Vogue’s oldest cover star ever, has very strong feelings about the costume she wore to play the role of Old Deuteronomy in the 2019 film adaptation of Cats. See Stars Dressed ...
The movie version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical Cats has added a host of stars to its growing cast, including James Corden and pop icon Taylor Swift.
Dench has stayed busy acting in films like "Victoria and Abdul," "Murder on the Orient Express," and the 2019 remake of "Cats." James Earl Jones didn't find major success until his 30s, but his ...
André De Shields played the role in the off-Broadway revival Cats: "The Jellicle Ball" at Perelman Performing Arts Center in 2024. On screen, Page reprised the role for the 1998 filmed version, [11] being the only cast member from the original Broadway cast to appear in the film. Judi Dench portrayed a female Old Deuteronomy in the 2019 film ...
Grizabella the Glamour Cat is a main character in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. Lonely and decrepit, Grizabella seeks acceptance from the other Jellicle cats but is initially ostracised. She sings the most famous song from the musical, " Memory ".