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Dame Judi Dench has revealed she can no longer read scripts due to her suffering from a degenerative condition that can lead to blindness...
Dench has undergone treatment that she hopes will stop the progression of the condition, which her mother also suffered from, and allow her to continue working.
She has just finished Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a film about pensioners retiring in India, which is released next week and is now filming Skyfall, the latest James Bond film.
Dench said that she learns scripts with the help of friends. "And so somebody comes in and reads them to me, like telling me a story. It's usually my daughter or my agent or a friend and actually I like that, because I sit there and imagine the story in my mind," she told the Mirror.
Macular degeneration is a disease that is common in people over 60 and is caused by the inflammation of part of the retina. Sufferers maintain peripheral vision but the center of their sight is damaged, making watching television and reading difficult.
Judi Dench unable to read scripts due to degenerative eye condition - Learns roles with help of friends and family
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She plans to buy a digital book reader that can increase the size of text.
"I'm going to try that and I love talking books, too, because my daughter has done lots and Michael did masses of them, too."
Her husband, Michael Williams died from lung cancer in 2001. Their only daughter, Finty is now 40 and has a 15-year-old son, Sam.
Dench said her condition would not encourage her to stop working. "As long as there is a possibility of working I'm not going to retire because if I retire nothing will work any more, and it's hard enough as it is," she said.
One of my favorite actors. She sure has a great attitude. I hope the treatment helps.
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#1 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:02 AM ESTdouble on that Carloz. From what she said she's figuring out how to deal with it. A fighter. :)
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Judi, I'm so sorry to hear about your vision loss. I too have suffered vision loss in one eye at age 60. Perhaps now would be a good time to check out all of the resourses available for the blind, such as seeing eye dogs, (takes a long time to obtain one) braille, telephones for the blind, and other aids prior to loosing all of your sight, if that is what is ultimately going to happen, but I hope not. It is a lot harder for a sighted person to adjust to blindness, than a person born blind to learn to navigate the world around them, at least that is what a blind friend of mine has told me about the sighted. Here is wishing you well.
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#2 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:05 PM ESTOne of my favorite actors! ... hope she can continue her art.
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