Renowned actress Dame Judi Dench has opened up about her devastating current health battle that means she has to be accompanied when leaving home

The veteran English actress said that she now needed to attend public events with someone else, because of her worsening macular degeneration.

When asked about going solo, the star said she’s “not good at that at all.” “Not at all. Nor would I be now,” Dench said. “And fortunately, I don’t have to be now.” She laughingly said she has “no eyesight.” It’s not the first time the Oscar winner has shared about her poor vision.

Dame Judi Dench, the James Bond star, has opened up on her health and admitted that her deterioration eyesight means that she's always in need of assistance when out and about

Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith, Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy.

Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave ... She was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. Plowright and her late husband, Olivier, made ...

Dame Judi Dench has shared a sad health update which has meant that she is now unable to leave her home unaccompanied. The legendary actress was speaking on the Fearless podcast with Trinny Woodall

Dench said she now needed to attend public events with someone else because of her worsening macular degeneration. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Dench, who played M in seven James Bond movies, began her acting career in the late 1950s. In 1988, Queen Elizabeth II made her a dame, the female equivalent of a knight.

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.'s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died.

LOS ANGELES — Joan Plowright, the English actor whose decadeslong career included an Oscar-nominated turn in “Enchanted April” and films “The Entertainer” and “Stalin,” has died. The actor died Thursday at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England, her family said Friday in a statement to the Associated Press. She was 95.

The queens of the screen are individuals like Elizabeth I, who became forever associated with virginity, or Victoria, who was known for mourning her husband, Albert. However, there have been many ...