Jeffery Dench

Jeffery Dench

Infobox actor


caption = Jeffery with his wife Ann
birthname = Jeffery Dench
birthdate = 1928
birthplace = Manchester, England
spouse = Betty Martin (c.1950-2002)
Ann Curtis (c.2003-)

Jeffery Dench, sometimes spelt Jeffrey Dench, is an actor who lives in Clifford Chambers near Stratford-upon-Avon. He is the older brother of actress Judi Dench.

Personal life

Jeffery Dench was born in Manchester, the son of Eleanora Olave (née Jones), a native of Dublin, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor who met Jeffery's mother while studying medicine at Trinity College. [cite news|title=The Importance of Dame Judi|date=6 September 2002|] Jeff lived in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, with his sister, Judi, and brother, Peter.

Jeffery attended St Peter's, York, where he began acting with the role of Cleopatra in George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra. [http://archive.worcesternews.co.uk/2002/4/18/274491.html Worcester News] ] He spent his national service at an army theatre in Catterick before attending the Central School of Speech and Drama. It was here that he met his wife Betty, who was working as a speech therapist.

Jeffery moved to Clifford Chambers and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963, where he worked for many years.

With his wife Betty, Jeffery has three daughters: Sarah, a teacher who lives in Brailes; Clare, who lives in Henley-on-Thames; and Emma, a Roman historian previously at Birkbeck, University of London, [ [http://www.bbk.ac.uk/hca/staff/emmadench Birkbeck College - staff page] Dead link|date=January 2008] and currently at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Through these daughters, Jeffery has eight grandchildren.

Jeffery's wife, Betty, died from a heart attack on 11 January 2002. Since his wife's death, Jeffery has married Ann Curtis, a costume designer for the RSC and long time family friend. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article641440.ece Judi Dench and her brother Jeffery] at [http://www.timesonline.co.uk timesonline.co.uk] ]

Filmography

References

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218930/ Jeffery Dench] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.rsc.org.uk/newsandevents/events/3537.aspx Merry Wives - The Musical] at [http://www.rsc.org.uk/ the RSC]


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