Britain's Finest Actresses Dame Judi Dench's Segment

Britain's Finest Actresses, 2003(Channel Five)

1.Dame Judi Dench
2.Julie Walters
3.Audrey Hepburn
4.Dame Maggie Smith
5.Dame Helen Mirren
6.Vivien Leigh
7.Dame Elizabeth Taylor
8.Dame Peggy Ashcroft
9.Deborah Kerr
10.Vanessa Redgrave

Presented by Simon Callow

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Britain's
• Finest
• Actresses
• Simon
• Callow
• Dench
• Julie
• Walters
• Audrey
• Hepburn
• Maggie
• Smith
• Helen
• Mirren
• Vivien
• Leigh
• Elizabeth
• Taylor
• Peggy
• Ashcroft
• Deborah
• Kerr
• Vanessa
• Redgrave
• Billy
• Connolly

[picturefan2009]

Unfortunately, this is all I have

[Messylin]

Apart from the horrific oversight of Glenda Jackson not being on the list (featuring Julie Walters? PLEASE!) where the hell is Annette Crosbie and Billie Whitelaw?!

[mattdemon]

I freaking love Julie Walters but why the heck is Maggie not ranked higher?

[Amusement73]

OMG! Glenda Jackson is not on the top, it's beyond comprehension!

[kamwrites]

Judi Dench is perfection in such an unperfect way. She's just lovely.

[teelineshort]

Maggie and Judi should share the honours - both are sublime and brilliant.

[Messylin]

Glenda Jackson should be on the list, and should be number ONE. If you put her on a stage opposite Judi, she'd make mincemeat out of her, and every other actress on this list. Glenda is a force of nature!!!!! It's criminal not to give her the accolade of Greatest British Actress! CRIMINAL!!!!

[UpstairsMaid]

I'm not sure where glenda jackson fits in all this - surely she should be in the top 10. as for best actress in the rold, well katherine hepburn and meryl streep surely rank as high as Judi dench.

[sevenonpaper1]

@picturefan2009 what is that musical theme that is playing behind Simon Callows narration? The part in the first minute?

[sevenonpaper1]

and that is SIMON CALLOW, who played Master of the Revels Mr. Tilden, in Shakespeare in Love

[reinadegrillos]

My three top are: Vanessa, Maggie and Judi. Those three are inmense!!!