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Dame Judi Dench has opened up about macular degeneration and how she now finds it “impossible” to read scripts because of her deteriorating eyesight. Dame Judi has previously revealed she has macular degeneration, which causes the gradual loss of vision.
The 88-year-old Oscar-winning actress said she has a “photographic memory” and wants to find a machine that is able to teach her her lines as well as locate them on the page.
Appearing on the Graham Norton Show, she said: “It has become impossible and because I have a photographic memory, I need to find a machine that not only teaches me my lines but also tells me where they appear on the page.
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“I used to find it very easy to learn lines and remember them. I could do the whole of Twelfth Night right now.”
Dame Judi has spoken about her deteriorating eyesight on a number of occasions and in December 2017 she admitted she struggled to enjoy watching films because of it. At an event in February 2021 for the Vision Foundation sight loss charity, she said she had found alternative ways of learning lines, such as having friends repeat them to her.
Age-related macular degeneration affects the middle part of a person’s vision and is common among those in their 50s and 60s. It does not cause total blindness but can make everyday activities such as reading and recognising faces difficult.
According to the Macular Society, macular disease is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK, with AMD affecting around 700,000 people.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects the middle part of your vision, not the edges (peripheral vision). You can get it in one eye or both.
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Oscar-winning actress was diagnosed with advanced macular degeneration in 2012 and has been dealing with the loss of her vision.While appearing on The Graham Norton Show, Dench admitted that she has found it harder and harder to read scripts and learn her lines.“It has become impossible and because I have a photographic memory I need to find a machine that not only teaches me my lines but also tells me where they appear on the page,” she said.“I used to find it very easy to learn lines and remember them,” she continued. “I could do the whole of ‘Twelfth Night’ right now.”In 2021 interview with The Guardian, Dench revealed that she asks her friends to help her with lines by reading them out loud to her.“You find a way of just getting about and getting over the things that you find very difficult,” she said at the time.
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Dame Judi Dench claims that her eyesight is getting so bad that she is struggling to continue acting.
Dame Judi Dench is opening up about a medical condition that has greatly impacted the way she works. For over ten years, Dench, 88, has been suffering from age-related macular degeneration, a condition that causes one's eyesight to worsen over time.
diagnosed with advanced macular degeneration (AMD) in 2012 and shared that she has been struggling with the loss of her vision.While appearing on “The Graham Norton Show,” the Oscar winner admitted that she has found it to be harder and harder to read scripts and learn her lines — something she used to find very easy.“It has become impossible and because I have a photographic memory,” she said. “I need to find a machine that not only teaches me my lines but also tells me where they appear on the page.”Her photographic memory used to come in handy when memorizing scripts.“I used to find it very easy to learn lines and remember them,” the Dame said.