Sir Sean Connery and Dame Judi Dench voted Britain`s most popular screen legends

25-Feb-2005 • Actor News

Former James Bond Sir Sean Connery and "M" Dame Judi Dench are Britain's most popular screen legends, according to a new poll.

The 74-year-old Scottish Bond star was voted the best British actor of all time, while Dame Judi, 70, stole best actress - reports Ananova.

Silence Of tThe Lambs actor Sir Anthony Hopkins and the late Sir Alec Guinness came second and third in the Sky survey with Julie Walters and Elizabeth Taylor coming in as the female equivalent.

Kate Winslet, the only actress in the top 10 who is up for an Oscar this year, came ninth, and Emma Thompson 10th.

More than 2,000 people were quizzed by YouGov for Sky to mark the 77th Academy Awards on February 27th 2005.

Dame Judi said: "I am very thrilled to hear this - and now I have something enormous to live up to."

The top ten British actors were:

1 Sean Connery
2 Anthony Hopkins
3 Alec Guinness
4 Michael Caine
5 Laurence Olivier
6 Richard Burton
7 Cary Grant
8 John Mills
9 Richard Attenborough
10 Peter Sellers

The top ten British actresses were:

1 Judi Dench
2 Julie Walters
3 Elizabeth Taylor
4 Helen Mirren
5 Julie Andrews
6 Maggie Smith
7 Thora Hird
8 Vanessa Redgrave
9 Kate Winslet
10 Emma Thompson

Thanks to `Emmerdale` for the alert.