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Dame  met her future husband, Michael Williams, when they were cast together in a theatre production, but she's revealed he's not the only co-star she's fallen in love with on stage.<br>The acting icon has mused about her 'susceptibility' to falling for her theatre co-stars, revealing she was smitten with her Hamlet stage partner John Neville. <br>Speaking during an event at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End this week, Dame Judi, 87, called their time together in 1958 'beautiful'.<br>      (image:  )    'Beautiful': Dame Judi Dench has mused about her 'susceptibility' to falling for her theatre co-stars, revealing she was smitten with her Hamlet stage partner John Neville in 1958<br>Daily Mail's Richard Eden said the Oscar winner explained: 'I was in Hamlet with John Neville.  He was beautiful. It was beautiful.'<br>  RELATED ARTICLES                    Share this article Share 409 shares    Asked if she fell in love with Neville, who died in 2011 aged 86, she replied: 'Yes. I am very prone to it. I am very susceptible.'<br>'It does not happen all the time, and it does not go to enormous extremes, but it is, perhaps, sharing [stage] fright that is so electrifying.'<br>      (image:  )      Marriage: Dame Judi met her future husband, Michael Williams, when they were cast together in a theatre production. The two went onto have a 30 year marriage before his death from lung cancer in 2001 aged 65 (pictured in 1999)<br>Acclaimed theatre actor John Neville married his wife Caroline Hooper in 1949, and they had six children together. <br>Dame Judi, 87, made her RSC debut as Anya in The Cherry Orchard in 1961 before starring in Twelfth Night and Macbeth.  She later carved out an equally stellar film career. <br>Dame Judi's 30-year marriage to Michael Williams was just as successful in real life as it was in the long-running sitcom A Fine Romance, in which they co-starred until his death from lung cancer in 2001 aged 65.<br>The couple married in 1971 and shared a daughter, Finty Williams, 48, who is also an actress.<br>The actress has been with her partner, the conservationist David Mills, for 12 years.  Mills revealed last year that they considered tying the knot during the pandemic, even going to the extent of weighing up the benefits of marriage.<br>      (image:  )    Love: The actress has been with her partner, the conservationist David Mills, for 12 years (pictured together in 2015) <br>‘We hadn't really looked into it before, but, during lockdown, we had a serious discussion, looking at the pros and cons,' Mills told Richard Eden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.<br>‘After a lot of thought, we decided against it and thought, "We are happy to stay as we are." '<br>The actress recently revealed she feels 'frightened' when she finishes an acting job.  Dame Judi said despite her legendary reputation, she is always worried no one will want to hire her again.<br>In an interview with she confessed: 'I've always thought, one is very lucky to be employed.<br>'I always get frightened at the end of the job because I think I'm not going to be employed again and then feel very relieved at the beginning of the next one.'<br>      (image:  )      Stellar career: The actress recently revealed she feels 'frightened' when she finishes an acting job<br>Despite her decades of success, Judi, who most recently starred in the coming of age drama Belfast, admitted that she still feels nervous when she lands a new job.<br>She exclaimed: 'I'll say!  I get more anxious now. Oh yes, much more anxious. There's more things to consider and more things to find out and more things to learn about. And you think, "Oh God, have I got the energy to do this?"<br>When it comes to looking for new roles, the Belfast star is always on the hunt for something different to anything she's done before.<br>She said: 'I just, really, always hope that I will be asked to do something different.  And perhaps not expected. Or something that has no reference to anything I've done before."<br>      (image:  )      On set: Judi, who most recently starred in the coming of age drama Belfast, said: 'I think I'm not going to be employed again and then feel very relieved at the beginning of the next one'<br>  adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement