United Kingdom, Nov. 6 -- Dame Judi Dench's eyesight is so bad that she can't watch TV or stage shows.

The 90-year-old actress suffers from macular degeneration - which can cause permanent and rapid central vision loss and is the number one cause of vision loss in people over 50 - has revealed the impact of the condition on her everyday life.

Speaking at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds - of which she is patron - she said: "I can't see any more.

"When I go to the theatre, I can't see. Hopeless."

She has even struggled with television, and admitted she hasn't been able to actually see her friend Dame Celia Imrie on the BBC's Celebrity Traitors series.

However, she added: "Somebody told me what was happening. I want to hear the dirt ...