But between the pictures there are almost 200 pages of densely printed text, an unusually frank story of her private and professional life, mainly in the theatre, the words clearly Mirren's own, delivered with forthright candour.
Could it be foreshadowing bloodshed? After the birth of her daughter in 1985, Sladen went into semi-retirement, placing her family first, but found time for the occasional television appearance.
In March 2021, she was cast as the villain Hespera in the upcoming superhero film.
Mirren hosted on 9 April 2011.
He and Kathleen married in Hammersmith in 1938, and at some point before 1951 he anglicised his name to Basil.
The 1990s is remembered as a decade of peace, prosperity and the rise of the Internet.