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Glenda Jackson

Actor
Born May 9, 1936Died June 15, 2023 (87 years)
Glenda May Jackson CBE (9 May 1936, Birkenhead, Cheshire – 15 June 2023) was an English actress and politician. She was one of the few artists to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having won two Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. She was made a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1978.

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice: for her roles in Women in Love (1970) and A Touch of Class (1973). She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971). Her other notable roles include Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Hedda (1975), The Incredible Sarah (1976) and Hopscotch (1980). She won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her role as Elizabeth I in the BBC series Elizabeth R (1971). She received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her role in Elizabeth Is Missing (2019).

Jackson studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She made her Broadway debut in Marat/Sade (1966). She received five Laurence Olivier Award nominations for her West End roles in Stevie (1977), Antony and Cleopatra (1979), Rose (1980), Strange Interlude (1984) and King Lear (2016), the later being her first role after a 25 year absence from acting, which she reprised on Broadway in 2019. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in the revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women (2018).

Jackson took a hiatus from acting to take on a career in politics from 1992 to 2015, and was elected as the Labour Party MP for Hampstead and Highgate in the 1992 general election. She served as a junior transport minister from 1997 to 1999 during the government of Tony Blair, later becoming critical of Blair. After constituency boundary changes, she represented Hampstead and Kilburn from 2010. At the 2010 general election, her majority of 42 votes, confirmed after a recount, was the narrowest of that parliament. Jackson stood down at the 2015 general election and returned to acting.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Hopscotch
  • This Sporting Life
  • Salome's Last Dance
  • The Romantic Englishwoman
  • Beyond Therapy
  • The Return of the Soldier

Known For

  • Sunday Bloody Sunday
  • Women in Love
  • Hopscotch
  • The Great Escaper
  • Elizabeth Is Missing
  • Elizabeth R
  • A Touch of Class
  • Mary, Queen of Scots
  • Salome's Last Dance
  • The Music Lovers
  • The Romantic Englishwoman
  • House Calls
  • The Triple Echo
  • Mothering Sunday
  • Turtle Diary
  • Stevie
  • The Maids
  • Marat/Sade
  • Hedda
  • Beyond Therapy
  • The Class of Miss MacMichael
  • Nasty Habits
  • The Return of the Soldier
  • A Murder of Quality

Glenda Jackson Filmography

2023
The Great Escaper · as Irene Jordan
2021
Mothering Sunday · as Jane (older)
2021
Mothers of the Revolution · as Narrator (voice)
2019
Elizabeth Is Missing · as Maud Palmer Horsham
2014
1992
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax · as Harriet Cohen
1991
1991
A Murder of Quality · as Alisa Brimley
1990
Carol & Company (TV Series) · as Dr. Doris Kruber
1989
King of the Wind · as Queen Caroline
1989
The Rainbow · as Anna Brangwen
1989
Doombeach · as Miss Ricketts
1988
Salome's Last Dance · as Herodias / Lady Alice
1987
Beyond Therapy · as Charlotte
1987
Business as Usual · as Babs Flynn
1985
Turtle Diary · as Neaera Duncan
1984
Sakharov · as Yelena Bonner
1982
Giro City · as Sophie
1982
1981
The Patricia Neal Story · as Patricia Neal
1980
American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Nina Leeds
1980
Hopscotch · as Isobel
1980
HealtH · as Isabella Garnell
1979
Lost and Found · as Tricia
1978
The Class of Miss MacMichael · as Conor Macmichael
1978
Stevie · as Stevie Smith
1978
House Calls · as Ann Atkinson
1977
Nasty Habits · as Sister Alexandra
1976
The Incredible Sarah · as Sarah Bernhardt
1975
Hedda · as Hedda
1975
1975
The Maids · as Solange
1974
The Devil Is a Woman · as Sister Geraldine
1973
The Nelson Affair · as Lady Hamilton
1973
A Touch of Class · as Vicki Allessio
1972
The Triple Echo · as Alice Charlesworth
1971
The Boy Friend · as Rita Monroe
1971
Mary, Queen of Scots · as Queen Elizabeth
1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday · as Alex Greville
1971
Elizabeth R (TV Series) · as Queen Elizabeth I
1971
The Music Lovers · as Antonina 'nina' Milyukova
1969
Women in Love · as Gudrun Brangwen
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Marina Palek
1968
Negatives · as Vivien
1968
Tell Me Lies · as Glenda
1967
Marat/Sade · as Charlotte Corday
1967
Opus · as Charlotte Corday (marat/sade)
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Margaret Schlegel
1965
National Geographic Specials (TV Series) · as Narrator
1964
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Cathy
1963
This Sporting Life · as Singer At Party (uncredited)
1962
Z Cars (TV Series) · as Hospital Nurse
1956
Armchair Theatre (TV Series)
1956
The Extra Day · as Extra (uncredited)
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Iris Jones

2023
Lives Well Lived · as Self
2019
2018
The 72nd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Winner
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2012
2012
CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2011
2009
IMPRESCINDIBLES (TV Series) · as Self
2006
The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2003
2003
This Week (2003) (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Daily Politics (TV Series) · as Self
2002
2001
1999
1998
The 11 O'Clock Show (TV Series) · as Self
1998
So Graham Norton (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1992
1991
Comic Relief · as Self
1990
Have I Got News for You (TV Series) · as Self
1989
Clive Anderson Talks Back (TV Series) · as Self
1988
This Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1988
The 42nd Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee
1982
1982
Channel 4 News (TV Series) · as Self - Actress, King Lear
1982
Wogan (TV Series) · as Self
1981
1981
The 35th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee
1980
Hour Magazine (TV Series) · as Self
1979
Question Time (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist
1979
1978
The Morecambe & Wise Show (1980) (TV Series) · as Self
1976
The Muppet Show (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Working in the Theatre (TV Series) · as Self
1975
47th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter
1974
Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self
1972
Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self
1971
Film (TV Series) · as Self
1971
1968
The Morecambe and Wise Show (TV Series) · as Self
1968
The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1967
Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self
1963
Telescope (TV Series) · as Self
1963
World in Action (TV Series) · as Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1961
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self
1956
Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee
1955
This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self
1952
Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1944
Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee

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