Glenda Jackson
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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Acted in
The Great Escaper
2023
as Irene Jordan
Mothering Sunday
2021
as Jane (Older)
Mothers of the Revolution
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Elizabeth Is Missing
2019
as Maud Palmer Horsham
Trust Morecambe & Wise
2019
as Self
Morecambe & Wise in America
2018
as Self
Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me
2017
as Self
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012
as Self
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Blouse and Skirt
2000
as Self
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992
as Harriet Cohen
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991
as Bernarda
A Murder of Quality
1991
as Alisa Brimley
King of the Wind
1990
as Queen Caroline
The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty
1990
as Glitch the Witch (voice)
The Rainbow
1989
as Anna Brangwen
Doombeach
1989
as Miss Ricketts
Strange Interlude
1988
as Nina Leeds
Salome's Last Dance
1988
as Herodias / Lady Alice
Beyond Therapy
1987
as Charlotte
Business as Usual
1987
as Babs Flynn
Turtle Diary
1985
as Neaera Duncan
Sakharov
1984
as Yelena Bonner
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as Margaret Grey
Giro City
1982
as Sophie
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
as Self - Co-Host
The Patricia Neal Story
1981
as Patricia Neal
Blood Donors
1981
as Self
Hopscotch
1980
as Isobel
HealtH
1980
as Isabella Garnell
Lost and Found
1979
as Tricia
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1979
as Conor MacMichael
Stevie
1978
as Stevie Smith
House Calls
1978
as Ann Atkinson
Nasty Habits
1977
as Sister Alexandra
The Incredible Sarah
1976
as Sarah Bernhardt
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
Hedda
1975
as Hedda
The Romantic Englishwoman
1975
as Elizabeth
The Maids
1975
as Solange
The Tempter
1974
as Sister Geraldine
Dinah!
1974
as Self
A Touch of Class
1973
as Vicki Allessio
Bequest to the Nation
1973
as Lady Hamilton
The Triple Echo
1972
as Alice Charlesworth
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
as Queen Elizabeth
The Boy Friend
1971
as Rita Monroe
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Alex Greville
Elizabeth R
1971
as Queen Elizabeth I
The Music Lovers
1971
as Antonina 'Nina' Milyukova
The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson
1971
as Self
Women in Love
1969
as Gudrun Brangwen
Negatives
1968
as Vivien
Let's Murder Vivaldi
1968
as Julie
Tell Me Lies
1968
as Glenda
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
1967
as Claire Foley
Marat/Sade
1967
as Charlotte Corday
The Benefit of the Doubt
1967
as Self
Opus
1967
as Charlotte Corday (Marat/Sade)
National Geographic Specials
1965
as Narrator
Horror of Darkness
1965
as Cathy
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Cathy
This Sporting Life
1963
as Singer at Party (uncredited)
Morecambe & Wise (multiple series)
1961
as Self
Armchair Theatre
1956
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
The Extra Day
1956
as Extra (uncredited)
