Glenda Jackson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 9, 1936
- Died
- June 15, 2023 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Wirral, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
Movie
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Movie · as Archive
The Great Escaper
Movie · as Irene Jordan
Remembers…
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mothering Sunday
Movie · as Jane (Older)
Mothers of the Revolution
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Elizabeth Is Missing
Movie · as Maud Palmer Horsham
Trust Morecambe & Wise
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Morecambe & Wise in America
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me
Movie · as Self
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
Movie · as Self
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brook by Brook
Movie · as Self
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Blouse and Skirt
TV · as Self · 1 ep
So Graham Norton
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai
Movie · as Alexandra Kollontai (voice)
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
Movie · as Harriet Cohen
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Murder of Quality
Movie · as Alisa Brimley
The House of Bernarda Alba
Movie · as Bernarda
King of the Wind
Movie · as Queen Caroline
The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty
Movie · as Glitch the Witch (voice)
Have I Got News for You
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Rainbow
Movie · as Anna Brangwen
Doombeach
Movie · as Miss Ricketts
Salome's Last Dance
Movie · as Herodias / Lady Alice
Strange Interlude
TV · as Nina Leeds · 3 eps
Beyond Therapy
Movie · as Charlotte
Business as Usual
Movie · as Babs Flynn
Turtle Diary
Movie · as Neaera Duncan
Sakharov
Movie · as Yelena Bonner
The Return of the Soldier
Movie · as Margaret Grey
Let Poland Be Poland
Movie · as Self - Co-Host
Giro City
Movie · as Sophie
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Nina Leeds · 3 eps
Blood Donors
Movie · as Self
The Patricia Neal Story
Movie · as Patricia Neal
Six Fifty-Five Special
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hopscotch
Movie · as Isobel
HealtH
Movie · as Isabella Garnell
Lost and Found
Movie · as Tricia
Question Time
TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep
House Calls
Movie · as Ann Atkinson
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Movie · as Conor MacMichael
Stevie
Movie · as Stevie Smith
Nasty Habits
Movie · as Sister Alexandra
The Incredible Sarah
Movie · as Sarah Bernhardt
The Muppet Show
TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep
Hedda
Movie · as Hedda
The Romantic Englishwoman
Movie · as Elizabeth
The Maids
Movie · as Solange
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tempter
Movie · as Sister Geraldine
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Touch of Class
Movie · as Vicki Allessio
Bequest to the Nation
Movie · as Lady Hamilton
The Triple Echo
Movie · as Alice Charlesworth
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Movie · as Alex Greville
Mary, Queen of Scots
Movie · as Queen Elizabeth
The Music Lovers
Movie · as Antonina 'Nina' Milyukova
The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson
Movie · as Self
The Boy Friend
Movie · as Rita Monroe
Elizabeth R
TV · as Queen Elizabeth I · 6 eps
Film '72
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Women in Love
Movie · as Gudrun Brangwen
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Marina Palek · 1 ep
Negatives
Movie · as Vivien
Let's Murder Vivaldi
Movie · as Julie
Tell Me Lies
Movie · as Glenda
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Benefit of the Doubt
Movie · as Self
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Movie · as Charlotte Corday
Opus
Movie · as Charlotte Corday (Marat/Sade)
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
Movie · as Claire Foley
Omnibus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Half Hour Story
TV · as Claire Foley · 1 ep
Horror of Darkness
Movie · as Cathy
National Geographic Specials
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Margaret Schlegel · 1 ep
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Cathy, Julie · 1 ep
This Sporting Life
Movie · as Singer at Party (uncredited)
World in Action
TV · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Morecambe & Wise
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Extra Day
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
TV · 2 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Winner · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps