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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glenda Jackson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 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
- 2019 · Trust Morecambe & Wise as Self
- 2018 · Morecambe & Wise in America as Self
- 2017 · Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me as Self
- 2012 · Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil as Self
- 2011 · Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2001 · The Best of Morecambe and Wise as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 · So Graham Norton as Self - Guest
- 1992 · The Secret Life of Arnold Bax as Harriet Cohen
- 1992 · Terry Wogan's Friday Night as Self
- 1991 · The House of Bernarda Alba as Bernarda
- 1991 · A Murder of Quality as Alisa Brimley
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1990 · King of the Wind as Queen Caroline
- 1990 · The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty as Glitch the Witch (voice)
- 1989 · The Rainbow as Anna Brangwen
- 1989 · Doombeach as Miss Ricketts
- 1988 · Strange Interlude as Nina Leeds
- 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
- 1983 · The Return of the Soldier as Margaret Grey
- 1982 · Giro City as Sophie
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1982 · Let Poland Be Poland as Self - Co-Host
- 1981 · The Patricia Neal Story as Patricia Neal
- 1981 · Six Fifty-Five Special as Self
- 1981 · Blood Donors as Self
- 1980 · Hopscotch as Isobel
- 1980 · HealtH as Isabella Garnell
- 1979 · Question Time as Self - Panellist
- 1979 · Lost and Found as Tricia
- 1979 · 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
- 1976 · The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
- 1975 · Hedda as Hedda
- 1975 · The Romantic Englishwoman as Elizabeth
- 1975 · The Maids as Solange
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · The Tempter as Sister Geraldine
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1973 · A Touch of Class as Vicki Allessio
- 1973 · Bequest to the Nation as Lady Hamilton
- 1972 · The Triple Echo as Alice Charlesworth
- 1972 · Midi trente as Self
- 1971 · Mary, Queen of Scots as Queen Elizabeth
- 1971 · The Boy Friend as Rita Monroe
- 1971 · Sunday Bloody Sunday as Alex Greville
- 1971 · Elizabeth R as Queen Elizabeth I
- 1971 · The Music Lovers as Antonina 'Nina' Milyukova
- 1971 · The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson as Self
- 1969 · Women in Love as Gudrun Brangwen
- 1968 · Negatives as Vivien
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · Let's Murder Vivaldi as Julie
- 1968 · Tell Me Lies as Glenda
- 1967 · Marat/Sade as Charlotte Corday
- 1967 · The Benefit of the Doubt as Self
- 1965 · National Geographic Specials as Narrator
- 1965 · Horror of Darkness as Cathy
- 1964 · The Wednesday Play as Cathy
- 1963 · This Sporting Life as Singer at Party (uncredited)
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Morecambe & Wise Show as Self
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1956 · The Extra Day as Extra (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story as