Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 9, 1936
Place of Birth:
Wirral, England, UK
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Glenda Jackson
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Great Escaper | Irene Jordan |
| 2021 | Mothering Sunday | Jane (Older) |
| 2021 | Mothers of the Revolution | Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Elizabeth Is Missing | Maud Palmer Horsham |
| 2017 | Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me | Self |
| 2012 | Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil | Self |
| 2011 | Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2001 | The Best of Morecambe and Wise | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai | Alexandra Kollontai (voice) |
| 1992 | The Secret Life of Arnold Bax | Harriet Cohen |
| 1991 | A Murder of Quality | Alisa Brimley |
| 1991 | The House of Bernarda Alba | Bernarda |
| 1990 | King of the Wind | Queen Caroline |
| 1990 | The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty | Glitch the Witch (voice) |
| 1989 | The Rainbow | Anna Brangwen |
| 1989 | Doombeach | Miss Ricketts |
| 1988 | Salome's Last Dance | Herodias / Lady Alice |
| 1988 | Strange Interlude | Nina Leeds |
| 1987 | Beyond Therapy | Charlotte |
| 1987 | Business as Usual | Babs Flynn |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary | Neaera Duncan |
| 1984 | Sakharov | Yelena Bonner |
| 1983 | The Return of the Soldier | Margaret Grey |
| 1982 | Let Poland Be Poland | Self - Co-Host |
| 1982 | Giro City | Sophie |
| 1981 | Blood Donors | Self |
| 1981 | The Patricia Neal Story | Patricia Neal |
| 1980 | Hopscotch | Isobel |
| 1980 | HealtH | Isabella Garnell |
| 1979 | Lost and Found | Tricia |
| 1979 | The Class Of Miss MacMichael | Conor MacMichael |
| 1978 | House Calls | Ann Atkinson |
| 1978 | Stevie | Stevie Smith |
| 1977 | Nasty Habits | Sister Alexandra |
| 1976 | The Incredible Sarah | Sarah Bernhardt |
| 1975 | Hedda | Hedda |
| 1975 | The Romantic Englishwoman | Elizabeth |
| 1975 | The Maids | Solange |
| 1974 | The Tempter | Sister Geraldine |
| 1973 | A Touch of Class | Vicki Allessio |
| 1973 | Bequest to the Nation | Lady Hamilton |
| 1972 | The Triple Echo | Alice Charlesworth |
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Alex Greville |
| 1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Queen Elizabeth |
| 1971 | The Music Lovers | Antonina 'Nina' Milyukova |
| 1971 | The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson | Self |
| 1971 | The Boy Friend | Rita Monroe |
| 1969 | Women in Love | Gudrun Brangwen |
| 1968 | Negatives | Vivien |
| 1968 | Let's Murder Vivaldi | Julie |
| 1968 | Tell Me Lies | Glenda |
| 1967 | The Benefit of the Doubt | Self |
| 1967 | Marat/Sade | Charlotte Corday |
| 1967 | Opus | Charlotte Corday (Marat/Sade) |
| 1967 | Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To? | Claire Foley |
| 1965 | Horror of Darkness | Cathy |
| 1963 | This Sporting Life | Singer at Party (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Extra Day | Extra (uncredited) |
| Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Trust Morecambe & Wise | Self |
| 2018 | Morecambe & Wise in America | Self |
| 2000 | Blouse and Skirt | Self |
| 1998 | So Graham Norton | Self - Guest |
| 1992 | Terry Wogan's Friday Night | Self |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self |
| 1981 | Six Fifty-Five Special | Self |
| 1979 | Question Time | Self - Panellist |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R | Queen Elizabeth I |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self |
| 1965 | National Geographic Specials | Narrator |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Cathy |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1961 | Morecambe & Wise | Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |