Glenda Jackson
Acting
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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movieThe Great Escaper
2023
Irene Jordan
tvRemembers…
2022
Self
movieMothering Sunday
2021
Jane (Older)
movieMothers of the Revolution
2021
Narrator (voice)
movieElizabeth Is Missing
2019
Maud Palmer Horsham
movieEric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Best of Morecambe and Wise
2001
Self (archive footage)
tvSo Graham Norton
1998
Self - Guest
movieA Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai
1994
Alexandra Kollontai (voice)
movieThe Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992
Harriet Cohen
movieA Murder of Quality
1991
Alisa Brimley
movieKing of the Wind
1990
Queen Caroline
movieThe Real Story of Humpty Dumpty
1990
Glitch the Witch (voice)
movieThe Rainbow
1989
Anna Brangwen
movieDoombeach
1989
Miss Ricketts
movieSalome's Last Dance
1988
Herodias / Lady Alice
tvStrange Interlude
1988
Nina Leeds
movieBeyond Therapy
1987
Charlotte
movieBusiness as Usual
1987
Babs Flynn
movieTurtle Diary
1985
Neaera Duncan
movieSakharov
1984
Yelena Bonner
movieThe Return of the Soldier
1983
Margaret Grey
movieGiro City
1982
Sophie
tvWogan
1982
Self
movieLet Poland Be Poland
1982
Self - Co-Host
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Nina Leeds
movieThe Patricia Neal Story
1981
Patricia Neal
movieHopscotch
1980
Isobel
movieHealtH
1980
Isabella Garnell
tvQuestion Time
1979
Self - Panellist
movieLost and Found
1979
Tricia
movieThe Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978
Conor MacMichael
movieStevie
1978
Stevie Smith
movieHouse Calls
1978
Ann Atkinson
movieNasty Habits
1977
Sister Alexandra
movieThe Incredible Sarah
1976
Sarah Bernhardt
tvThe Muppet Show
1976
Self - Special Guest Star
movieHedda
1975
Hedda
movieThe Romantic Englishwoman
1975
Elizabeth
movieThe Maids
1975
Solange
movieThe Tempter
1974
Sister Geraldine
tvDinah!
1974
Self
movieA Touch of Class
1973
Vicki Allessio
movieBequest to the Nation
1973
Lady Hamilton
movieThe Triple Echo
1972
Alice Charlesworth
movieMary, Queen of Scots
1971
Queen Elizabeth
movieThe Boy Friend
1971
Rita Monroe
movieSunday Bloody Sunday
1971
Alex Greville
tvElizabeth R
1971
Queen Elizabeth I
movieThe Music Lovers
1971
Antonina 'Nina' Milyukova
movieWomen in Love
1969
Gudrun Brangwen
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Marina Palek
movieNegatives
1968
Vivien
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieTell Me Lies
1968
Glenda
tvOmnibus
1967
Self
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
1967
Claire Foley
tvHalf Hour Story
1967
Claire Foley
movieOpus
1967
Charlotte Corday (Marat/Sade)
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Margaret Schlegel
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Cathy / Julie
movieThis Sporting Life
1963
Singer at Party (uncredited)
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Nominee / Self - Winner
movieThe Extra Day
1956
Extra (uncredited)
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
