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Glenda May Jackson (9 May 1936 – 15 June 2023) was an English actress and politician. Over the course of her distinguished career she received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards , two BAFTA Awards , three Emmy Awards , a Golden Globe Award , and a Tony Award .
Elizabeth R is a BBC television drama serial of six 90-minute plays starring Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I of England. It was first broadcast on BBC2 from February to March 1971, through the ABC in Australia and broadcast in the United States on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre.
Mary, Queen of Scots is a 1971 historical drama film based on the life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, written by John Hale and directed by Charles Jarrott.The cast was led by Vanessa Redgrave as the title character and Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I.
Actor Glenda Jackson, a two-time Oscar winner who won acclaim for playing an English queen but later served as a socialist politician in the British parliament for 23 years, has died. One of four ...
Glenda Jackson, who segued from a successful actress — Oscars for “Women in Love” and “A Touch of Class” and two Emmys for “Elizabeth R” — into a 23-year career as member of the U ...
Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed late-life return to stage and screen, has died at age 87.
Glenda Jackson in Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), with Vanessa Redgrave as Mary. Jenny Runacre in Derek Jarman's film Jubilee (1977). Lalla Ward in Crossed Swords (1977), an adaptation of The Prince and the Pauper. Quentin Crisp in Orlando (1992).
There will be many tributes to Glenda Jackson, who died today at age 87 after a short illness. You will hear from her fellow actors, from people who worked with her in films, or in 1970s TV sketch ...