Glenda Jackson
Acting
Born: May 9, 1936 · Wirral, England, UK
Died: June 15, 2023 (aged 87)
Highest Rated
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
The Muppet Show
1976
Hopscotch
1980
The Great Escaper
2023
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
Women in Love
1969
Mothering Sunday
2021
This Sporting Life
1963
A Touch of Class
1973
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
The Music Lovers
1971
Elizabeth Is Missing
2019
The Romantic Englishwoman
1975
Photos (4)
Movies (48)
Mothering Sunday
Jane (Older)
The Great Escaper
Irene Jordan
Women in Love
Gudrun Brangwen
The Boy Friend
Rita Monroe
Beyond Therapy
Charlotte
Hopscotch
Isobel
Elizabeth Is Missing
Maud Palmer Horsham
The Music Lovers
Antonina 'Nina' Milyukova
Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen Elizabeth
The Romantic Englishwoman
Elizabeth
The Rainbow
Anna Brangwen
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Alex Greville
Tell Me Lies
Glenda
This Sporting Life
Singer at Party (uncredited)
Salome's Last Dance
Herodias / Lady Alice
A Touch of Class
Vicki Allessio
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
Charlotte Corday
The Return of the Soldier
Margaret Grey
Turtle Diary
Neaera Duncan
A Murder of Quality
Alisa Brimley
The Tempter
Sister Geraldine
House Calls
Ann Atkinson
The Triple Echo
Alice Charlesworth
Negatives
Vivien
Nasty Habits
Sister Alexandra
Mothers of the Revolution
Narrator (voice)
Lost and Found
Tricia
Giro City
Sophie
The Patricia Neal Story
Patricia Neal
HealtH
Isabella Garnell
The Maids
Solange
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Conor MacMichael
King of the Wind
Queen Caroline
Hedda
Hedda
The Incredible Sarah
Sarah Bernhardt
Bequest to the Nation
Lady Hamilton
Sakharov
Yelena Bonner
Horror of Darkness
Cathy
The House of Bernarda Alba
Bernarda
Opus
Charlotte Corday (Marat/Sade)
A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai
Alexandra Kollontai (voice)
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
Harriet Cohen
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Archive
Business as Usual
Babs Flynn
The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty
Glitch the Witch (voice)
The Extra Day
Extra (uncredited)
Stevie
Stevie Smith
Doombeach
Miss Ricketts
TV Shows (11)
American Playhouse
Nina Leeds · 3 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Margaret Schlegel · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Cathy · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Julie · 1 eps
World in Action
1 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Marina Palek · 1 eps
Elizabeth R
Queen Elizabeth I · 6 eps
Half Hour Story
Claire Foley · 1 eps
National Geographic Specials
Narrator · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
2 eps
Strange Interlude
Nina Leeds · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (28)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 6 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Have I Got News for You
Self · 3 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Omnibus
Self · 1 eps
Question Time
Self - Panellist · 1 eps
Midi trente
Self · 1 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star · 1 eps
Remembers…
Self · 1 eps
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Morecambe & Wise
Self · 1 eps
Six Fifty-Five Special
Self · 1 eps
Morecambe & Wise in America
Self · 1 eps
Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me
Self
Let Poland Be Poland
Self - Co-Host
Trust Morecambe & Wise
Self · 1 eps
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
Self (archive footage)
The Benefit of the Doubt
Self
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
Self
Blood Donors
Self
Brook by Brook
Self
The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson
Self
