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