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Glenda Jackson

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Actress / Politician | * 05/09/1936 († 87, 06/15/2023) | Birkenhead, Wirral (United Kingdom (UK))
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. A member of the Labour Party, she served continuously as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 23 years, initially for Hampstead and Highgate from 1992 to 2010, and Hampstead and Kilburn from 2010 to 2015, following boundary changes. Jackson won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for the romance films Women in Love (1970) and A Touch of Class (1973), but she did not appear in person to collect either due to work commitments. She also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971). Her other notable films include Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Hedda (1975), ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920's English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a wealthy playboy and a philosophical educator, with ca ...

Women in Love

R

1969 | 3.3/5 | 2h 11min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Steve, a happily married American man living in London meets Vicki, an English divorcée and run off to Marbella for a rollicking week of sex. They then return to London to set up a cozy menage, despi ...

A Touch of Class

PG

1973 | 3.2/5 | 1h 46min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English ...

Mary, Queen of Scots

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1971 | 3.4/5 | 2h 8min
Drama, History
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Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. Fo ...

Sunday Bloody Sunday

R

1971 | 3.3/5 | 1h 50min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Glenda Jackson

Commander of The Order of The British Empire 2x Academy Award for Best Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Drama League Award Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress 4x Academy Award for Best Actress 3x Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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Movies with Glenda Jackson as Actress(47)

as Irene Jordan2023 The Great Escaper
as Jane (Older)2021 Mothering Sunday
as Narrator (voice)2021 Mothers of the Revolution
as Maud Palmer Horsham2019 Elizabeth Is Missing
as herself2017 Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me
as herself2012 Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
as Harriet Cohen1992 The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
as Alisa Brimley1991 A Murder of Quality
as Bernarda1991 The House of Bernarda Alba
as Queen Caroline1990 King of the Wind
as Miss Ricketts1989 Doombeach
as Anna Brangwen1989 The Rainbow
as Herodias / Lady Alice1988 Salome's Last Dance
as Charlotte1987 Beyond Therapy
as Babs Flynn1987 Business as Usual
as Neaera Duncan1985 Turtle Diary
as Yelena Bonner1984 Sakharov
as Margaret Grey1983 The Return of the Soldier
as Sophie1982 Giro City
as Patricia Neal1981 The Patricia Neal Story
as Isabella Garnell1980 Health
as Isobel1980 Hopscotch
as Tricia1979 Lost and Found
as Conor MacMichael1979 The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Ann Atkinson1978 House Calls
as Stevie Smith1978 Stevie
as Sister Alexandra1977 Nasty Habits
as Sarah Bernhardt1976 The Incredible Sarah
as Solange1975 The Maids
as Elizabeth1975 The Romantic Englishwoman
as Hedda1975 Hedda
as Sister Geraldine1974 The Tempter
as Vicki Allessio1973 A Touch of Class
as Lady Hamilton1973 Bequest to the Nation
as Alice Charlesworth1972 The Triple Echo
as Alex Greville1971 Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Queen Elizabeth1971 Mary, Queen of Scots
as Nina1971 The Music Lovers
as Rita Monroe (uncredited)1971 The Boy Friend
as Gudrun Brangwen1969 Women in Love
as Glenda1968 Tell Me Lies
as Vivien1968 Negatives
as Julie1968 Let's Murder Vivaldi
as Charlotte Corday1967 Marat/Sade
as herself1967 The Benefit of the Doubt
as Cathy1965 Horror of Darkness
as Singer at Party (uncredited)1963 This Sporting Life

TV Shows/Series with Glenda Jackson as Actress(11)

as herself2018 Morecambe & Wise in America
as Self - Guest1998 So Graham Norton
as herself1992 Terry Wogan's Friday Night
as herself1982 Wogan
as Self - Panellist1979 Question Time
as Self - Special Guest Star1976 The Muppet Show
as herself1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as herself1972 Midi trente
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Julie1964 The Wednesday Play
as herself1961 The Morecambe & Wise Show

Full Name: Glenda Jackson
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 05/09 1936 (May) in Birkenhead, Wirral (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Thursday, 06/15 2023 (June) in Blackheath (aged: 87)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, West Kirby Grammar School
Employer: BBC
Member of: Royal Shakespeare Company
Children: Dan Hodges
Other names for Glenda Jackson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Glenda May Jackson"
Glenda Jackson frequently works together with these people:
Ken Russell (16x, Crew)
John Lovelady (12x, Cast)
Jim Henson (7x, Actor)
Robert Enders (7x, Crew)
Melvin Frank (6x, Crew)
Robert Altman (5x, Crew)
Kenneth Colley (5x, Actor)
Christopher Gable (5x, Actor)
Douglas Slocombe (5x, Crew)
Peter Brook (5x, Crew)
Peter Tanner (5x, Crew)
Shirley Russell (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:75289, Added: 05/24/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024