Glenda Jackson

Born: 1936-05-09

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glenda Jackson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Mothering Sunday

as Jane (Older)
Released: 2021-11-12

On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on...

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Hopscotch

as Isobel
Released: 1980-09-26

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens...

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The Great Escaper

as Irene Jordan
Released: 2023-10-06

In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th...

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Women in Love

as Gudrun Brangwen
Released: 1969-09-13

Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920's English coal-mining community, free-spirited...

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Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Alex Greville
Released: 1971-07-01

Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod...

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This Sporting Life

as Singer at Party (uncredited)
Released: 1963-02-07

In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to...

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Mary, Queen of Scots

as Queen Elizabeth
Released: 1971-12-22

Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman...

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The Romantic Englishwoman

as Elizabeth
Released: 1975-06-11

A marriage crisis between a writer and his wife leads her to flee to Germany and eventually...

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A Touch of Class

as Vicki Allessio
Released: 1973-05-25

Steve, a happily married American man living in London meets Vicki, an English divorcée and run...

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Turtle Diary

as Neaera Duncan
Released: 1985-12-06

Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in...

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The Return of the Soldier

as Margaret Grey
Released: 1983-01-06

The horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The...

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Elizabeth Is Missing

as Maud Palmer Horsham
Released: 2019-12-08

Maud's best friend Elizabeth has disappeared, but as she tries to solve the mystery, dementia...

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The Rainbow

as Anna Brangwen
Released: 1989-05-05

Born to a rich landowner in the waning days of the Victorian era, Ursula Brangwen grows into a...

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The Music Lovers

as Nina
Released: 1971-02-12

Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual...

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Marat/Sade

as Charlotte Corday
Released: 1967-02-22

In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the...

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Salome's Last Dance

as Herodias / Lady Alice
Released: 1988-05-06

London, England, November 5th, 1892, Guy Fawkes Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his...

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Nasty Habits

as Sister Alexandra
Released: 1977-01-28

In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess,...

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The Patricia Neal Story

as Patricia Neal
Released: 1981-12-08

The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in...

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Tell Me Lies

as Glenda
Released: 1968-02-02

Adapted and directed by Peter Brook from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘production-in-progress...

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Giro City

as Sophie
Released: 1982-11-01

Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to...

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The Maids

as Solange
Released: 1975-04-21

A film version of Genet's play. Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while...

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The Triple Echo

as Alice Charlesworth
Released: 1972-11-16

After her husband is captured during WWII, homesteader Alice is forced to maintain their land...

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Hedda

as Hedda
Released: 1975-12-19

Returning from her honeymoon with her husband, scholar Jorgen, the cold and manipulative Hedda...

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Doombeach

as Miss Ricketts
Released: 1989-01-01

A young boy dies after swimming at a seaside resort, and the local children, led by Gavin,...

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Beyond Therapy

as Charlotte
Released: 1987-02-27

Manhattanites Bruce and Prudence are each looking for a meaningful romantic relationship and...

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House Calls

as Ann Atkinson
Released: 1978-03-15

Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest...

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HealtH

as Isabella Garnell
Released: 1980-09-12

Health is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political...

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The Boy Friend

as Rita Monroe
Released: 1971-12-16

The assistant stage manager of a small-time theatrical company is forced to understudy for the...

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Strange Interlude

as Nina Leeds
Released: 1988-07-13

Adaptation of an experimental play in nine acts by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Strange...

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The Tempter

as Sister Geraldine
Released: 1974-11-22

A young writer is invited to stay in a religious hostel run by a sinister, manipulative nun who...

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The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

as Harriet Cohen
Released: 1992-11-22

A biopic about the eminent composer Sir Arnold Bax.

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Sakharov

as Yelena Bonner
Released: 1984-06-20

Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his...

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Bequest to the Nation

as Lady Hamilton
Released: 1973-04-18

Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord...

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King of the Wind

as Queen Caroline
Released: 1990-05-25

In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel:...

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Lost and Found

as Tricia
Released: 1979-07-13

While visiting Switzerland, an American college professor, Adam, keeps running into a divorced...

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A Murder of Quality

as Alisa Brimley
Released: 1991-10-04

At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into...

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The House of Bernarda Alba

as Bernarda
Released: 1991-12-18

A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close...

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Business as Usual

as Babs Flynn
Released: 1987-01-01

After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses...

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Mothers of the Revolution

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2021-10-07

On 5th September 1981, a group of women came together to change the world. These women marched...

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Stevie

as Stevie Smith
Released: 1978-09-15

For a poet with a gift for crafting words into barbs, Stevie Smith lives a relatively...

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The Incredible Sarah

as Sarah Bernhardt
Released: 1976-11-05

The legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt's unconventional life and career are examined in this...

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Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

as Self
Released: 2012-01-14

Following the recent death of Ken Russell, Alan Yentob looks back over the career of the...

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Let Poland Be Poland

as Self - Co-Host
Released: 1982-01-31

Broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 31, 1982, this special produced by the...

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The Class Of Miss MacMichael

as Conor MacMichael
Released: 1979-01-27

A dedicated teacher tries to reach out to juvenile delinquent students at a London alternative...

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The Benefit of the Doubt

as Self
Released: 1967-01-02

A documentary following US, Peter Brook's experimental play about the moral issues surrounding...

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Blood Donors

as Self
Released: 1981-01-01

"You told me you'd take me to Hollywood!" cries Glenda - but Ernie quips, "No, Cricklewood"....

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Horror of Darkness

as Cathy
Released: 1965-03-10

A studio-based drama by John Hopkins focusing on a trio of people at the point of crisis, with...

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The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson

as Self
Released: 1971-01-01

Central Office of Information profile of actress, Glenda Jackson discussing her roles in Sunday,...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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The Wednesday Play

as Cathy
First aired: 1964-09-30

The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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Have I Got News for You

as Self
First aired: 1990-09-28

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories...

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The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star
First aired: 1976-09-05

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Winner
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Wogan is a British television chat show

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So Graham Norton

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1998-07-03

So Graham Norton was a British television programme, hosted by Irish personality Graham Norton....

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The Morecambe & Wise Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-10-12

The Morecambe & Wise Show is the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and...

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Question Time

as Self - Panellist
First aired: 1979-09-25

This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least...

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Dinah!

as Self
First aired: 1974-10-21

Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started...

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Elizabeth R

as Queen Elizabeth I
First aired: 1971-02-17

This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one...

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National Geographic Specials

as Narrator
First aired: 1965-09-10

National Geographic Specials

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Morecambe & Wise in America

as Self
First aired: 2018-12-27

Three part series hosted by Jonathan Ross, telling the story of Eric and Ernie's attempts to...

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Trust Morecambe & Wise

as Self
First aired: 2019-11-08

Sir Lenny Henry and his special guests celebrate Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, mixing rarely...

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Armchair Theatre

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...

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