Glenda Jackson
Known for Acting · 89 credits
- Born
- 1936-05-09
- Died
- 2023-06-15
- Place of birth
- Wirral, England, UK
- Also known as
- Glenda May Jackson
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
TV Shows (30)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Self - Winner
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Margaret Schlegel
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Question Time
1979
as Self - Panellist
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Cathy / Julie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Marina Palek
World in Action
1963
Remembers…
2022
as Self
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
Morecambe & Wise
1961
as Self
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self - Guest
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
as Self
Half Hour Story
1967
as Claire Foley
Elizabeth R
1971
as Queen Elizabeth I
National Geographic Specials
1965
as Narrator
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981
as Self
Armchair Theatre
1956
Morecambe & Wise in America
2018
as Self
Strange Interlude
1988
as Nina Leeds
Trust Morecambe & Wise
2019
as Self
Blouse and Skirt
2000
as Self
Movies (59)
Women in Love
1969
as Gudrun Brangwen
The Rainbow
1989
as Anna Brangwen
The Great Escaper
2023
as Irene Jordan
Mothering Sunday
2021
as Jane (Older)
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
as Queen Elizabeth
Hopscotch
1980
as Isobel
Nasty Habits
1977
as Sister Alexandra
HealtH
1980
as Isabella Garnell
A Murder of Quality
1991
as Alisa Brimley
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Alex Greville
House Calls
1978
as Ann Atkinson
The Romantic Englishwoman
1975
as Elizabeth
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as Margaret Grey
Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me
2017
as Self
A Touch of Class
1973
as Vicki Allessio
Giro City
1982
as Sophie
Beyond Therapy
1987
as Charlotte
Sakharov
1984
as Yelena Bonner
Bequest to the Nation
1973
as Lady Hamilton
Turtle Diary
1985
as Neaera Duncan
King of the Wind
1990
as Queen Caroline
This Sporting Life
1963
as Singer at Party (uncredited)
Salome's Last Dance
1988
as Herodias / Lady Alice
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978
as Conor MacMichael
The Tempter
1974
as Sister Geraldine
Lost and Found
1979
as Tricia
The Music Lovers
1971
as Antonina 'Nina' Milyukova
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Patricia Neal Story
1981
as Patricia Neal
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
1967
as Charlotte Corday
Business as Usual
1987
as Babs Flynn
Negatives
1968
as Vivien
The Boy Friend
1971
as Rita Monroe
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
as Self - Co-Host
Elizabeth Is Missing
2019
as Maud Palmer Horsham
Hedda
1975
as Hedda
Mothers of the Revolution
2021
as Narrator (voice)
The Maids
1975
as Solange
Tell Me Lies
1968
as Glenda
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991
as Bernarda
The Triple Echo
1972
as Alice Charlesworth
Stevie
1978
as Stevie Smith
The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty
1990
as Glitch the Witch (voice)
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992
as Harriet Cohen
Horror of Darkness
1965
as Cathy
Opus
1967
as Charlotte Corday (Marat/Sade)
The Incredible Sarah
1976
as Sarah Bernhardt
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Benefit of the Doubt
1967
as Self
The Extra Day
1956
as Extra (uncredited)
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012
as Self
Doombeach
1989
as Miss Ricketts
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
as Archive
Blood Donors
1981
as Self
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
1967
as Claire Foley
The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson
1971
as Self
Let's Murder Vivaldi
1968
as Julie
A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai
1994
as Alexandra Kollontai (voice)
About Glenda Jackson
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, Que… With 89 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Glenda Jackson has appeared in 59 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular Glenda Jackson Movies
- Women in Love (1969) — as Gudrun Brangwen
- The Rainbow (1989) — as Anna Brangwen
- The Great Escaper (2023) — as Irene Jordan
- Mothering Sunday (2021) — as Jane (Older)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) — as Queen Elizabeth
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