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…
Movies & TV Shows
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The Muppet Show (1976) — Self - Special Guest Star
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Hopscotch (1980) — Isobel
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The Great Escaper (2023) — Irene Jordan
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Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — Alex Greville
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Women in Love (1969) — Gudrun Brangwen
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Mothering Sunday (2021) — Jane (Older)
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This Sporting Life (1963) — Singer at Party (uncredited)
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Have I Got News for You (1990) — Self
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A Touch of Class (1973) — Vicki Allessio
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Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) — Queen Elizabeth
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The Music Lovers (1971) — Antonina 'Nina' Milyukova
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Elizabeth Is Missing (2019) — Maud Palmer Horsham
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The Boy Friend (1971) — Rita Monroe
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The Romantic Englishwoman (1975) — Elizabeth
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The Rainbow (1989) — Anna Brangwen
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Beyond Therapy (1987) — Charlotte
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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) — Charlotte Corday
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Salome's Last Dance (1988) — Herodias / Lady Alice
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A Murder of Quality (1991) — Alisa Brimley
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The Triple Echo (1972) — Alice Charlesworth
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House Calls (1978) — Ann Atkinson
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The Return of the Soldier (1983) — Margaret Grey
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Elizabeth R (1971) — Queen Elizabeth I
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The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
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Golden Globe Awards (1944) — Self - Nominee
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HealtH (1980) — Isabella Garnell
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The Maids (1975) — Solange
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Turtle Diary (1985) — Neaera Duncan
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Question Time (1979) — Self - Panellist
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Hedda (1975) — Hedda
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Lost and Found (1979) — Tricia
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Tell Me Lies (1968) — Glenda
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The Tempter (1974) — Sister Geraldine
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The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
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Morecambe & Wise (1961) — Self
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Stevie (1978) — Stevie Smith
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Negatives (1968) — Vivien
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Omnibus (1967) — Self
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National Geographic Specials (1965) — Narrator
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BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Margaret Schlegel