Glenda Jackson

About

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...

Known for

American PlayhouseSeries • 1982The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969Mothering SundayMovie • 2021Elizabeth RSeries • 1971The Great EscaperMovie • 2023Women in LoveMovie • 1969The Boy FriendMovie • 1971The Romantic EnglishwomanMovie • 1975The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de SadeMovie • 1967Mary, Queen of ScotsMovie • 1971House CallsMovie • 1978HopscotchMovie • 1980Sunday Bloody SundayMovie • 1971The Music LoversMovie • 1971Beyond TherapyMovie • 1987A Murder of QualityMovie • 1991The Return of the SoldierMovie • 1983The RainbowMovie • 1989Salome's Last DanceMovie • 1988A Touch of ClassMovie • 1973Elizabeth Is MissingMovie • 2019This Sporting LifeMovie • 1963