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Actor Glenda Jackson, a two-time Oscar winner who won acclaim for playing an English queen but later served as a socialist politician in the British parliament for 23 years, has died. She was 87.

Oscar-winning British actress Glenda Jackson, who died on Thursday aged 87, played powerful female roles before abandoning stage and screen for a career in politics where she was unafraid to speak truth to power.

LONDON (Reuters) -Actor Glenda Jackson, a two-time Oscar winner who later served as a socialist politician in the British parliament for 23 years, has died. She was 87.

Is the storm already happening when Lear says these famous words: “Blow, wind, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow”? Even though these lines call for a storm to happen, the vast majority of productions understandably cast doubt on Lear’s power to do so by having the storm already raging before he begins speaking: he merely calls for what already exists. What, then, is the status and function of speech acts which very palpably do nothing, and which do not perform what grammatically and syntac...

Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87. Here's a look back at her impressive acting career.

Glenda Jackson, the feisty two-time Oscar-winning actress who notably quit acting to join UK parliament, has passed away at 87 following a battle with an unspecified illness.

Glenda Jackson has died. One of the finest British actresses of her generation, Jackson won Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Awards. Fiercely political, she also served as a member of Parliament for decades.

Actor Glenda Jackson, a two-time Oscar winner who won acclaim for playing an English queen but later served...

Everything to know about Glenda Jackson who is dead at 87.

I will miss her powerful oratory, independent spirit and strong sense of social justice – she fought for her constituents and ignored the party whips