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Keir Starmer recalls role as Cleopatra in Morecambe and Wise sketch, which actor considered career highlight

The word that keeps recurring in more than half a century’s worth of reviews in The New York Times? Intelligence.

Remembering the remarkable life of Glenda Jackson, the Oscar-winning British actress turned MP.

"Only a swift bit of diplomacy prevented an international incident."

British actress Glenda Jackson, a two-time Oscar winner and former Labour MP, has died at 87.

Some of the most prestigious directors have emigrated, while the actors who publicly speak out against the war often pay for their words with their jobs. Many prefer to remain silent or work in the alternative scene

Glenda Jackson, beyond any argument one of the greatest actresses of her generation, was notorious as theatres most serious-minded performer, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS.

“I had been prepared to be awed, intimidated, even terrified,” Ben Brantley writes of meeting the actress in person five years ago.

New York Times: Jackson walked away from a successful acting career to enter Parliament.

British actress Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar-winning actress who went on to become an MP, died on Thursday at the age of 87, prompting tributes from the worlds of entertainment and politics."From award-winning actor to campaigner and activist to Labour MP and government minister, Glenda Jackson was always fighting for human rights and social justice."