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Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed late-life return to stage and screen, has died at age 87. Jackson’s agent Lionel Larner said she died Thursday at her home in London after a short illness. He said she had recently completed…

British actor and politician Glenda Jackson died today aged 87, leaving a legacy of great performances in "Women in Love" and "A Touch of Class."

Glenda Jackson, who has died aged 87, was one of Britain’s most arrestingly forthright and abrasively intelligent exponents of the classics on stage and screen.

The two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson, who died Thursday after a short illness at the age of 87, was one of the leading British actors of her generation.

LONDON — Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed late-life return to stage and screen, has

Jackson was one of the finest British actors of her generation, winning Oscar, Emmy and Tony Awards. Fiercely political, she also served as a member of Parliament for decades.

Jackson won two Oscars and two Emmys.

After retiring from politics, Glenda Jackson made three films: one for TV, Elizabeth is Missing, and two for the big screen, Mothering Sunday and the upcoming The Great Escaper. The people behind those projects remember a fierce, funny and formidable titan

LONDON -- Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed late-life return to stage and screen, has died at age 87.

Forthright and quietly ferocious, Jackson won multiple awards on stage and screen before a long break from acting to become a Labour MP.