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The British actor was the epitome of countercultural chic in key 1970s films. It is just a shame she couldn’t be persuaded to return when her political career ended
Glenda Jackson, a star of the screen and UK politics, started acting in the 1950s and went on to win two Academy Awards.
Glenda Jackson, the British actress who hit the snooze bar on her acting career for a 23-year career in politics, died on Thursday, as per her representatives. During her peak years in the 1970s and 80s, she won two Oscars (and was nominated for two more) and two Emmy Awards. She was nominated for four
Frank and witheringly funny, Jackson, who has died at 87, didn't care about her fame or her Oscars
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Not afraid to embrace difficult material, by the early 1970s Jackson was established as the most emotionally intelligent female actor of her generation