Two-time Oscar winner and Labour MP Glenda Jackson dies aged 87
Veteran actress and former politician Glenda Jackson has "died peacefully" after a brief illness at the age of 87, her agent has confirmed.
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Veteran actress and former politician Glenda Jackson has "died peacefully" after a brief illness at the age of 87, her agent has confirmed.
Her agent said the actress and MP died at her home on Thursday, June 15 after a 'brief illness.'
The actress also had a lengthy political career.
Oscar-winning actor and former MP Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87, her agent has said.
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.- Political stage - Jackson moved seamlessly to politics, challenging Thatcher's free-market capitalist policies that she said were destroying British society.