Jackson, Glenda, 1936–2023,
English actress and politician. Jackson's first starring role was as
Charlotte Corday in Marat/Sade (1966) for the Royal Shakespeare Company. A strong
personality, she excelled in both comedies and dramas. She won Academy
Awards for roles in Women in Love (1969) and A
Touch of Class (1973). Her other films include Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1972), The Maids (1974),
House Calls (1978), Turtle Diary
(1986), and The Rainbow (1990). In 1971 she played
Elizabeth I in a critically acclaimed television series, and she has
appeared on stage in such plays as Strange Interlude
(1984). In 1992 she retired from acting and was elected as a Labour member
of Parliament from Hampstead; she was reelected in 1997. In 1999 she mounted
an abortive candidacy for mayor of London. She returned to the stage in an
Old Vic performance of King Lear in 2016, a Broadway
revival of Albee's
Three Tall Women in 2018 (Tony Award), and a Broadway
version of King Lear in 2019.
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