Two-time Oscar-winning actor Glenda Jackson dies at 87

Glenda Jackson twotime Academy Awardwinning actress and politician 87 died Thursday reported Variety Jackson was a major British star in the 1960s and 1970s winning two Academy Awards for Women in Love and A Touch of ClassJackson died at her home in London after a brief illness her agent Lionel Larner told to VarietyGlenda Jackson twotime Academy Awardwinning actress and politician died peacefully at her home in Blackheath London this morning after a brief illness with her family at her side She recently completed filming The Great Escaper in which she costarred with Michael Caine Larner said in a statementApart from her awardwinning roles Jackson delivered memorable performances in films such as 1967s MaratSade as Charlotte Corday 1971s Sunday Bloody Sunday as a member of a bisexual love triangle and on television in The Patricia Neal Story a 1981 work about the actors stroke and recovery with husband Roald DahlQueen Elizabeth I in the sixepisode 1971 TV miniseries Elizabeth R in which the character aged from an adolescent to an elderly woman was a defining role in Jacksons career That same year she starred as Elizabeth in Mary Queen of Scots alongside Vanessa RedgraveIn Hedda Gabler Strange Interlude and Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf she triumphed as other complex womenSome were sceptical when she announced her intention to enter politics Many actors were activists but some questioned whether an actress could make a living as one Jackson defied expectations once more serving as a member of Parliament from 1992 to 2015 as per VarietyMeanwhile under Prime Minister Tony Blair she was appointed parliamentary undersecretary of state a junior minister In 2000 she ran unsuccessfully for Labours nomination as the partys first Mayor of London election candidateIn 201516 Jackson returned to acting with Blood Sex and Money a mashup of 20 Emile Zola novels for the BBCs Radio 4 In 2019 she won the BAFTA for leading actress for her performance in the TV film Elizabeth Is Missing She was most recently seen in the 2021 film Mothering Sunday which premiered at the Cannes Film FestivalAccording to Variety her son newspaper columnist Dan Hodges survived JacksonThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever