Glenda Jackson

Personal Info

Birthday

May 9, 1936

Day of Death

2023-06-15

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

Wirral, England, UK

Also Known As

Glenda May Jackson

Glenda Jackson

Biography

Glenda May Jackson CBE (9 May 1936, Birkenhead, Cheshire – 15 June 2023) was an English actress and politician. She was one of the few artists to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having won two Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.

She was made a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1978. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice: for her roles in Women in Love (1970) and A Touch of Class (1973). She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971).

Known For

BBC Play of the Month

The Wednesday Play

Elizabeth R

National Geographic Specials

Hopscotch

A Murder of Quality

The Great Escaper

The Rainbow

Filmography

2025
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
as Archive
2023
The Great Escaper
as Irene Jordan
2021
Mothering Sunday
as Jane (Older)
Mothers of the Revolution
as Narrator (voice)
2019
Elizabeth Is Missing
as Maud Palmer Horsham
2017
Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me
as Self
2012
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
as Self
2011
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
as Self (archive footage)
1994
A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai
as Alexandra Kollontai (voice)
1992
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
as Harriet Cohen
1991
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Bernarda
A Murder of Quality
as Alisa Brimley
1990
King of the Wind
as Queen Caroline
The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty
as Glitch the Witch (voice)
1989
The Rainbow
as Anna Brangwen
Doombeach
as Miss Ricketts
1988
Strange Interlude
as Nina Leeds
Salome's Last Dance
as Herodias / Lady Alice
1987
Beyond Therapy
as Charlotte
Business as Usual
as Babs Flynn
1985
Turtle Diary
as Neaera Duncan
1984
Sakharov
as Yelena Bonner
1983
The Return of the Soldier
as Margaret Grey
1982
Giro City
as Sophie
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self - Co-Host
1981
The Patricia Neal Story
as Patricia Neal
Blood Donors
as Self
1980
Hopscotch
as Isobel
HealtH
as Isabella Garnell
1979
Lost and Found
as Tricia
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Conor MacMichael
1978
Stevie
as Stevie Smith
House Calls
as Ann Atkinson
1977
Nasty Habits
as Sister Alexandra
1976
The Incredible Sarah
as Sarah Bernhardt
1975
Hedda
as Hedda
The Romantic Englishwoman
as Elizabeth
The Maids
as Solange
1974
The Tempter
as Sister Geraldine
1973
A Touch of Class
as Vicki Allessio
Bequest to the Nation
as Lady Hamilton
1972
The Triple Echo
as Alice Charlesworth
1971
Mary, Queen of Scots
as Queen Elizabeth
The Boy Friend
as Rita Monroe
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Alex Greville
The Music Lovers
as Antonina 'Nina' Milyukova
The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson
as Self
1969
Women in Love
as Gudrun Brangwen
1968
Negatives
as Vivien
Let's Murder Vivaldi
as Julie
Tell Me Lies
as Glenda
1967
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
as Claire Foley
Marat/Sade
as Charlotte Corday
Opus
as Charlotte Corday (Marat/Sade)
The Benefit of the Doubt
as Self
1965
Horror of Darkness
as Cathy
1963
This Sporting Life
as Singer at Party (uncredited)
1956
The Extra Day
as Extra (uncredited)