Remembering Glenda Jackson: A Legendary Actress and Politician

2023-06-15 11:04:27

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The actress in Women in Love (1969) (©Capital Pictures MAXPPP)

She had won best actress oscar twice in the 1970s. The British Glenda Jacksonalso a politician, died at the age of 87, announce the BBC, this Thursday, June 15, 2023, relaying a press release from his agent. “She passed away peacefully at her home in Blackheath, London, this morning following a brief illness, with her family by her side. »

Two Oscars

She began her career very early, in the 1950s and made a name for herself in the decade that followed, thanks in particular to two roles in films by Ken Russell: Lovewhich earned him his first Oscar and The Pathetic Symphony where she plays the wife of composer Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky.

She confirms her fame in comedy A mistress in her arms, a woman on her back, which earned him a second Oscar.

MP for 23 years

She toured until the late 1980s and turned to politics. She was elected as a member of the House of Commons on behalf of the Labor Party between 1992 and 2015.

Her name circulated at one time as Prime Minister Tony Blair’s successor. She finally hung up in 2015 to resume an artistic career in several plays.

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