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Title: Glenda Jackson dies aged 87
Post by: Simon on June 15, 2023, 13:19

Oscar-winning actress and former MP Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87, her agent has said.

Jackson became an international star in the 1970s, winning Oscars for Women In Love and A Touch of Class, and receiving two further nominations.

She also starred as Queen Elizabeth I in the acclaimed BBC drama Elizabeth R.

Politics was always important, and she gave up acting to join the House of Commons as a Labour MP in north London from 1992 to 2015.

That included two years as a junior transport minister in Tony Blair's New Labour government from 1997.

She later returned to the screen, winning a Bafta for her comeback role in the TV drama Elizabeth Is Missing in 2020.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65916692

Title: Re: Glenda Jackson dies aged 87
Post by: Clive on June 15, 2023, 20:33

i loved her in Touch of Class and QE1st.  But she became painfully left wing - probably because she could afford it! 

Title: Re: Glenda Jackson dies aged 87
Post by: Simon on June 15, 2023, 21:07

She was fabulous on the last thing she did for TV, Elizabeth Is Missing.

Title: Re: Glenda Jackson dies aged 87
Post by: Clive on June 16, 2023, 07:58

I didn't see that - perhaps I was away. 

Title: Re: Glenda Jackson dies aged 87
Post by: Simon on June 16, 2023, 09:31

Apparently it was on BBC4 last night, so it may well be repeated.

Title: Re: Glenda Jackson dies aged 87
Post by: Clive on June 16, 2023, 15:00

Then I could watch it on iPlayer.   :thumb: