Glenda Jackson: Oscar-winning Actress And former MP Dies Aged 87
Channel: Biographies And History
Date: 2023-06-15

Jackson won two Oscars, three Emmys, two Baftas and a Tony in an acting career which spanned six decades.

Sir Jonathan Pryce said he believed she was "the greatest actor that this country has ever produced".

Jackson 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 acting, playing King Lear on stage in 2016, then winning a Bafta for her screen comeback in the TV drama Elizabeth Is Missing in 2020.
In a statement on Thursday, her agent Lionel Larner said: "Glenda Jackson, two-time Academy Award-winning 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 co-starred with Michael Caine."

Sir Michael first acted with Jackson in 1975. Following their recent reunion, he said: "It was as wonderful an experience this time as it was 50 years ago. I shall miss her."

Other tributes were paid from across the worlds of the arts and politics.

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, who now sits in Jackson's former seat, tweeted: "Devastated to hear that my predecessor Glenda Jackson has died.

"A formidable politician, an amazing actress and a very supportive mentor to me. Hampstead and Kilburn will miss you Glenda."