Title: Glenda Jackson
Content: a young woman, "looks like a cubist portrait of Louise Brooks," and later when the character has aged several decades, is "mesmerizing as a Zelda Fitzgeraldesque neurotic, a rotting and spiteful middle-aged matron and, finally, a spent, sphinx-like widow happily embracing extinction." Herbert Wise directed a British television version of O'Neill's drama which was first broadcast in the US as part of PBS's "American Playhouse" in January 1988. In 1985, Jackson appeared in the title role of Racine's "Phèdre" at The Old Vic. "The Daily Telegraph"'s John Barber wrote of her performance, "Wonderfully impressive . . . The actress finds

Title: Glenda Jackson
Content: Glenda Jackson Glenda May Jackson (born 9 May 1936) is a British actress and former Labour Party politician. She is among the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. As a professional actress from the late 1950s, she spent four years as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1964, being particularly associated with the work of director Peter Brook. During her film career, she won two Academy Awards for Best Actress: for "Women in Love" (1970) and "A Touch of Class" (1973). Other award-winning performances include Alex in the film "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (1971) and the

Title: Glenda Jackson
Content: those who see it." In 2018, Jackson returned to Broadway in a revival of Edward Albee's "Three Tall Women", winning the 2018 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Marilyn Stasio of "Variety" wrote, "Watching Glenda Jackson in theatrical flight is like looking straight into the sun. Her expressive face registers her thoughts while guarding her feelings. But it's the voice that really thrills. Deeply pitched and clarion clear, it's the commanding voice of stern authority. Don't mess with this household god or she'll turn you to stone." She is set to return to the role of King Lear

Title: Glenda Jackson
Content: department." In 2015 Jackson returned to acting following a 23-year absence, having retired from politics. She appeared in the play "Blood Sex and Money" by Émile Zola, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4, taking the role of Dide, the ancient matriarch of the Rougon-Macquart family. Never one to be scared, she returned to the stage at the end of 2016, playing the title role in Shakespeare's "King Lear" at the Old Vic Theatre in London, in a production running from 25 October to 3 December. Jackson was nominated for Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for her role, but

Title: Glenda Jackson
Content: composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Richard Chamberlain) and Antonina Miliukova, played by Jackson. This film received mixed reviews in the U.S.: the anonymous reviewer in "Variety" wrote of the two principals, "Their performances are more dramatically bombastic than sympathetic, or sometimes even believable." Jackson was initially interested in the role of Sister Jeanne in "The Devils" (1971), Russell's next film, but turned it down after script rewrites and deciding that she did not wish to play a third neurotic character in a row. In order to play Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC's serial "Elizabeth R" (1971), Jackson had her head

Question: What star sign is Glenda Jackson?
Answer: Taurus