Glenda Jackson
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday9 May 1936
Died15 June 2023 (age 87)
Place of birthWirral, England, UK
Known credits91
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). Her other notable roles include Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Hedda (1975), The Incredible S…
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025 · Archive
The Great Escaper
2023 · Irene Jordan
Remembers…
2022 · Self
Mothering Sunday
2021 · Jane (Older)
Mothers of the Revolution
2021 · Narrator (voice)
Elizabeth Is Missing
2019 · Maud Palmer Horsham
Trust Morecambe & Wise
2019 · Self
Morecambe & Wise in America
2018 · Self
Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me
2017 · Self
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012 · Self
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brook by Brook
2002 · Self
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Blouse and Skirt
2000 · Self
So Graham Norton
1998 · Self - Guest
A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai
1994 · Alexandra Kollontai (voice)
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992 · Harriet Cohen
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992 · Self
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991 · Bernarda
A Murder of Quality
1991 · Alisa Brimley
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Self
King of the Wind
1990 · Queen Caroline
The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty
1990 · Glitch the Witch (voice)
The Rainbow
1989 · Anna Brangwen
Doombeach
1989 · Miss Ricketts
Salome's Last Dance
1988 · Herodias / Lady Alice
Strange Interlude
1988 · Nina Leeds
Beyond Therapy
1987 · Charlotte
Business as Usual
1987 · Babs Flynn
Turtle Diary
1985 · Neaera Duncan
Sakharov
1984 · Yelena Bonner
The Return of the Soldier
1983 · Margaret Grey
Giro City
1982 · Sophie
Wogan
1982 · Self
Let Poland Be Poland
1982 · Self - Co-Host
American Playhouse
1982 · Nina Leeds
The Patricia Neal Story
1981 · Patricia Neal
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981 · Self
Blood Donors
1981 · Self
Hopscotch
1980 · Isobel
HealtH
1980 · Isabella Garnell
Question Time
1979 · Self - Panellist
Lost and Found
1979 · Tricia
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978 · Conor MacMichael
Stevie
1978 · Stevie Smith
House Calls
1978 · Ann Atkinson
Nasty Habits
1977 · Sister Alexandra
The Incredible Sarah
1976 · Sarah Bernhardt
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