British actress Glenda Jackson, who also dabbled in politics, died Thursday in London at the age of 87, her agent revealed.
Glenda Jackson, who died after a “brief illness”, won several awards in acting, film, television and theater, but her career also included politics, particularly in the 1990s.
In 1971 she won an Oscar for best actress for her performance in the film “Women in Love” by Ken Russell, and in 1974 she would be distinguished again for “A Touch of Class” by Melvin Frank.
The interpretation of Queen Elizabeth I, in the BBC series “Elizabeth R.”, also won her several awards in the 1970s, a series then broadcast in Portugal by RTP, which revealed her in the country.
In 1992, she went from representation to politics when she was elected deputy for the Labor Party, even taking charge of the Transport portfolio between 1997 and 1999, during the mandate of Tony Blair.
After 25 years of absence from acting, the return to the stage would take place in 2016 in the play “King Lear”, by William Shakespeare.
In 2020, she won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for the telefilm “Elizabeth Is Missing.”
A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and having worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she joined in 1964 to star in Peter Brook’s “Marat/Sade,” Glenda Jackson had just finished filming Oliver’s “The Great Escaper.” Parker, alongside British actor Michael Caine.
Source: TSF
