Glenda May Jackson CBE (9 May 1936 – 15 June 2023) was a British actress and politician.
After a successful career on stage, film and television, she turned to politics and was elected as the Labour Party MP for Hampstead and Highgate in 1992. She did not run for reelection in 2015 and returned to acting.
She won the Triple Crown of Acting (two Oscars, two Emmys, and one Tony) as well as a Golden Globe and a BAFTA.
Film and television roles on TV Tropes:
- Marat/Sade (1967): Charlotte Corday
- Women in Love (1969): Gudrun Brangwen
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971): Alex Greville
- The Boy Friend (1971): Rita Monroe
- Elizabeth R (1971): Queen Elizabeth I
- Mary Queen of Scots (1971): Queen Elizabeth I
- The Maids (1975): Solange
- Hopscotch (1980): Isobel von Schonenberg
- T-Bag's Christmas Ding Dong (1990): Vanity Bag
- The House of Bernarda Alba (1991): Bernarda Alba
- The Great Escaper (2023): Irene Jordan
