British actress and activist Glenda Jackson has died

This was confirmed by his agent lionel larner through a statement released to the media in that country, who also reported that the actress had recently finished filming a film titled “The Great Escaper”next to Michael Caine.

In addition to a long career in film, theater and television, Jackson was intensely politically active as a member of the UK House of Commons for 23 years.which he entered through the Labor Party.

The actress also has the great achievement of having been one of the few figures to obtain what is called the “triple crown”, because in addition to being an Oscar and Emmy winner, she had also won the Tony, maximum Broadway Theater Award.

Jackson was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, in 1936, and in 1954 she was accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

In 1957 she made her professional debut in the play “Separate Tables”, in 1963 she appeared for the first time on the big screen in the film “The Sporting Life” and a year later she was accepted into the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company.

But as her career took off with appearances in films like “Marat/Sade” and on stage with her role as Ophelia in “Hamlet,” she began to show her political commitment by actively participating in protests against the Vietnam War.

Massive recognition came with his Oscar for “Passionate Women” in 1969, which he would repeat in 1973 for the romantic comedy “A Touch of Class.” Meanwhile, in 1970 she also excelled as Tchaikovsky’s wife in “The Other Side of Love” opposite Richard Chamberlain, directed by Ken Russell.

In 1971 she was going to star in another milestone when she played the Queen of England in the miniseries “Elizabeth R”, which earned her two Emmy Awards, for best actress in a dramatic series and for best actress in a miniseries. In the cinema she was also going to assume that role in the film “Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots”.

That same year, Jackson also won a Bafta award, the most important in British cinema, for the film “Two Loves in Conflict.”

Glenda Jackson’s passage through politics

After an intense acting activity, the interpreter, who had already been awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1978, was elected as a member of Parliament in 1992, the first step in an extensive participation in political life that kept her away from the stage.

Beyond having been part of the Labor Party, he had no doubts in confronting its leader, the premier Tony Blair for his country’s participation in the invasion of Iraq.

He also delivered a fiery speech in Parliament against Margaret Thatcher in 2013 when the former Prime Minister was being honored for her death.

Finally, Jackson returned to acting in 2021 with a role in the film “Mothering Sunday” and in 2022 with the aforementioned “The Great Escaper”.