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Glenda Jackson

1936 - 2023

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Glenda May Jackson (9 May 1936 – 15 June 2023) was an English actress and politician. Over the course of her distinguished career she received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting." Her other accolades include two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award. A member of the Labour Party, she served continuously as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 23 years, first for Hampstead and Highgate from 1992 to 2010, and then, following boundary changes, for Hampstead and Kilburn from 2010 to 2015. Jackson won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for the romance films Women in Love (1969) and A Touch of Class (1973), but she did not appear in person to collect either due to work commitments. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Glenda Jackson is the 613th most popular actor (up from 1,087th in 2019), the 862nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,176th in 2019) and the 94th most popular British Actor.

Glenda Jackson is a British actress and former politician, best known for her remarkable career in film and theater, winning two Academy Awards for Best Actress, and later serving as a Member of Parliament for over 20 years.

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Among actors, Glenda Jackson ranks 613 out of 13,578. Before her are Frank Marshall, Lita Grey, Anthony Edwards, William Fichtner, Gabriel Byrne, and Luise Rainer. After her are Karlheinz Böhm, Sam Anderson, Thandie Newton, Jude Law, Laura Gemser, and Danielle Darrieux.

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Among people born in 1936, Glenda Jackson ranks 57. Before her are Kris Kristofferson, Ferid Murad, Frank Caprio, Vyjayanthimala Bali, Raymond Damadian, and Choummaly Sayasone. After her are Hideki Shirakawa, Ghassan Kanafani, Costas Simitis, Don Cherry, Eva Hesse, and Denny Hulme. Among people deceased in 2023, Glenda Jackson ranks 57. Before her are Lisa Marie Presley, Robert Solow, Ivan Silayev, Miroslav Blažević, Mary Quant, and Burt Young. After her are László Sólyom, David McCallum, Cormac McCarthy, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Charlie Munger, and Tom Wilkinson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Glenda Jackson ranks 862 out of 8,785. Before her are J. Bruce Ismay (1862), Christopher Tolkien (1924), Michael Halliday (1925), John Vane (1927), Amélie of Orléans (1865), and David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961). After her are James Joseph Sylvester (1814), Mike Hawthorn (1929), Ælla of Northumbria (800), Brian Epstein (1934), Thandie Newton (1972), and Jude Law (1972).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Glenda Jackson ranks 94. Before her are Jean Simmons (1929), Charles Laughton (1899), Wentworth Miller (1972), Stephen Graham (1973), Brian Cox (1946), and Sean Bean (1959). After her are Thandie Newton (1972), Jude Law (1972), Rex Harrison (1908), David McCallum (1933), Bernard Hill (1944), and Peter Finch (1916).

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