Glenda Jackson
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
as Archive
The Great Escaper
2023
as Irene Jordan
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Mothering Sunday
2021
as Jane (Older)
Mothers of the Revolution
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Elizabeth Is Missing
2019
as Maud Palmer Horsham
Trust Morecambe & Wise
2019
as Self
Morecambe & Wise in America
2018
as Self
Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me
2017
as Self
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012
as Self
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brook by Brook
2002
as Self
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Blouse and Skirt
2000
as Self
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self - Guest
A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai
1994
as Alexandra Kollontai (voice)
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992
as Harriet Cohen
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
as Self
A Murder of Quality
1991
as Alisa Brimley
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991
as Bernarda
King of the Wind
1990
as Queen Caroline
The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty
1990
as Glitch the Witch (voice)
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
The Rainbow
1989
as Anna Brangwen
Doombeach
1989
as Miss Ricketts
Salome's Last Dance
1988
as Herodias / Lady Alice
Strange Interlude
1988
as Nina Leeds
Beyond Therapy
1987
as Charlotte
Business as Usual
1987
as Babs Flynn
Turtle Diary
1985
as Neaera Duncan
Sakharov
1984
as Yelena Bonner
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as Margaret Grey
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
as Self - Co-Host
Giro City
1982
as Sophie
Wogan
1982
as Self
American Playhouse
1982
as Nina Leeds
Blood Donors
1981
as Self
The Patricia Neal Story
1981
as Patricia Neal
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981
as Self
Hopscotch
1980
as Isobel
HealtH
1980
as Isabella Garnell
Lost and Found
1979
as Tricia
Question Time
1979
as Self - Panellist
House Calls
1978
as Ann Atkinson
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978
as Conor MacMichael
Stevie
1978
as Stevie Smith
Nasty Habits
1977
as Sister Alexandra
The Incredible Sarah
1976
as Sarah Bernhardt
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
Hedda
1975
as Hedda
The Romantic Englishwoman
1975
as Elizabeth
The Maids
1975
as Solange
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
The Tempter
1974
as Sister Geraldine
Dinah!
1974
as Self
A Touch of Class
1973
as Vicki Allessio
Bequest to the Nation
1973
as Lady Hamilton
The Triple Echo
1972
as Alice Charlesworth
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Alex Greville
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
as Queen Elizabeth
The Music Lovers
1971
as Antonina 'Nina' Milyukova
The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson
1971
as Self
The Boy Friend
1971
as Rita Monroe
Elizabeth R
1971
as Queen Elizabeth I
Film '72
1971
as Self
Women in Love
1969
as Gudrun Brangwen
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Marina Palek
Negatives
1968
as Vivien
Let's Murder Vivaldi
1968
as Julie
Tell Me Lies
1968
as Glenda
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Benefit of the Doubt
1967
as Self
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
1967
as Charlotte Corday
Opus
1967
as Charlotte Corday (Marat/Sade)
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
1967
as Claire Foley
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Half Hour Story
1967
as Claire Foley
Horror of Darkness
1965
as Cathy
National Geographic Specials
1965
as Narrator
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Margaret Schlegel
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Cathy
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Julie
This Sporting Life
1963
as Singer at Party (uncredited)
World in Action
1963
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Morecambe & Wise
1961
as Self
The Extra Day
1956
as Extra (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
1956
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee