Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a long second career as a British lawmaker, has died
FILE - In this May 6, 2019 file photo, Glenda Jackson attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on in New York. Glenda Jackson, a double Academy Award-winning performer who had a long second career as a British lawmaker, has died at 87. Jackson's agent Lionel Larner said she died Thursday, June 15, 2023 at her home in London after a short illness. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
The Associated Press
LONDON -- Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker, has died at 87.
Jackson's agent Lionel Larner said she died Thursday at her home in London after a short illness.
“She recently completed filming ‘The Great Escaper’ in which she co-starred with Michael Caine," he said.
Jackson was one of the biggest British stars of the 1960s and 70s, and won two Academy Awards, for “Women in Love” and “A Touch of Class.”
She then went into politics, was elected to Parliament and spent 23 years as a Labour Party lawmaker.
She returned to acting after leaving Parliament and had some of her most acclaimed roles, including the title character in Shakespeare's “King Lear.”
