New Delhi: Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning actress who later went on to become a British lawmaker, died at age 87. After a short illness, Jackson passed away Thursday at her London home, according to her agent, Lionel Larner.
Jackson was born in Birkhenhead, northwest England, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She won two Academy Awards in 1971 and 1974, for Women in Love and A Touch of Class, making her one of the biggest British stars of the 1960s and 1970s.
Glenda Jackson passes away in London
After that, she entered politics, winning election to the Parliament in 1992. In 1997, she was a transport minister in the first Labour government of prime minister Tony Blair.
Over the 2003 invasion of Iraq, she became at odds with Blair. A deeply ashamed Blair entered the US-led war without the United Nations’ approval, she said.
According to the Associated Press, women, children, and the elderly will be the victims as always.
After leaving Parliament in 2015, Jackson went back to acting and landed some of her most well-known parts, including the main role in Shakespeare’s “King Lear.” It debuted in 2016 at London’s Old Vic before playing on Broadway.
The 2019 film Elizabeth is Missing featured her in her first movie role in 25 years. Jackson’s portrayal of an Alzheimer’s patient seeking to unravel a mystery earned her a BAFTA award, the British version of the Oscar.
