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‘Her character had to have a bath. Glenda just stripped all her clothes off and got in!’Aisling Walsh, director, Elizabeth is Missing (2019): As a girl, I’d seen Glenda on screen as Elizabeth in Mary, Queen of Scots and I never thought for a moment I’d get to work with her. It was the greatest privilege of my career.Glenda was overly fearless as a performer, and overly fearless as a woman. To come out and restart a career in your 80s, it was phenomenal. I don’t know if anyone else has ever had the passion and bravery to…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGlenda Jackson is one of just a relatively small number of actors who have won two or more Oscars.As of 2023, 44 Hollywood stars have won multiple trophies at the ceremony, with Katharine Hepburn leading the pack with four.Jackson, who died on Thursday (15 June) aged 87, won twice for her roles in Ken Russell’s Women in Love (1970), and A Touch of Class (1973), which was directed by…

Glenda Jackson, two-time Academy Award-winning actress and politician, 87 died Thursday, reported Variety. Jackson was a major British star in the 1960s and 1970s, winning two Academy Awards for `Women in Love` and `A Touch of Class.` Jackson died at her home in London after a brief illness, her agent Lionel Larner told to Variety. "Glenda Jackson, two-time Academy Award-winning actress and politician, died peacefully at her home in Blackheath, London this morning after a brief illness with her family at her side. She…

London, Jun 15 (AP) Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker, has died at 87. (Also read: Kevin Spacey says ‘people are ready to hire me’ as soon as he's cleared of sexual assault charges) Glenda Jackson, a double Academy Award-winning performer who had a long second career as a British lawmaker, has died at 87 at her home in London after a short illness.(Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)(Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) Jackson's…

By JILL LAWLESS | The Associated Press LONDON — Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed late-life return to stage and screen, has died at age 87. Jackson’s agent Lionel Larner said she died Thursday at her home in London after a short illness. He said she had recently completed filming “‘The Great Escaper,” in which co-starred with Michael Caine. Born into a working-class family 1936 in Birkhenhead, northwest England, Jackson…

Glenda Jackson, a two-time Oscar-winning actress and former Labour MP, has died at the age of 87.A statement released by her agent on Thursday 15 June said that she died peacefully at her home in Blackheath, London, after a brief illness.She had just finished filming The Great Escaper alongside Michael Caine.Tributes have been pouring in for Jackson, who won the Acadamy Award for best actress in 1970 and 1973, for her performances in Women in Love and A Touch Of Class.Following Jackson’s death, take a look at her last…

For a brief, intense period in the 70s, Glenda Jackson was the very epitome of bohemian Brit chic in the movies: gamine in a worldly English way, intellectual, liberated and frank but with a capacity for demure naivety. This was a period that gloriously co-existed with her recurring appearances on The Morecambe and Wise Show. Jackson revered Eric and Ernie to the end of her life, because apart from their own value, her guest-spots on their programme led to her being cast in the 1973 Hollywood comedy A Touch of Class,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGlenda Jackson is one of just a relatively small number of actors who have won two or more Oscars.As of 2023, 44 Hollywood stars have won multiple trophies at the ceremony, with Katharine Hepburn leading the pack with four.Jackson, who died on Thursday (15 June) aged 87, won twice for her roles in Ken Russell’s Women in Love (1970), and A Touch of Class (1973), which was directed by…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGlenda Jackson, the double Oscar-winning actor and former Labour MP, has died aged 87 after a “brief illness”.Her agent issued a statement that said Jackson died at her home in Blackheath, south-east London.“Glenda Jackson, two-time Academy Award-winning actress and politician, died peacefully at her home in Blackheath, London this morning after a brief illness with her family at her…

You better watch out!Image: SyfyIt was festive, it was gory, it was campy, and it left the door open in the likely event Chucky gets a season three. The Christmas-themed “Chucky Actually” wrapped up a satisfying season two for Don Mancini’s horror comedy, but if the show does return, it’ll be without several of the show’s core characters so far.The reason for that, of course, is season two’s outrageous body count, which knocked out quite a few major cast members. The most spectacular death scenes were reserved for Father…