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The New York Times reports:
Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar winner who renounced a successful film and stage career in her 50s to become a member of the British Parliament, then returned to the stage at 80 as the title character in “King Lear,” died on Thursday at her home in Blackheath, London. She was 87.
She won her first best actress Oscar, for playing the wayward Gudrun Brangwen in Ken Russell’s “Women in Love” (1969); her second was for her portrayal of the cool divorcée Vickie Allessio in “A Touch of Class” (1973).
Ms. Jackson pivoted to politics in 1992, and was elected as the member of Parliament representing the London constituency of Hampstead and Highgate for the Labour Party. After the party took control of government in 1997, she became a junior minister of transport, only to resign the post two years later before a failed attempt to become mayor of London.
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Glenda Jackson made her name as an Oscar-winning actress, before becoming a Labour politician — and outspoken critic of Margaret Thatcher https://t.co/cbnA6miJNf
— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) June 15, 2023
Glenda Jackson, who won Oscars for “Women in Love” and “A Touch of Class” and two Emmys for “Elizabeth R,” has died at 87. https://t.co/2OksNC6AlH
— Variety (@Variety) June 15, 2023
glenda jackson ripping thatcher to shreds is all all-timer, rip legend pic.twitter.com/7SUW556FkF
— george griffiths (@georgegriffiths) June 15, 2023