Glenda Jackson

Glenda Jackson

1936-05-09 Wirral, England, UK 59 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...

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The Great Escaper

The Great Escaper

2023

as Irene Jordan

6.6
Acting

In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Norman...

Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday

2021

as Jane (Older)

5.4
Acting

On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven, are out ...

Mothers of the Revolution

Mothers of the Revolution

2021

as Narrator (voice)

9.0
Acting

On 5th September 1981, a group of women came together to change the world. These women marched from Wales to Berkshire to protest over nuclear weapons...

Elizabeth Is Missing

Elizabeth Is Missing

2019

as Maud Palmer Horsham

7.3
Acting

Maud's best friend Elizabeth has disappeared, but as she tries to solve the mystery, dementia threatens to erase all the clues, giving the search a po...

Miranda:  Morecambe & Wise and Me

Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me

2017

as Self

1.0
Acting

Eric and Ernie devotee Miranda Hart celebrates the incomparable comedy duo as she takes a look back at their top twenty greatest TV moments, ranked by...

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

2012

as Self

8.0
Acting

Following the recent death of Ken Russell, Alan Yentob looks back over the career of the flamboyant film director responsible for Women In Love, Tommy...

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

2011

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC drama about their early lives.

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

2001

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Compilation of sketches featuring the much-loved funnymen Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. Includes 'Anthony and Cleopatra' with Glenda Jackson, 'Monty ...

A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai

A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai

1994

as Alexandra Kollontai (voice)

8.0
Acting

A look at the life of the Russian revolutionary Marxist Alexandra Kollontai

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

1992

as Harriet Cohen

6.0
Acting

A biopic about the eminent composer Sir Arnold Bax.

The House of Bernarda Alba

The House of Bernarda Alba

1991

as Bernarda

Acting

A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have n...

A Murder of Quality

A Murder of Quality

1991

as Alisa Brimley

5.5
Acting

At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into the murder of Stella Rode. Brimley had only just receive...

King of the Wind

King of the Wind

1990

as Queen Caroline

6.4
Acting

In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil and good. And thus begins the life of Sham. He is a...

The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty

The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty

1990

as Glitch the Witch (voice)

Acting

Humpty was an overgrown, misunderstood egg. But one day, he ended up in the right place at the right time and his luck changed. When he overheard Glit...

The Rainbow

The Rainbow

1989

as Anna Brangwen

5.7
Acting

Born to a rich landowner in the waning days of the Victorian era, Ursula Brangwen grows into a beautiful young woman full of imagination and ambition....

Doombeach

Doombeach

1989

as Miss Ricketts

8.0
Acting

A young boy dies after swimming at a seaside resort, and the local children, led by Gavin, investigate and are led to suspect that contamination from ...

Strange Interlude

Strange Interlude

1988

as Nina Leeds

5.0
Acting

Adaptation of an experimental play in nine acts by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Strange Interlude makes extensive use of a soliloquy technique,...

Salome's Last Dance

Salome's Last Dance

1988

as Herodias / Lady Alice

6.3
Acting

London, England, November 5th, 1892, Guy Fawkes Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas discreetly go to a luxury b...

Beyond Therapy

Beyond Therapy

1987

as Charlotte

3.9
Acting

Manhattanites Bruce and Prudence are each looking for a meaningful romantic relationship and have been encouraged by their psychiatrists to find someo...

Business as Usual

Business as Usual

1987

as Babs Flynn

6.0
Acting

After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in a disagreement with the manager over sexual...

Turtle Diary

Turtle Diary

1985

as Neaera Duncan

6.5
Acting

Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd,...

Sakharov

Sakharov

1984

as Yelena Bonner

7.0
Acting

Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.

The Return of the Soldier

The Return of the Soldier

1983

as Margaret Grey

6.2
Acting

The horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The traumatized soldier doesn't even recognize his own wife, Kitt...

Giro City

Giro City

1982

as Sophie

5.0
Acting

Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home.

Let Poland Be Poland

Let Poland Be Poland

1982

as Self - Co-Host

Acting

Broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 31, 1982, this special produced by the US International Communication Agency protesting the t...

The Patricia Neal Story

The Patricia Neal Story

1981

as Patricia Neal

5.0
Acting

The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966 with the help of her then-husband, author Roald D...

Blood Donors

Blood Donors

1981

as Self

Acting

"You told me you'd take me to Hollywood!" cries Glenda - but Ernie quips, "No, Cricklewood". Thus the wisecracks begin in this entertaining appeal for...

Hopscotch

Hopscotch

1980

as Isobel

7.0
Acting

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destro...

HealtH

HealtH

1980

as Isabella Garnell

5.2
Acting

At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convention. As the conference progresses, underhanded tri...

Lost and Found

Lost and Found

1979

as Tricia

6.4
Acting

While visiting Switzerland, an American college professor, Adam, keeps running into a divorced British secretary, Patricia, wherever they go. First th...

The Class Of Miss MacMichael

The Class Of Miss MacMichael

1979

as Conor MacMichael

5.8
Acting

A dedicated teacher tries to reach out to juvenile delinquent students at a London alternative school.

Stevie

Stevie

1978

as Stevie Smith

6.9
Acting

For a poet with a gift for crafting words into barbs, Stevie Smith lives a relatively conventional life. Sheltered in a London suburb, she spends her ...

House Calls

House Calls

1978

as Ann Atkinson

6.6
Acting

Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, ...

Nasty Habits

Nasty Habits

1977

as Sister Alexandra

4.6
Acting

In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way ...

The Incredible Sarah

The Incredible Sarah

1976

as Sarah Bernhardt

5.0
Acting

The legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt's unconventional life and career are examined in this biopic. At an audition in 1860, the teenage Bernhardt proc...

Hedda

Hedda

1975

as Hedda

6.4
Acting

Returning from her honeymoon with her husband, scholar Jorgen, the cold and manipulative Hedda Gabler is unmoved by the sacrifices he's made to provid...

The Romantic Englishwoman

The Romantic Englishwoman

1975

as Elizabeth

5.5
Acting

A marriage crisis between a writer and his wife leads her to flee to Germany and eventually return with another man, through whom the writer is going ...

The Maids

The Maids

1975

as Solange

5.5
Acting

A film version of Genet's play. Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they are out, take turns at dressing up as Madame and i...

The Tempter

The Tempter

1974

as Sister Geraldine

5.4
Acting

A young writer is invited to stay in a religious hostel run by a sinister, manipulative nun who plays deadly psychological games with the inhabitants.

A Touch of Class

A Touch of Class

1973

as Vicki Allessio

6.1
Acting

Steve, a happily married American man living in London meets Vicki, an English divorcée and run off to Marbella for a rollicking week of sex. They the...

Bequest to the Nation

Bequest to the Nation

1973

as Lady Hamilton

5.7
Acting

Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.

The Triple Echo

The Triple Echo

1972

as Alice Charlesworth

6.0
Acting

After her husband is captured during WWII, homesteader Alice is forced to maintain their land herself. One day, a wandering soldier named Barton stops...

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971

as Queen Elizabeth

6.7
Acting

Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the ag...

The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend

1971

as Rita Monroe

6.6
Acting

When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

as Alex Greville

6.6
Acting

Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately...

The Music Lovers

The Music Lovers

1971

as Antonina 'Nina' Milyukova

6.6
Acting

Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately, he chooses wacky n...

The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson

The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson

1971

as Self

Acting

Central Office of Information profile of actress, Glenda Jackson discussing her roles in Sunday, Bloody Sunday and Women in Love, as well as views on ...

Women in Love

Women in Love

1969

as Gudrun Brangwen

6.5
Acting

Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a weal...

Negatives

Negatives

1968

as Vivien

5.7
Acting

A couple's bizarre romantic relationship is disrupted by the intrusion of a third person.

Let's Murder Vivaldi

1968

as Julie

Acting

Two couples let tensions build between them in this 'Wednesday Play'.

Tell Me Lies

Tell Me Lies

1968

as Glenda

6.3
Acting

Adapted and directed by Peter Brook from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘production-in-progress US’, this long-unseen agitprop drama-doc – shot in Lo...

Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?

1967

as Claire Foley

Acting
Marat/Sade

Marat/Sade

1967

as Charlotte Corday

6.2
Acting

In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the patients as actors. Based on 'The Persecution and Ass...

The Benefit of the Doubt

The Benefit of the Doubt

1967

as Self

6.3
Acting

A documentary following US, Peter Brook's experimental play about the moral issues surrounding the Vietnam War, Benefit of the Doubt is the only known...

Opus

Opus

1967

as Charlotte Corday (Marat/Sade)

5.0
Acting

Impressions of contemporary British arts and fashion. Summary of art through the ages taking in every thing from Mary Quant to the Marat/Sade producti...

Horror of Darkness

Horror of Darkness

1965

as Cathy

Acting

A studio-based drama by John Hopkins focusing on a trio of people at the point of crisis, with an underlying theme of homosexuality a couple of years ...

This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life

1963

as Singer at Party (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by l...

The Extra Day

The Extra Day

1956

as Extra (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

Director William Fairchild's 1956 British comedy takes a peek into the private lives of various performers employed as extras in a new film that's cur...

Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story

Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story

N/A

Acting

A documentary on John Schlesinger and Michael Childers.