A TV version was broadcast in Britain, and then in America in January 1988, as part of PBS’ “American Playhouse.” In 1984, she appeared in a London revival of Eugene O’Neill’s rarely performed “Strange Interlude,” with the production going to Broadway the following year. ![]() The two actors reunited for the 1980 comedy “Hopscotch.” In 1978, she was awarded a CBE and had a hit with the comedy “House Calls,” starring opposite Walter Matthau. Also that year, British exhibitors voted her the sixth most popular star at the British box office.Īfter her second Oscar, for “A Touch of Class,” she returned to the theater, playing the title role in Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler.” Jackson gained a fourth Oscar nomination when the film version was released in 1975. That film came out in 1971, a banner year for Jackson, with the BBC series “Elizabeth R” (which earned her two Emmys) feature “Mary, Queen of Scots,” in which she again played the queen and the John Schlesinger-directed “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” which earned her a BAFTA award and a third Oscar nom. Jackson bowed out of Russell’s “The Devils,” but she played an amusing cameo in Russell’s version of the stage musical “The Boyfriend,” which starred Twiggy. The film was much more overheated and bombastic than their earlier collaboration, and received mixed reviews. She reunited with director Russell for the 1970 “The Music Lovers,” playing the nymphomaniac wife of the tortured homosexual Tchaikovsky (Richard Chamberlain). She defied expectations by taking home her second best-actress Oscar. Murphy raved that the two stars were outstanding and “Jackson’s full-spectrum ability is again confirmed.” She was again Oscar nominated, but was considered an extreme longshot, since she had just won and faced stiff competition (Ellen Burstyn, Marsha Mason, Barbra Streisand and Joanne Woodward). Jackson did a 180-degree turn for “A Touch of Class,” a 1973 romantic comedy with George Segal that maintained her intelligence and sexuality, but in a romantic-comedy setting. George Segal and Glenda Jackson in “A Touch of Class” Courtesy Everett Collection In 1966 the RSC staged “US,” a protest against the Vietnam War that was adapted into the film “Tell Me Lies.” “Marat/Sade” was also adapted into a film in 1967. Also in 1965, she played Ophelia opposite David Warner’s Hamlet in the Peter Hall production. The production also played on Broadway and in Paris. In her four years there, she worked with influential director Peter Brook, including on Peter Weiss’ “Marat/Sade” in 1965. ![]() ![]() Her break came in 1964 when she became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. While studying there, she made her professional debut in 1957 in Terence Rattigan’s play “Separate Tables,” and played in repertory while having occasional bit parts in films such as 1963’s “This Sporting Life.” chain Boots the Chemist for two years, then was accepted in 1954 at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Glenda May Jackson was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire. Once again, Jackson defied expectations, serving as a member of Parliament from 1992 to 2015. Many actors were activists, but some doubted an actress could make a career of it. ![]() When she declared that she was moving into politics, some were skeptical. Onstage, she triumphed as other complex women in “Hedda Gabler,” “Strange Interlude” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.”
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