Glenda Jackson
Actor
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Glenda May Jackson, CBE (born 9 May 1936) is a British Labour Party politician and former actress. She has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1992, and currently represents Hampstead and Kilburn. She previously served as MP for Hampstead and Highgate. After constituency changes for the 2010 general election, her majority of 42 votes was one of the closest results of the entire election.
As an actress, she won two Academy Awards for Best Actress: for Women in Love (1969) and A Touch of Class (1973).
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Elizabeth Is Missing (2019)
As: Maud
Elizabeth Is Missing is adapted from Emma Healey’s bestselling 2014 novel and stars Glenda Jackson as Maud – a woman struggling with dementia who must attempt to piece together what has happened to her best friend Elizabeth. After Elizabeth goes missing, Maud is convinced that something terrible has occurred, and she sets out to solve the mystery, all the while fighting against time as her dementia ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Aisling Walsh
Stars: Glenda Jackson | Sophie Rundle | Nell Williams | Liv Hill | Helen Behan
Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me (2017)
As: Herself
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 comedy actors and comedians.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Paul King
Stars: David Walliams | Miranda Hart | Jonathan Ross | Jack Whitehall | Michael Whitehall
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil (2012)
As: Herself
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 and The Devils. Friends and admirers - including Glenda Jackson, Terry Gilliam, Twiggy, Melvyn Bragg, Robert Powell and Roger Daltrey - recall a pioneering documentary-maker, talented photographer and fearless film director.
Runtime: 50 min.
Directed by: Eleanor Horne
Stars: Ken Russell | Terry Gilliam | Amanda Donohoe | Don Boyd | Alan Yentob
A Murder of Quality (1991)
As: Alisa Brimley
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 received a letter from her saying she feared for her life at her husband's hand. The husband, Stanley Rode teaches at Carne School, but Smiley is doubtful that he had anything to do with his wife's death. As Smiley investigates, he learns that Stella was a ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Gavin Millar
Stars: Joss Ackland | Billie Whitelaw | Denholm Elliott | Glenda Jackson | David Threlfall
King of the Wind (1990)
As: Queen Caroline
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 gift to the King of France, through a series of adventures with his faithful stable boy, Agba, he becomes the Godolphin Arabian, the founder of one of the greatest thoroughbred racing lines of all time.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Peter Duffell
Stars: Richard Harris | Nigel Hawthorne | Frank Finlay | Glenda Jackson | Jenny Agutter
The Rainbow (1989)
As: Anna Brangwen
Ken Russell's rather loose adaptation of the last part of D.H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow" sees impulsive young Ursula coming of age in pastoral England around the time of the Boer War. At school, she is introduced to lovemaking by a bisexual physical education instructress. While experiencing disillusionment in her first career attempt (teaching), she has an affair with a young Army officer, who wants to ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Ken Russell
Stars: David Hemmings | Amanda Donohoe | Paul McGann | Christopher Gable | Sammi Davis
Salome's Last Dance (1988)
As: Herodias
Oscar Wilde watches an outrageous staging of his banned play "Salome" at a London brothel, with parts played by prostitutes, Wilde's host, his lover Bosey, and Lady Alice.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Ken Russell
Stars: Douglas Hodge | Nickolas Grace | Glenda Jackson | Stratford Johns | Imogen Millais-Scott
Beyond Therapy (1987)
As: Charlotte
Manhattanites Bruce and Prudence are each looking for a meaningful romantic relationship and have been encouraged by their psychiatrists to find someone through the personal ads. Their first meeting is disastrous, but they begin to hit it off during their second date. However, Bruce's bisexual, live-in lover does not want to share Bruce and is willing to do whatever it takes to keep him to himself.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Jeff Goldblum | Tom Conti | Julie Hagerty | Christopher Guest | Glenda Jackson
Business as Usual (1987)
As: Babs Flynn
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 harassment of her staff. She accepts the advice of her father and joins his son, a left-wing organizer, and takes her plight to the union.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Lezli-An Barrett
Stars: Cathy Tyson | Glenda Jackson | John Thaw | Mark McGann | Eamon Boland
Turtle Diary (1985)
As: Neaera Duncan
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, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: John Irvin
Stars: Ben Kingsley | Michael Gambon | Nigel Hawthorne | Glenda Jackson | Richard Johnson
Sakharov (1984)
As: Yelena Bonner (Sakharova)
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Jack Gold
Stars: Jason Robards | Frank Finlay | Glenda Jackson | Nicol Williamson | Michael Bryant
The Return of the Soldier (1982)
As: Margaret Grey
The returning soldier is amnesia victim Alan Bates, who remembers nothing of his life before suffering shell-shock--not even his long-term marriage to snooty Julie Christie. Spinsterish Ann-Margret, who has long harbored a fondness for Bates, hopes to take advantage of his memory loss. But both Christie and Ann-Margret are challenged by a third woman, Bates' childhood sweetheart Glenda Jackson. ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Alan Bridges
Stars: Ian Holm | Ann-Margret | Alan Bates | Julie Christie | Glenda Jackson
The Patricia Neal Story (1981)
As: Patricia Neal
The actress (Glenda Jackson) recovers from a 1966 stroke with help from friends and her husband, author Roald Dahl (Dirk Bogarde).
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Anthony Page | Anthony Harvey
Stars: Ken Kercheval | Dirk Bogarde | John Reilly | Glenda Jackson | Jane Merrow
Hopscotch (1980)
As: Isobel
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Ronald Neame
Stars: Ned Beatty | Walter Matthau | Sam Waterston | Glenda Jackson | Herbert Lom
HealtH (1980)
As: Isabella Garnell
HealtH is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political organization is deciding on a new president.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Carol Burnett | James Garner | Lauren Bacall | Paul Dooley | Glenda Jackson
Lost and Found (1979)
As: Tricia
While visiting Switzerland, an American college professor, Adam, keeps running into a divorced British secretary, Patricia, wherever they go. First their cars collide. Then they smash into one another on a ski slope, each breaking a leg. In between numerous quarrels, the two develop lust and love. They hastily marry, but the disagreements continue. Patricia decides to leave, so Adam decides to ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Melvin Frank
Stars: George Segal | Maureen Stapleton | John Candy | Glenda Jackson | Paul Sorvino
The Class Of Miss MacMichael (1979)
As: Conor MacMichael
A dedicated teacher (Glenda Jackson) tries to reach out to juvenile delinquent students at a London alternative school.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Silvio Narizzano
Stars: Oliver Reed | Michael Murphy | Glenda Jackson | Rosalind Cash | John Standing
House Calls (1978)
As: Ann Atkinson
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, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Howard Zieff
Stars: Walter Matthau | Dick O'Neill | Richard Benjamin | Art Carney | Candice Azzara
Stevie (1978)
As: Stevie Smith
Portrayal of British poet/author Stevie Smith and her life with her beloved aunt through direct dialogue with the audience by Stevie, as well as flashbacks, and narration by a friend. The movie mainly focuses on her relationship with her aunt, romantic relationships of the past, and the fame she received late in her life.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Robert Enders
Stars: Glenda Jackson | Trevor Howard | Mona Washbourne | Alec McCowen
Nasty Habits (1977)
As: Sister Alexandra
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 of getting what she wants.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Stars: Geraldine Page | Glenda Jackson | Anne Jackson | Sandy Dennis | Melina Mercouri
The Incredible Sarah (1976)
As: Sarah Bernhardt
Director Richard Fleischer's 1976 film biography of legendary French actress Sarah Bernhardt stars Glenda Jackson in tht title role. The cast also includes Daniel Massey and Yvonne Mitchell.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Stars: Daniel Massey | Douglas Wilmer | Glenda Jackson | Yvonne Mitchell
The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)
As: Elizabeth
What is real and what is fiction? Faced with writer's block with his novel, Lewis Fielding turns to a film script about a woman finding herself after his wife Elizabeth returns from Baden Baden. She didn't quite find herself there but had a brief encounter in a lift with a German who says he is a poet. Now the German is in England, gets himself invited to tea where he claims he admires Fielding's ...
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Joseph Losey
Stars: Michael Caine | Michael Lonsdale | Glenda Jackson | Helmut Berger | Béatrice Romand
The Maids (1975)
As: Solange
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 insulting her.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Christopher Miles
Stars: Mark Burns | Glenda Jackson | Susannah York | Vivien Merchant
Hedda (1975)
As: Hedda Gabler
Henrik Ibsen's enduring drama about a Nordic femme fatale - a neurotic, controlling, strong-willed woman who is nonetheless alluring to the males in her town. She is a solitary woman in a society held together by kinship and class. If she had had more brains she would have thought her way out of it; if she had had more courage she would have bolted long ago with Lovborg, the only true creative force in the ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Trevor Nunn
Stars: Patrick Stewart | Glenda Jackson
The Tempter (1974)
As: Sister Geraldine
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.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Damiano Damiani
Stars: Francisco Rabal | Claudio Cassinelli | Glenda Jackson | Adolfo Celi | Lisa Harrow
A Touch of Class (1973)
As: Vicki Allessio
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 then return to London to set up a cozy menage, despite the fact that he loves his wife and children, and now realize that he and Vicki have also fallen in love.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Melvin Frank
Stars: George Segal | K Callan | Glenda Jackson | Cec Linder | Paul Sorvino
The Triple Echo (1972)
As: Alice
A WW2 deserter holes up on a farm with disastrous results. Overlooked gem with Glenda Jackson in one of her best roles and Oliver Reed playing a part he was made for.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Michael Apted
Stars: Oliver Reed | Glenda Jackson | Anthony May | Jenny Lee Wright | Brian Deacon
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
As: Queen Elizabeth
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 he age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their ...
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Vanessa Redgrave | Timothy Dalton | Glenda Jackson | Nigel Davenport
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
As: Alex Greville
Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Stars: Glenda Jackson | Peter Finch | Murray Head | Tony Britton | Peggy Ashcroft
The Music Lovers (1970)
As: Nina
Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a wonky, nymphomaniac girl whom he cannot satisfy.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Ken Russell
Stars: Kenneth Colley | Glenda Jackson | Richard Chamberlain | Max Adrian | Christopher Gable
Women in Love (1969)
As: Gudrun Brangwen
Close friends Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich begin romances with siblings Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen. After the couples wed, they take a joint honeymoon to Switzerland, where things begin happily -- but they become increasingly complicated as the trip continues. Rupert and Ursula are determined to stay faithful to one another, while the aloof Gerald and the eccentric Gudrun turn to infidelity and ...
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: Ken Russell
Stars: Oliver Reed | Eleanor Bron | Alan Bates | Glenda Jackson | Jennie Linden
Negatives (1968)
As: Vivien
A couple's bizarre romantic relationship is disrupted by the intrusion of a third person.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Peter Medak
Stars: Glenda Jackson | Norman Rossington | Diane Cilento | Peter McEnery | Billy Russell
Tell Me Lies (1968)
As: Glenda
Adapted and directed by Peter Brook from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘production-in-progress US’, this long-unseen agitprop drama-doc – shot in London in 1967 and released only briefly in the UK and New York at the height of the Vietnam War – remains both thought-provoking and disturbing. A theatrical and cinematic social comment on US intervention in Vietnam, Brook’s film ...
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Peter Brook
Stars: Glenda Jackson | Ian Hogg | Eric Allan | Mark Jones | Robert Langdon Llyod
The Benefit of the Doubt (1967)
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 film record of the Royal Shakespeare Company production. It was filmed by Peter Whitehead concurrently with his Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967), on the surface a very different film, yet both share a central concern with the ...
Runtime: 65 min.
Directed by: Peter Whitehead
Stars: Glenda Jackson | Ian Hogg | Peter Brook | Geoffrey M. Reeves | Michael Kustow
Marat/Sade (1967)
As: Charlotte Corday
In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the patients as actors. Based 'The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade', a 1963 play by Peter Weiss.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Peter Brook
Stars: Ian Richardson | Glenda Jackson | Patrick Magee | Jeanette Landis | Michael Williams