Oscar winning actress Glenda Jackson has died, aged 87

In a statement, via BBC News her agent Lionel Larner said she passed away after a brief illness.

He added: “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 recently completed filming The Great Escaper in which she co-starred with Michael Caine.”

Jackson became an international star in the 1970s, winning Academy Awards for the 1969 film Women In Love and 1973’s A Touch of Class.

She also famously starred as Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC drama Elizabeth R from 1971.

Jackson gave up acting to join the House of Commons as a Labour MP in north London from 1992 to 2015 before she later returned to acting, winning a Bafta for her comeback role in the TV drama Elizabeth Is Missing in 2020.

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