Oscar-winning actress and former Labour MP Glenda May Jackson died on Thursday at age 87 “after a brief illness,” her agent has mentioned.
“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,” Lionel Larner mentioned in an announcement.
“She recently completed filming The Great Escaper in which she co-starred with Michael Caine,” he added.
Jackson is named one of many few actors to have achieved the “Triple Crown of Acting,” having received two Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards (for tv roles), and a Tony Award (for Broadway performs).
She grew to become a world star within the Nineteen Seventies, profitable two Oscars in three years-for Women In Love and A Touch of Class-as properly as two additional nominations.
The award-winning actress additionally stood as a Labour parliamentary candidate within the 1992 common election and received the then-Hampstead and Highgate seat.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
