Actress and Politician Glenda Jackson Passes Away at 87.

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Actress and Politician Glenda Jackson Passes Away at 87.
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Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning actress and former British lawmaker, has died at the age of 87 after a short illness. Jackson won Oscars for her roles in "Women in Love" and "A Touch of Class" in the 1970s before entering politics in 1992. She returned to acting after leaving Parliament in 2015 and had some of her most acclaimed roles, including the title character in Shakespeare’s “King Lear.” She won a BAFTA award for her performance in the 2019 movie “Elizabeth is Missing” as a woman with Alzheimer’s trying to solve a mystery.

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