Glenda Jackson

Q: Has Glenda Jackson won any Oscars?

Yes, Glenda Jackson won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances in 'Women in Love' (1970) and 'A Touch of Class' (1974).

Q: What was Glenda Jackson's first film?

Glenda Jackson made her film debut in 'This Sporting Life' (1963), which marked the beginning of her illustrious acting career.

Q: What awards has Glenda Jackson received?

In addition to her two Oscars, Glenda Jackson has received multiple BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award for her outstanding contributions to film and theater.

Q: How many children does Glenda Jackson have?

Glenda Jackson has two children, Gwendolyn and Dan, who are both known to have pursued their own paths in life.

Q: What is Glenda Jackson's estimated net worth?

Glenda Jackson's estimated net worth is around $10 million, reflecting her successful career in acting and politics.

Q: What was a milestone in Glenda Jackson's career?

A major milestone in Glenda Jackson's career was her return to acting after a long hiatus in 'The Lehman Trilogy' on stage in 2018, which received rave reviews.

Q: What is Glenda Jackson known for in her acting style?

Glenda Jackson is known for her intense and powerful acting style, often portraying strong and complex female characters, which has set her apart in the industry.

Known for

The Great Escaper (2023)

2023 / Comedy, Drama / 96mins

In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the...

Name

Glenda Jackson

Height

5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Born

9 May 1936, Birkenhead, England

Spouses

David M. McCallum (1958–1971)

Children

2 (Gwendolyn and Dan)

Parents

Harry Jackson, Margaret Jackson

Estimated Net Worth

$10 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders Peter Medak's films toy with notions of cosplay, masquerade, gamesmanship, and how power and permission structures figure into these human...	Archive	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2023	Movie The Great Escaper In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th...	Irene Jordan	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2022	TV Remembers… What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2021	Movie Mothering Sunday On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her...	Jane (Older)	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2021	Movie Mothers of the Revolution On 5th September 1981, a group of women came together to change the world. These women marched from Wales to...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2019	Movie Elizabeth Is Missing Maud's best friend Elizabeth has disappeared, but as she tries to solve the mystery, dementia threatens to erase all the...	Maud Palmer Horsham	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2019	TV Trust Morecambe & Wise Sir Lenny Henry and his special guests celebrate Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, mixing rarely seen archive clips with some...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2018	TV Morecambe & Wise in America Three part series hosted by Jonathan Ross, telling the story of Eric and Ernie's attempts to break America. Over the...	Self	Not rated
2017	Movie Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me Eric and Ernie devotee Miranda Hart celebrates the incomparable comedy duo as she takes a look back at their top...	Self	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2012	Movie Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil Following the recent death of Ken Russell, Alan Yentob looks back over the career of the flamboyant film director responsible...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2011	Movie Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC drama about their...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	Not rated
2001	Movie The Best of Morecambe and Wise Compilation of sketches featuring the much-loved funnymen Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. Includes 'Anthony and Cleopatra' with Glenda Jackson, 'Monty...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2000	TV Blouse and Skirt Blouse and Skirt was a short lived BBC comedy show which had a Question time style format but from the...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1998	TV So Graham Norton So Graham Norton was a British television programme, hosted by Irish personality Graham Norton. It ran from 3 July 1998...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1994	Movie A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai A look at the life of the Russian revolutionary Marxist Alexandra Kollontai	Alexandra Kollontai (voice)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1992	Movie The Secret Life of Arnold Bax Utilising the music of eminent composer Arnold Bax, this biographical docudrama focuses on Bax's complex relationships with pianist Harriet Cohen...	Harriet Cohen	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1992	TV Terry Wogan's Friday Night	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1991	Movie The House of Bernarda Alba A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they...	Bernarda	Not rated
1991	Movie A Murder of Quality At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into the murder of...	Alisa Brimley	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1990	TV Have I Got News for You Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1990	Movie King of the Wind In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his...	Queen Caroline	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1990	Movie The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty Humpty was an overgrown, misunderstood egg. But one day, he ended up in the right place at the right time...	Glitch the Witch (voice)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1989	Movie The Rainbow Born to a rich landowner in the waning days of the Victorian era, Ursula Brangwen grows into a beautiful young...	Anna Brangwen	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1989	Movie Doombeach A young boy dies after swimming at a seaside resort, and the local children, led by Gavin, investigate and are...	Miss Ricketts	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1988	Movie Salome's Last Dance London, England, November 5th, 1892, Guy Fawkes Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas discreetly...	Herodias / Lady Alice	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1988	TV Strange Interlude Adaptation of an experimental play in nine acts by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Strange Interlude makes extensive use of a...	Nina Leeds	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1987	Movie Beyond Therapy Manhattanites Bruce and Prudence are each looking for a meaningful romantic relationship and have been encouraged by their psychiatrists to...	Charlotte	TMDB 3.9 / 10
1987	Movie Business as Usual After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in...	Babs Flynn	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1985	Movie Turtle Diary Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at...	Neaera Duncan	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1984	Movie Sakharov Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.	Yelena Bonner	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1983	Movie The Return of the Soldier The horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The traumatized soldier doesn't even...	Margaret Grey	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1982	Movie Giro City Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home.	Sophie	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1982	TV Wogan Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1982	Movie Let Poland Be Poland Broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 31, 1982, this special produced by the US International Communication Agency...	Self - Co-Host	Not rated
1982	TV American Playhouse American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.	Nina Leeds	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1981	Movie The Patricia Neal Story The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966 with the help of her...	Patricia Neal	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1981	TV Six Fifty-Five Special Sally James and guest presenters invite established stars and newcomers to contribute to a lively half-hour of music and conversation.	Self	Not rated
1981	Movie Blood Donors "You told me you'd take me to Hollywood!" cries Glenda - but Ernie quips, "No, Cricklewood". Thus the wisecracks begin...	Self	Not rated
1980	Movie Hopscotch When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats...	Isobel	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1980	Movie HealtH At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convention. As the conference progresses,...	Isabella Garnell	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1979	TV Question Time This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as...	Self - Panellist	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1979	Movie Lost and Found While visiting Switzerland, an American college professor, Adam, keeps running into a divorced British secretary, Patricia, wherever they go. First...	Tricia	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1978	Movie The Class Of Miss MacMichael A dedicated teacher tries to reach out to juvenile delinquent students at a London alternative school.	Conor MacMichael	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1978	Movie Stevie For a poet with a gift for crafting words into barbs, Stevie Smith lives a relatively conventional life. Sheltered in...	Stevie Smith	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1978	Movie House Calls Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after...	Ann Atkinson	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1977	Movie Nasty Habits In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither...	Sister Alexandra	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1976	Movie The Incredible Sarah The legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt's unconventional life and career are examined in this biopic. At an audition in 1860, the...	Sarah Bernhardt	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1976	TV The Muppet Show Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.	Self - Special Guest Star	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1975	Movie Hedda Returning from her honeymoon with her husband, scholar Jorgen, the cold and manipulative Hedda Gabler is unmoved by the sacrifices...	Hedda	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1975	Movie The Romantic Englishwoman A marriage crisis between a writer and his wife leads her to flee to Germany and eventually return with another...	Elizabeth	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1975	Movie The Maids A film version of Genet's play. Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they are out, take...	Solange	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1975	TV Les Rendez-vous du dimanche A talk show presented by Michel Drucker	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1974	Movie The Tempter A young writer is invited to stay in a religious hostel run by a sinister, manipulative nun who plays deadly...	Sister Geraldine	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1974	TV Dinah! Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1973	Movie A Touch of Class Steve, a happily married American man living in London meets Vicki, an English divorcée and run off to Marbella for...	Vicki Allessio	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1973	Movie Bequest to the Nation Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during...	Lady Hamilton	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1972	Movie The Triple Echo After her husband is captured during WWII, homesteader Alice is forced to maintain their land herself. One day, a wandering...	Alice Charlesworth	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1972	TV Midi trente	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1971	Movie Mary, Queen of Scots Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic...	Queen Elizabeth	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1971	Movie The Boy Friend When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy...	Rita Monroe	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1971	TV Film '72 The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the...	Self	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1971	Movie Sunday Bloody Sunday Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's...	Alex Greville	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1971	TV Elizabeth R This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one dramatic period in the lengthy...	Queen Elizabeth I	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1971	Movie The Music Lovers Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately, he chooses wacky nymphomaniac...	Antonina 'Nina' Milyukova	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1971	Movie The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson Central Office of Information profile of actress, Glenda Jackson discussing her roles in Sunday, Bloody Sunday and Women in Love,...	Self	Not rated
1969	Movie Women in Love Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love...	Gudrun Brangwen	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1969	TV ITV Saturday Night Theatre Anthology series of dramatic works.	Marina Palek	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1968	Movie Negatives A couple's bizarre romantic relationship is disrupted by the intrusion of a third person.	Vivien	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1968	TV The Dick Cavett Show The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1968	Movie Let's Murder Vivaldi Two couples let tensions build between them in this 'Wednesday Play'.	Julie	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1968	Movie Tell Me Lies Adapted and directed by Peter Brook from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘production-in-progress US’, this long-unseen agitprop drama-doc – shot in...	Glenda	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1967	TV Omnibus Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1967	Movie Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?	Claire Foley	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1967	TV Half Hour Story 18 short plays written especially for TV, an opportunity for up-and-coming directors such as floor manager Alan Clarke, who ended...	Claire Foley	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1967	Movie 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 In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the patients as actors....	Charlotte Corday	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1967	Movie Opus Impressions of contemporary British arts and fashion. Summary of art through the ages taking in every thing from Mary Quant...	Charlotte Corday (Marat/Sade)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1967	Movie The Benefit of the Doubt A documentary following US, Peter Brook's experimental play about the moral issues surrounding the Vietnam War, Benefit of the Doubt...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1965	TV BBC Play of the Month A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured...	Margaret Schlegel	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1965	TV National Geographic Specials For decades, the National Geographic Society has presented specials on nature, foreign culture, scientific breakthroughs, and things which fall under...	Narrator	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1965	Movie Horror of Darkness A studio-based drama by John Hopkins focusing on a trio of people at the point of crisis, with an underlying...	Cathy	Not rated
1964	TV The Wednesday Play An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually...	Cathy	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1964	TV The Wednesday Play An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually...	Julie	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1963	Movie This Sporting Life In early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the...	Singer at Party (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1963	TV World in Action World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998,...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1961	TV The Mike Douglas Show The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1961	TV Morecambe & Wise	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1956	TV Armchair Theatre Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Nominee	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Winner	Not rated
1956	Movie The Extra Day Director William Fairchild's 1956 British comedy takes a peek into the private lives of various performers employed as extras in...	Extra (uncredited)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Nominee	TMDB 7.1 / 10
TBA	Movie Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story A documentary on John Schlesinger and Michael Childers.	Unknown character	Not rated

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders

2025 / TMDB 10.0

The Great Escaper

2023 / TMDB 6.6

Mothering Sunday

2021 / TMDB 5.4

Mothers of the Revolution

2021 / TMDB 7.4

Elizabeth Is Missing

2019 / TMDB 7.3

Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me

2017 / TMDB 1.0

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