Double Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson has died aged 87 after a short sickness.
The actress-turned former Labour MP peacefully handed away this morning at her residence in London, her agent mentioned.
Glenda, who was recognized for each her time on display and in parliament, was surrounded by household when she took her last breaths, The Sun reported.
In a press release, her agent Lionel Larner 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.
“She recently completed filming ‘The Great Escaper’ in which she co-starred with Michael Caine.”
Glenda received the Oscar for greatest actress in 1970 for Women In Love, and once more three years later for A Touch Of Class.
The actress turned recognized for a nude scene within the 1969 hit, the place she was seen bare-chested with Oliver Reed.
But Glenda’s accolades didn’t cease there.
She was additionally awarded the CBE within the 1978 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her providers to drama.
The actress then went on to win a Tony Award in 2018 – 60 years after she first stepped onto a stage.
She additionally received a Bafta for greatest actress in 2019 for her function in Elizabeth Is Missing, which adopted the story of a lady affected by dementia.
Glenda, who was born May 9, 1936, studied on a scholarship on the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1954.
Within three years she had made her skilled stage debut.
Glenda initially retired from performing to face for election in 1992 as an MP for Hampstead and Highgate.
She went on to turn out to be Junior Transport Minister below Tony Blair.
Glenda introduced she would step down in 2015, and was nonetheless the one member of the British parliament to win an Oscar.
Glenda is survived by her son, columnist Dan Hodges.
This story was first printed in The Sun and has been reproduced with permission.
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