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Trivia
Only British Member of Parliament to win an Oscar.
Had to have
her appendix removed. [October 1999]
Appointed
a CBE in 1978.
March, 2002
- was hospitalized for serious injuries sustained to
her wrist and hip.
Named after
actress Glenda Farrell.
In "The
Rainbow" she plays the mother of the character
she had played twenty years earlier in "Women In
Love".
In 1992 closed
the curtain on her acting career and became Labour MP
for Hampstead and Highgate.
Appointed
Junior transport minister in 1997.
Has a theatre
named after her.
Personal quotes
"I had no real ambition about acting. But I knew
there had to be something better than the bloody chemist's
shop."
[On her Oscars]
"My mother polishes them to within an inch of their
lives until the metal shows. That sums up the Academy
Awards - all glitter on the outside and base metal coming
through. Nice presents for a day. But they don't make
you feel any better."
"If
I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem."
"An
actor can do Hamlet right through to Lear, men of every
age and every step of spiritual development. Where's
the equivalent for women? I don't fancy hanging around
to play Nurse in 'Romeo and Juliet'. Life's too short."
[speaking
in 1974] "Ideally, one would love to work in England.
But if no one in England is going to take their courage
in both hands and dig into their pockets and finance
films - then, you're going to have to work abroad."
"I was
the archetypal spotty teenager who suffered the tortures
of the damned because I wasn't like those girls in the
magazines. I had lank, greasy hair and I was fat and
spotty."
"If
anyone thinks I looked sexy stripped in 'The Music Lovers',
they must think Minnie Mouse is sexy."
[on acting]
"You'd think it something one would grow out of.
But you grow into it. The more you do, the more you
realise how painfully easy it is to be lousy and how
very difficult to be good."
"Men
can be a great deal of work for very little reward."
"You
see women in America who've had face-lifts - faces as
smooth as melons. It makes my stomach turn to think
about voluntarily putting myself under a surgeon's knife."
"One
of the most depressing remarks that was made when I
first came to the House of Commons was made by an MP
who said, 'What d'you want to come here for? You're
famous already'."
Glenda Jackson - Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollontai, A
(1994) (TV) (voice) .... Alexandra Kollontai
Secret Life of Arnold Bax, The (1992) (TV) .... Harriet
Cohen
Murder of Quality, A (1991) (TV) .... Ailsa Brimley
House of Bernarda Alba, The (1991) (TV) .... Bernarda
Alba
Real Story of Humpty Dumpty, The (1990) (V) (voice)
.... Glitch the Witch
T-Bag's Christmas Ding Dong (1990) (TV) .... Vanity
Bag
Doombeach
(1989) .... Miss
King of the Wind (1989) .... Queen Caroline
Rainbow, The (1989) .... Anna Brangwen
Salome's Last Dance (1988) .... Herodias/Lady Alice
Business as Usual (1987) .... Babs Flynn
Strange Interlude (1987) (TV) .... Nina Leeds
Beyond Therapy (1987) .... Charlotte
Turtle Diary (1985) .... Neaera Duncan
Sakharov (1984) (TV) .... Yelena Bonner (Sakharova)
Giro City (1982) .... Sophie
... aka And Nothing But the Truth (1982)
Return of the Soldier, The (1982) .... Margaret Grey
HealtH (1982) .... Isabella Garnell
Patricia Neal Story, The (1981) (TV) .... Patricia Neal
... aka Act of Love: The Patricia Neal Story, An (1981)
(TV)
Hopscotch (1980) .... Isobel von Schonenberg
Lost and
Found (1979) .... Tricia
Class of Miss MacMichael, The (1978) .... Conor MacMichael
Stevie (1978) .... Stevie Smith
House Calls (1978) .... Ann Atkinson
Nasty Habits (1977) .... Sister Alexandra
... aka Abbess, The (1977)
Incredible Sarah, The (1976) .... Sarah Bernhardt
... aka Sarah (1976/II)
Hedda (1975) .... Hedda Gabler
Sorriso del grande tentatore, Il (1975) .... Sister
Geraldine
... aka Devil Is a Woman, The (1975) (USA)
... aka Tempter, The (1975) (UK)
Romantic Englishwoman, The (1975) .... Elizabeth Fielding
... aka Une anglaise romantique (1975) (France)
Maids, The (1974) .... Solange
Bequest to the Nation, A (1973) .... Lady Hamilton
... aka Nelson Affair, The (1973) (USA)
Touch of Class, A (1973) .... Vicki Allessio
Triple Echo (1973) .... Alice
... aka Soldier in Skirts (1973)
"Elizabeth R" (1971) (mini) TV Series ....
Queen Elizabeth I
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) .... Queen Elizabeth I
Boy Friend, The (1971) (uncredited) .... Rita
... aka Boyfriend, The (1971) (USA)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) .... Alex Greville
Music Lovers, The (1971) .... Antonina Milyukova
... aka Ken Russell's Film on Tchaikovsky and the Music
Lovers (1971)
Howards End (1970) (TV)
... aka Play of the Month: Howards End (1970) (TV) (UK)
Salve Regina
(1969) (TV) .... Marina Palek
Women in Love (1969) .... Gudrun Brangwen
Negatives (1968) .... Vivien
Tell Me Lies (1968) .... Guest
Marat/Sade (1967) .... Charlotte Corday
... aka 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, The (1967)
(UK: complete title)
This Sporting Life (1963) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
Glenda Jackson - Notable TV
Guest Appearances
"Have I Got News for You" (1990)
playing "Herself" (episode # 25.1) 25 April
2003
"So Graham Norton" (1998) playing "Herself"
(episode # 3.3) 3 December 1999
"Have I Got News for You" (1990) playing "Herself"
(episode # 18.3) 5 November 1999
"Ruby" (1997) playing "Herself"
(episode # 3.7) 27 September 1999
"Have I Got News for You" (1990) playing "Herself"
(episode # 8.6) 2 December 1994
"Muppet Show, The" (1976) playing "Herself"
(episode # 5.7) 21 April 1980
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