“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.'
has died at the age of 87, her agent announced Thursday.
“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,” he said in a statement, noting that she’d just finished filming the upcoming dramawith actor Michael Caine. Jackson shot to fame in the 1970s after her role in the Oscar-winning, and she went on to receive a Tony Award for her work in theater.
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