Showing posts with label Glenda Jackson. Show all posts
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Thursday, June 15, 2023
Glenda Jackson: Late Ex-MP Delivers Immense Anti-Thatcher Speech Days after Thatcher's Death
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Glenda Jackson, Fearless Actor and Politician, Dies Aged 87
THE GUARDIAN: Her singular passion lit up performances from Women in Love to King Lear and drove her 23-year middle career as an MP
Glenda Jackson, who has died at the age of 87. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian
Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87 after “a brief illness” at her home in London.
In a statement, her agent, Lionel Larner, said: “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.”
Jackson bestrode the narrow worlds of stage and screen like a colossus over six decades. Though such a Shakespearean tribute would undoubtedly have had the famously curmudgeonly actor reaching for her familiar catchphrase: “Oh, come on. Good God, no,” nothing less will do for a star who emerged from a 23-year career break to play King Lear at the age of 82. » | Claire Armitstead | Thursday, June 15, 2023
Glenda Jackson, actrice britannique doublement oscarisée, est morte : Glenda Jackson était l’une des plus grandes stars britanniques des années 1960 et 1970, et a remporté deux Oscars, pour « Women in Love » et « A Touch of Class ». »
Die zwei Leben der Glenda Jackson: Sie erhielt zwei Oscars als beste Schauspielerin und wechselte dann in die Politik. Nun ist die Britin Glenda Jackson im Alter von 87 Jahren gestorben. »
Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87 after “a brief illness” at her home in London.
In a statement, her agent, Lionel Larner, said: “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.”
Jackson bestrode the narrow worlds of stage and screen like a colossus over six decades. Though such a Shakespearean tribute would undoubtedly have had the famously curmudgeonly actor reaching for her familiar catchphrase: “Oh, come on. Good God, no,” nothing less will do for a star who emerged from a 23-year career break to play King Lear at the age of 82. » | Claire Armitstead | Thursday, June 15, 2023
Glenda Jackson, actrice britannique doublement oscarisée, est morte : Glenda Jackson était l’une des plus grandes stars britanniques des années 1960 et 1970, et a remporté deux Oscars, pour « Women in Love » et « A Touch of Class ». »
Die zwei Leben der Glenda Jackson: Sie erhielt zwei Oscars als beste Schauspielerin und wechselte dann in die Politik. Nun ist die Britin Glenda Jackson im Alter von 87 Jahren gestorben. »
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
MAIL ONLINE: Oscar-winning actress launches astonishing assault on Lady Thatcher / Accuses her of 'wreaking heinous social and economic damage' / Good-natured debate started by Cameron and Miliband blown apart / Left-wing MPs use recall of Parliament to condemn Thatcher's Britain
Labour MP Glenda Jackson tonight launched an extraordinary attack on Baroness Thatcher, barely 48 hours after former Prime Minister’s death.
Ms Jackson, an Oscar-winning actress turned politician, suggested Lady Thatcher was ‘a woman but not on my terms’.
And she accused the former Tory Premier of ‘wreaking the most heinous social and economic damage on this country’.
The bitter outburst from the left-winger came during a Commons debate to pay tribute to Baroness Thatcher, who died on Monday aged 97.
It sparked furious complaints from Tory MPs, accusing Ms Jackson of using the recall of Parliament to attack the memory of the person who has been deceased'.
Labour leader Ed Miliband and predecessor Tony Blair had urged the party's MPs to show respect to Baroness Thatcher when discussing her legacy.
But the unprecedented occasion of a seven-hour debate to pay cross-party tribute was marred when Ms Jackson launched into a devastating attack on the three-times election winner.
To cries of 'shame!' form Tory benches, Ms Jackson finished her speech remarking how women who helped run the country during the war would not have recognised the idea of 'womanliness' embodied in Baroness Thatcher.
She added: 'The first prime minister of female gender, ok. But a woman? Not on my terms.'
With the Labour benches almost deserted behind her, she told MPs: 'When I made my maiden speech in this chamber a little over two decades ago, Margaret Thatcher had been elevated to the [House of Lords].
'But Thatcherism was still wreaking - as it had wreaked for the whole decade - the most heinous social and economic damage on this country, on my constituency and my constituents.' Read on and comment » | Matt Chorley, MailOnline Political Editor | Wednesday, April 10, 2013
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