Glenda Jackson RIP

[RainbowTown]

An absolute titan of the stage and screen. One of the greatest actresses there's been, and her demolition of Margaret Thatcher was one of the greatest put downs of any politcians I've see.

RIP.

 

[domestos]

The Labour Party could do with a few more Glenda Jacksons. At least her son Dan, remains to carry her torch..oh hang on a second..

 

[editor]

Amazing woman. What a life. Loved the fact that she was always too busy to attend Oscar ceremonies.

And, of course, this:

 

[kalidarkone]

Awww! RIP Glenda

 

[WouldBe]

RIP Glenda.

 

[The39thStep]

Good actress rip

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Aww

 

[weltweit]

RIP Glenda

What a life !!

 

[davesgcr]

Had the pleasure of meeting her at Hampstead Heath station when the North London Line was re-opened after a minor 6 month delay in the bad days of Railtrack. She was the local MP then and absolutely charming - so I let her flag the first train off with the traditional green flag.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

so I let her flag the first train off with the traditional green flag.

under starmer, she'd probably get de-selected for that...

 

[weltweit]

I liked the idea that she didn't attend the Oscars ceremony when she won one because she was too busy

 

[davesgcr]

under starmer, she'd probably get de-selected for that...

Do not care - as Operations Manager I passed her out as a guard there and then. So she had another job lined up. !

 

[kittyP]

Rip, what a woman!

 

[StoneRoad]

RIP Glenda
You'll be missed by many people.

She managed a lot in her 87 years !

 

[Leighsw2]

Was advising some Labour MPs on the Standing Committee of a Bill many years ago and she was on the Committee and I found myself sitting next to her. Very charming. Maintained a good level of interest despite the Bill being boring as hell. Could never really understand why one of the outstanding actors of her generation wanted to spend years toiling away as lobby fodder for the Parliamentary Labour Party (so little return!)

 

[Ming]

RIP Glenda.

The local youth theatre in Birkenhead was named after her (Wirral girl). She bought a pair of jeans from my mum's shop (Wrangler and mum said she was completely normal).

 

[cesare]

RIP

 

[Ming]

 

[Pickman's model]

An absolute titan of the stage and screen. One of the greatest actresses there's been, and her demolition of Margaret Thatcher was one of the greatest put downs of any politcians I've see.

RIP.




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she'd never have been an mp under shammer

 

[marty21]

RIP Glenda - what a life!

 

[seeformiles]

RIP you legend!

 

[Idris2002]

Saw her last night in Sunday Bloody Sunday - 1971, I think. Bisexual love triangle among the Observer reading classes of Hampstead. She and Peter Finch very good as two points of the triangle, Murray Head plays the obnoxious twat who uses both of them.

A relic of the days when academics could afford huge fuck-off houses, and sire vast broods of ill-mannered and badly-behaved children.

But Glenda J. really was as good as everyone says she was in this one. A quite visually inventive film as well.

It's on YouTube, if anyone's interested.

 

[Chilli.s]

Rip Glenda

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Oh no. I missed this. RIP.
When I worked as a political TV journalist she stood out as one of the good ones. No nonsense (sadly 95% of politicians were 95% nonsense and probably stil are).