UK Oscar winner Glenda Jackson on the movie Return of the Soldier and portraying two British Queens.
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Glenda Jackson, one of the outstanding talents to grace both stage and screen around the world. (This is an audio interview and the first time it has been published.) Brilliant Oscar winner Glenda Jackson rose from a working-class background in the north of Britain to play the Queens of Scotland and England and win Academy Awards for Ken Rusell’s Women in Love and A Touch of Class, opposite George Segal. Later in her career, triggered by her dislike of Margaret Thatcher’s politics, she stood for the British Parliament, not only winning a seat but eventually becoming the Nation’s Junior Minister for Transport. Glenda finally returned to acting in recent years after deciding not to stand again for Parliament. Her performances since have included an acclaimed role, in 2019, as Shakespeare’s King Lear on the Broadway stage … at the age, I might add, of 83! In a career spanning more than 60 years Glenda has won 25 acting awards around the world and many more nominations in film, TV and on the stage. Back in 1982, she appeared opposite acclaimed actor Sir Alan Bates, American Ann Margret and Britain’s Julie Christie in the powerfully emotional World War I film The Return of The Soldier. At the time, I caught up with Glenda at a London pub shortly after the film had opened, and asked her how a young woman from the North of England found her way on to the world’s cinema screens and theatrical stages…and about winning those Oscars: Glenda had continued working until late 2022 but died in June 2023. She had just completed her latest film with old friend and compatriot Sir Michael Caine, who’s now 89, called The Great Escaper, reuniting with Sir Michael, also a two-time Oscar winner, after a 47 year gap. The pair originally co-starred in Joseph Losey’s 1975 film The Romantic Englishman. The Great Escaper is based on a true story. Feel free to make comments at [email protected] PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, IT'S FREE. There are more than 80 other interviews on this channel here: / @johnhanrahansmoviestarintervie Upcoming interviews include Jack Nicholson, Christopher Reeve, Peter Sellers, Harrison Ford, Oliver Stone, Sophia Loren, Norman Mailer, Kirk Douglas, Mark Hamill, Michael Douglas, Jimmy Stewart, Bob Zemeckis, Sir David Lean, Charlton Heston, and Woody Allen. / @johnhanrahansmoviestarintervie Copyright and all rights reserved now and in the future in all media platforms on all interviews and content.
