“I had been prepared to be awed, intimidated, even terrified,” Ben Brantley writes of meeting the actress in person five years ago.
Tag: Jackson, Glenda
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Highlights From More Than 50 Years of Glenda Jackson Reviews
The word that keeps recurring in more than half a century’s worth of reviews in The New York Times? Intelligence.
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Glenda Jackson, Oscar-Winning Actress Turned Politician, Dies at 87
Ms. Jackson was a two-time Oscar winner who walked away from a successful acting career to become a member of the British Parliament, before then returning to the stage.
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At 82, Glenda Jackson Commands the Most Powerful Role in Theater
“King Lear” has long been the crowning performance for actors who know how to dominate a stage. As a longstanding member of Parliament, Jackson has unique insight into authority.