Veteran actor Glenda Jackson died at age 87 after a 'brief illness,' according to her agent
After years of commanding the stage and screen, Jackson retired from acting in 1992 to serve as a representative of the Labour Party
in British parliament. In her long career in government, she served as a junior transport minister under Prime Minister Tony Blair, though she later became an outspoken critic of Blair and his involvement in the invasion of Iraq. She was also notably scathing in her evaluation of late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whom she said “had inflicted heinous social, economic and spiritual damage upon the country” .
After more than 20 years in politics, Jackson stepped down in 2015 and returned to acting in a variety of critically acclaimed projects, including the limited seriesWhile she was impressively decorated, Jackson herself was not particularly impressed by these accomplishments, not even attending the Academy Awards any of the times she was nominated . “I jib at the idea that I won them. I did nothing apart from what the job I was given,” she toldin 2016.
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