Glenda Jackson, the Oscar-award-winning actor who spent more than two decades in British parliament, has died, according to a statement from her agent. She was 87 years old. Jackson “died peacefully ...

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today we're going to remember Glenda Jackson, who died June 15 at the age of 87. Jackson had two careers. She was an Oscar-winning actress who ...

'Glenda was one of our greatest movie actresses,' actor Michael Caine says LONDON — Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker ...

Glenda Jackson, who segued from a successful actress — Oscars for “Women in Love” and “A Touch of Class” and two Emmys for “Elizabeth R” — into a 23-year career as member of the U.K.’s House of ...

She proved that actors and politics can indeed mix. Glenda Jackson, the feisty two-time Oscar-winning actress who notably quit acting to join the UK parliament, has passed away from an undisclosed ...

Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87, after a brief illness, according to her agent, Lionel Larner. "One of the world's greatest actresses has died, and one of my best friends has died as well," ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today we're going to remember Glenda Jackson, who died June 15 at the age of 87. Jackson had two careers. She was an Oscar-winning actress who left acting to become ...