Topic: Glenda Jackson dies aged 87

[Simon]

Oscar-winning actress and former MP Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87, her agent has said.

Jackson became an international star in the 1970s, winning Oscars for Women In Love and A Touch of Class, and receiving two further nominations.

She also starred as Queen Elizabeth I in the acclaimed BBC drama Elizabeth R.

Politics was always important, and she gave up acting to join the House of Commons as a Labour MP in north London from 1992 to 2015.

That included two years as a junior transport minister in Tony Blair's New Labour government from 1997.

She later returned to the screen, winning a Bafta for her comeback role in the TV drama Elizabeth Is Missing in 2020.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65916692

[Clive]

i loved her in Touch of Class and QE1st.  But she became painfully left wing - probably because she could afford it! 

[Simon]

She was fabulous on the last thing she did for TV, Elizabeth Is Missing.

[Clive]

I didn't see that - perhaps I was away. 

[Simon]

Apparently it was on BBC4 last night, so it may well be repeated.

[Clive]

Then I could watch it on iPlayer.