Glenda Jackson

Never liked her, She had a kind of attitude that was unappealing

She has won the triple crown of acting Emmy-Oscar and Tony Awards. One of the few actresses to be a double Best Actress Oscar winner.

Brilliant actress who gave up her acting career to be one of the hardest working MPs in Parliament. Probably too intelligent for Hollywood.

She's amazing. I'm thrilled that I got to see her in Three Tall Women. She definitely seems like someone who loves to act, but finds the business of being a star and Hollywood too superficial and dull to pursue full time. Gotta respect her for that.

Tell us, OP, what type of cunt is Glenda Jackson?

Glenda Jackson? I thought that picture was Ian McKellen in drag!

In 1974 I saw Bette Davis when she was touring the country with her one woman show. An audience member asked her if there were any current actresses she liked, and Bette immediately said, "Glenda Jackson."

Her ELIZABETH R taught me what great acting is all about. I mean, I had seen great performances, but the entire series is built around her and I had never seen such nuance and bravado. She was able to brilliantly play the monarch from a teen to death.

Charlotte Corday

Her real talent lay in the fact she could do it all,public entertainer to public servant...and be brilliant all the way down the line,doff your caps to her!

It doesn't make her a better actress because she refuses to do her neck. Really, at least wear a scarf, a choker, or a turtleneck. Then go emote.

Two wonderful performances in a lovely film.....

Amazing she was retired for so long and came back in old age and had so much success.

[quote]Brilliant actress who gave up her acting career to be one of the hardest working MPs in Parliament.

Really? What did she achieve?

All I ever saw her do was attack the Tories.

Is OP's photo what Erna looks like in daylight?

Love her!

^^ she's a real gay fave for some reason.

Got to meet her while she was doing "Three Tall Women", she was a hoot and very warm and friendly to her fans.

Are you bourgeois?

One of the true greats. And I found her absolutely beautiful once upon a time. "Handsome" might be the better word. Either way... loved her and her work.

The Muppet Show....

The gays LOVE her.

I thought that picture was Ian McKellen

LUCY!!!!!!!

Glenda Jackson in Women in Love (1969)

Glenda Jackson in Women in Love (1969)

then and now

A bit of O'Neill.....

She was a gem in a small role in Ken Russell's The Boy Friend.

That tricky obbligato in the third act....

R32, thank you. I don't think I've ever met someone who had seen this movie, let alone could quote from it. It's one of my favorites.

There's doggie dirt on your spats, r33.

A minority opinion, but she was wonderful in a Touch of Class. Not Oscar worthy perhaps, but certainly nomination worthy.

The scene that won her a second Oscar.

Wow, she didn't age well, not that she was a great beauty, but those wrinkles?!! I gather she was a heavy smoker or a boozer? Still is doing both?

She's 82, two years younger than one of her former co-stars George Segal and he looks fairly good for his age. They were in A Touch of Class together. George is currently on the hit TV series, The Goldbergs.

[quote]A minority opinion, but she was wonderful in a Touch of Class. Not Oscar worthy perhaps, but certainly nomination worthy.

not even that

[quote]Wow, she didn't age well, not that she was a great beauty,

She doesn't wear a lick of make-up.

[quote]She's 82, two years younger than one of her former co-stars George Segal and he looks fairly good for his age. They were in A Touch of Class together. George is currently on the hit TV series, The Goldbergs.

George Segal is an old man and looks it.

She is fabulous...absolutely driven in tasks she takes on....a credit to her gender, acting, and humanity

1964....

I haven't read the full thread. Has her "tribute" to Margaret Thatcher been posted yet?

Can you imagine Trump trying speak that coherently and at such a great length without a prompter?

R13 That needs a Blu Ray release NOW!

Should have had a few more Oscar nominations: The Music Lovers, Salome's Last Dance, Stevie. One of my top favourite three actresses of all time.

She went starkers in "The Music Lovers", Ken Russell's really bizarre film about Tschaikovsky with his wife going stark raving mad, stark nakedly at times.

She's great in "Women in Love", but Tatum O'Neal should have won Best Actress the year of "A Touch of Class" instead of supporting.

Glenda is great in "Women in Love", that is.

[quote]She doesn't wear a lick of make-up.

Makeup cannot hide deep wrinkles or, in younger women, coarse or acne scarred skin. Heavy makeup actually makes wrinkles and bad skin look more pronounced!

[quote]Can you imagine Trump trying speak that coherently and at such a great length without a prompter?

Even with a prompter, Trump is completely incoherent! 😂😂😂😂

You can also tell he has no idea WTF he's saying!

There is a TV production of "Strange Interlude", the crazy O'Neill play she did in NY, but I've never seen it. Did any one see her in the play?

R31 Yes, I love that adaptation of The Boy Friend. The kind of bonkers, almost hallucinatory film that Ken Russell loved to direct, but with classic tuneful musical material. Exquisite design, the scene where they dance on the giant record player is perfect, and Glenda was fun in her small role. She's not the warmest actress but could still do comedy and just radiates pure hard talent. Never cared about her reputation, fame, her appearance or the media. Just delivering great thoroughbred performances. A proto Judy Davis.

Have loved her most of my life and can't wait to see her in "Lear!"

Love love love love love love love. Love. Glenda Jackson has no equal. Please, dear god, let this woman find a few decent film roles before she dies.

And yes, she looks a lot like Sir Ian in OP's photo. Doesn't matter, she's a glorious wreck.

Oh to see this on a big screen again, r52!

I think she’s truly one of the greats. And has never cared about glamour or the bullshit Of Hollywood. Has always kept it real. She’s only shown up for one of her major awards and that was the Tony back in June.

The gays LOVE her.

R24 So did I.

I love The Maids, GJ is an absolute ORACLE!

She is the greatest one who ever was.

Oh, Claire.....

She was the greatest Hedda Gabler I've ever seen.

It’s so refreshing to see an actor grow old gracefully. She actually looks SO much better than all those people who have had work done.

She's no Maggie Smith!

Oh my god, imagine if Glenda had played the Charlotte Rampling role in 45 Years... she would have bagged her third Oscar for sure. And they probably would have tweaked the script a bit for her to have a major flip out or two.

That 45 years was awful and whatsisname could barely remember his lines. A very BAD FILM.

I thought it was a gripping film r66, but with Glenda it would have been even better.

I don't want to be macabre but isn't it dangerous for someone of Glenda's age to do an arduous stage production of King Lear for several months? Maybe she's aware of that and would like nothing better than to die on the job... it would be a hell of a way to go.

Glenda already played Lear in London so she knows what she's in for.

[quote]I thought it was a gripping film [R66],

Can't have seen the same film. Gripping was the last thing it was. It was tiring.

Would loved to have seen her in more stage productions. Feel blessed to have seen her (and Mona W.) in the original "Stevie". She's simply an exceptional human being, whatever she does.

Does old Glenda need to have her Lear lines fed to her via earpiece? Just asking.

Glenda is magnificent. She doesn't use earpieces, r72. I, too, hope she does a few more films. I've never seen any other actor walk away from a successful career as an actress and then pick it up after over 30 years like she'd never stopped.

Agreed, R62, she is the best Hedda ever.

As someone who can't stand George Segal, she made him bearable in A Touch of Class.

What an interesting choice in the clip at R36 to sit down as she escalates her tirade against the Segal character.

I liked her in the two films she did with Walter Matthau: House Calls and Hopscotch.

I'm still waiting to hear what she achieved with her "political career".

[quote]I liked her in the two films she did with Walter Matthau: House Calls and Hopscotch.

They were both trash.

and Walter was a one trick pony.

But.....

[quote]I'm still waiting to hear what she achieved with her "political career".

Why not just google it instead of "waiting", you lazy Mary.

R50 sure, but he's still the president of USA. That goes to show you.

That goes to show what, R81? He is an anomaly in the western world of politics, for sure, not a rule. it's still better to be an educated (self-taught or otherwise), intelligent, thoughtful person in life.

Hear you go R62. One of my favorite (but rarely seen) Jackson performances.

Who cares about fucking politics, r77? It's what she achieved as an actress that we care about.

r78, "Hopscotch" wasn't trash.

R43 she was very right. I wonder what she thinks about Brexit now and the fact that the 'Thatcher times' are back, the Tories post-Brexit are going to strip the country bare

I loved her in "Upstairs Downstairs"...

I loved her in Backstairs at the White House

R83 Interesting that her co-star in that "Hedda" was Jennie Linden, who played her sister in "Women In Love". Linden was pretty and looked quite a bit like a young Debbie Reynolds.

She's no Glenda Farrell.....

Farrell was a pretty big star in the 30s and probably into the 40s who later was still working in character parts in Jerry Lewis and Elivs Presley films into the 1960s. She was a good actress and usually very enjoyable, almost on the order of an Eve Arden or Thelma Rittter.

Elvis, my bad.

Miss Farrell.....

I've always found her harsh and unappealing...clearly a minority opinion.

No r70 I suspect you’re just not that bright. Good for you though. The Expendables more your thing?

[quote]No [R70] I suspect you’re just not that bright.

I KNOW that you're not.

This is a Glenda JACKSON thread, get the fuck out with your Farrell shit.

Joan Crawford calls Glenda Jackson the world's greatest actress in this 1973 recording. So she had both Joan and Bette's approval!

I can't quite see Joan sitting through Women in Love or The Music Lovers.

I think Joan played Charlotte Corday in the L.A. production of Marat/Sade.

Apparently Glenda was a dinner guest at Joan's apartment and witnessed an unpleasant moment with Joan and one of her kids, I forget which.

In 1973 there were no other talented young actresses of note working in films. Of course, Bette and Joan loved her.

Really, r101? Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, Marsha Mason, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Julie Christie, to name just a few off the top of my head.

Not to mention DL fave Bonnie Franklin

Also Faye Dunaway, Diahann Carroll, Streisand, Minnelli, Deneuve...

Vanessa Redgrave, Genevieve Bujold, Janet Suzman...

Liv Ullmann...

Sandy Duncan

[quote][R50] sure, but he's still the president of USA. That goes to show you.

It shows me absolutely nothing.

That evil orange moron is president due to the The Electoral College, Hillary won the popular vote, by nearly THREE MILLION votes.

I'm tired of losing to the damned Glenda Jackson.

[quote]I loved her in "Upstairs Downstairs"...

Upstairs, sure, Downstairs, not so much.

love her work but super grouchy bitch iin interviews thinkn she still does cigs pitiful

Damn wish they would release the vote tallies one day for Oscars past. Rumor was only like 10 votes separated the nominees when Glenda won her Touch Of Class Oscar.

r111, she doesn't smoke now and if you heard her voice on stage you wouldn't be so stupid to think she still does at 82. Her voice is clear and piercing as a bell. And sorry if she doesn't feel the need to be Little Miss Sunshine at this point in her life so that her interviews could amuse the likes of you more.

So, r112? She still won.

[quote][R111], she doesn't smoke now

How do you know?

Because she said so, r115.

She told YOU?

In most of the recent articles, it says she cut down.

She said in an interview she cut down on smoking. Her voice is undiminished. I know because I saw her in "Three Tall Women" on Broadway. And if you can do Lear in not one production but two--at 82--you're doing just fine.

Joan and Bette would REALLY hate the current crop. Save maybe Emma Stone. Maybe.

Oh, they would have both been mad that Stone won the Oscar for "La La Land"; they probably would haven't had a problem for her winning for "Birdman" though.

I would argue that Glenda Jackson in the BBC miniseries Elizabeth R is the greatest screen performance of the century, at least by a woman. The way she absolutely dominated each and every scene is something I have not seen in another performer... and she didn't have good looks to do it... just sheer charisma and talent.

Yeah, they'd probably find Emma Stone to be a twit. Who's The Strong Actress these days? Any?

She seems to look a lot like Ian McKellen, especially in her old age.