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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 ailment. She was 87.
Several years before her death, The Post had asked the thespian if she ever missed acting during her stint in politics.
Jackson replied, “Acting only exists when you’re doing it. If you’re not doing it, there’s nothing to miss.”
Her agent Lionel Larner confirmed the actress’s passing in a statement.
“Glenda Jackson, two-time Academy Award-winning actress and politician, died peacefully at her home in Blackheath, London this morning after a brief illness, with her family at her side,” he wrote. “She recently completed filming ‘The Great Escaper’ in which she co-starred with Michael Caine.”
He added, “Today we lost one of the world’s greatest actresses, and I have lost a best friend of over 50 years.”
No cause of death was revealed.
Born on May 9, 1936, in Birkenhead, Jackson cut her teeth at the legendary Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London.
First appearing in the 1966 Royal Shakespeare Company production of “Marat/Sade,” the dramatist would go on to become a veritable icon on the stage.
