Actor who was a fearless, ferocious presence in theatre, cinema and television, then turned to politics as a Labour MPMany leading British actors have mixed art and politics, but no great actor ever made such a decisive break from one to the other as Glenda Jackson, who has died aged 87, when she was elected Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate in 1992. For the previous 30 years, she had been an outstanding, ferociou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:49PM on June 15, 2023