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Glenda Jackson


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  • The Music Lovers
  • The Music Lovers review by A customer from Nottingham
    Rated - 5.0 stars The Music Lovers 19 May 2009
    ...ic as a gay man and a neurotic, confused individual, cast against the brilliant Glenda Jackson as Antonina, who provided a desperate and sad character struggling with her des...   Read customer review
  • Hopscotch
  • Hopscotch review by from Surrey, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars One of Walter Matthau's best and funniest films 18 November 2005
    ... which make you laugh and in this film he excels. And of course who can forget Glenda Jackson whose role compliments Walter Matthau's and brings out the comic in his acting ...   Read customer review
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday review by A customer from Lydbury North
    Rated - 4.0 stars A Flawed Classic 15 January 2009
    ...Brilliant performances, especially from Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson and in the main excellent direction from John Schlesinger, do not disguise some flaws, mainly in the pl...   Read customer review

Glenda Jackson - filmography


  • A Murder Of Quality (1991)
    Starring: Denholm Elliott,  Joss Ackland,  Glenda Jackson
    Director: Gavin Millar
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The British class system is under fire in this adaptation of John Le Carre's novel. One-time spy master George Smiley (Denholm Elliott) is called in to investigate the murder of Stella Strode, a schoolteacher's wife at a public school. She had predicted her own death in a letter to a friend. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 566 members
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  • The Rainbow on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Sammi Davis,  Paul McGann,  Amanda Donohoe
    Director: Ken Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Defying the moral constraints of Victorian England and her parents, a young woman engages in unbridled promiscuity with two partners before setting out to capture the fuller sensuality of life itself. Based on the 1915 novel by D.H. Lawrence.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 594 members
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  • Beyond Therapy on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Julie Hagerty,  Jeff Goldblum,  Glenda Jackson
    Director: Robert Altman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Prudence is a conservative and slightly mixed up young woman who thinks Bruce is crazy. Bruce is bi-sexual and in love with Prudence. Her therapist is more interested in scoring with his patients than in treating their problems, Bruce's therapist is worse; and these are just the surface confusions.
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 57 members
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  • Turtle Diary (1985)
    Starring: Glenda Jackson,  Ben Kingsley,  Richard Johnson
    Director: John Irvin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 1 member
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  • The Return of the Soldier (1982)
    Starring: Julie Christie,  Glenda Jackson,  Ann-Margret
    Director: Alan Bridges
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Captain Chris Baldry has suffered the injuries of many during the war, lost in a state of young love he struggles through the overpowering presence of all of the women in his life. Trapped in his past with his true love, his present wife, cousin and woman of his dreams all compete to bring him back ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 6 members
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  • Hopscotch on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Walter Matthau,  Glenda Jackson,  Sam Waterston
    Director: Ronald Neame
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Miles Kendig is a veteran CIA agent who finds himself reduced to a desk job after the arrival of new boss Myerson. Refusing to take it lying down he disappears and begins to write his memoirs, threatening to lift the lid on the world's top intelligence agencies. He soon has both the CIA and the KGB ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 592 members
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  • Stevie (1978)
    Starring: Glenda Jackson,  Mona Washbourne,  Alec McCowen
    Director: Robert Enders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This movie portrays British poet/author Stevie Smith and her life with her beloved aunt through direct dialogue with the audience by Stevie, as well as flashbacks, and narration by a friend. The film mainly focuses on her relationship with her aunt, romantic relationships of the past, and the fame ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 3 members
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  • The Romantic Englishwoman on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Glenda Jackson,  Michael Caine,  Helmut Berger
    Director: Joseph Losey
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Elizabeth and Lewis Fielding's marriage shifts from perfect into boring, Elizabeth decides to leave her comfortable home and travel abroad. Suddenly overcome with jealousy, Lewis imagines his wife in a myriad of sordid situations. And when Elizabeth returns to England, she starts checking up ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 132 members
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  • The Maids on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Glenda Jackson,  Susannah York,  Vivien Merchant
    Director: Christopher Miles
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This adaptation of Jean Genet's THE MAIDS was part of the American Film Theatre series. The film stars Glenda Jackson and Susannah York as two sisters named Solange and Claire who work as maids for their strict Madame. However, when Madame leaves the house, the two sisters dress up as their masters ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 143 members
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  • A Touch of Class on DVD (1973)
    Starring: George Segal,  Glenda Jackson,  Paul Sorvino
    Director: Melvin Frank
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A 1970s style romantic comedy. Steve is a philandering American businessman living in London, heavily inclined towards cheating his lovely wife Gloria. He meets divorced British fashion designer Vicki, and soon the two go on a secret holiday together in Spain. They rent a flat for their trysts -- ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 359 members
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  • Triple Echo, The (1972)
    Starring: Glenda Jackson,  Oliver Reed,  Brian Deacon
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Set in England during WWII, this drama, also known as Soldiers in Skirts, stars Glenda Jackson as Alice, a bitter woman whose husband is captured and held as a Japanese prisoner of war. When a wandering soldier, Barton (Brian Deacon), comes by her farm, she invites him in for tea. They fall in love...read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 4 members
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  • Mary Queen Of Scots on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Trevor Howard,  Glenda Jackson,  Ian Holm
    Director: Charles Jarrott
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Political intrigue, strong women, weak men, and countless conspiracies fuel this beautifully staged--though not completely accurate--historical drama about the life of 'Fiery' Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (Vanessa Redgrave). In the wake of the Protestant Reformation, Mary Stuart becomes enmeshed in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 173 members
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  • Women In Love on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Alan Bates,  Glenda Jackson,  Oliver Reed
    Director: Ken Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Women in Love is set in 1920s England, where free-spirited artist Gudrun (Glenda Jackson) and her schoolteacher sister Ursula (Jennie Linden) make the acquaintance of lifelong friends Gerald (Oliver Reed) and Rupert (Alan Bates). The foursome attends a picnic in honour of a pair of newly-weds, who ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,072 members
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Glenda Jackson facts

5 most recent films

A Murder Of Quality - 3.0 stars
The Rainbow - 3.0 stars
Salome's Last Dance - 2.5 stars
Beyond Therapy - 2.0 stars
Turtle Diary - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Elizabeth R - 4.0 stars
Hopscotch - 3.5 stars
Morecambe And Wise - Christmas With Morecambe And Wise - 3.5 stars
Mary Queen Of Scots - 3.5 stars
A Touch of Class - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Return of the Soldier - 2.0 stars
House Calls - 2.5 stars
Marat/Sade - 2.5 stars
Salome's Last Dance - 2.5 stars
Marat Sade - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Christopher Guest - 3 times - show films
Christopher Gable - 3 times - show films
Jeff Goldblum - 3 times - show films
Tom Conti - 3 times - show films
Julie Hagerty - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ken Russell - 5 times - show films
Robert Altman - 3 times - show films
Peter Brook - 2 times - show films
Melvin Frank - 2 times - show films
Joseph Losey - 1 times - show films