Glenda Jackson was an English actress of the stage and screen. She was one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, which consists of the highest awards for film, television and theatre. She received two Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
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Award | Wins | Nominations |
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2 | 4 | |
2 | 6 | |
1 | 8 | |
3 | 5 | |
1 | 5 |
For her performances in film, Jackson received two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances in Women in Love (1970), and A Touch of Class (1973). She also received nominations for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), and Hedda (1975). She also received three British Academy Film Award nominations winning for Sunday Bloody Sunday. She also received eight Golden Globe Award nominations winning for A Touch of Class. For her work on television, she received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for portraying Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC series Elizabeth R (1971) and an International Emmy Award for the BBC One television film Elizabeth Is Missing (2020). She also received three British Academy Television Award nominations winning for Elizabeth Is Missing.
For her work in theatre, she received various awards including a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award, a Drama League Award and two Critics Circle Theatre Awards. She received five Tony Award nominations for her performances in Marat/Sade in 1966, Rose in 1981, Strange Interlude in 1985, and Macbeth in 1988. She won for Best Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women in 2018. She also received five Laurence Olivier Award nominations for Stevie in 1977, Antony and Cleopatra in 1979, Rose in 1980, Strange Interlude in 1984, and King Lear in 2017.
Major associations
editYear | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1970 | Best Actress | Women in Love | Won | [1] |
1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Nominated | [1] | |
1973 | A Touch of Class | Won | [1] | |
1975 | Hedda | Nominated | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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British Academy Film Awards | ||||
1969 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Women in Love | Nominated | |
1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Won | [1] | |
1973 | A Touch of Class | Nominated | ||
British Academy Television Awards | ||||
1970 | Best Actress | Play of the Month: Howards End | Nominated | |
1971 | Elizabeth R | Nominated | ||
2019 | Elizabeth is Missing | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
1972 | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Elizabeth R | Nominated[a] | [1] |
Won[b] | [1] | |||
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series | Won | [1] | ||
1982 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | The Patricia Neal Story | Nominated | [1] |
International Emmy Awards | ||||
2020 | Best Actress | Elizabeth Is Missing | Won | [2] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1970 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Women in Love | Nominated | |
1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Nominated | ||
1973 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | A Touch of Class | Won | [1] |
1975 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Hedda | Nominated | |
1976 | The Incredible Sarah | Nominated | ||
1978 | Stevie | Nominated | ||
1981 | Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television | The Patricia Neal Story | Nominated | |
1984 | Sakharov | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1966 | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Marat/Sade | Nominated | [1] |
1981 | Best Leading Actress in a Play | Rose | Nominated | [1] |
1985 | Strange Interlude | Nominated | [1] | |
1988 | Macbeth | Nominated | [1] | |
2018 | Three Tall Women | Won |
Theatre awards
editYear | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1984 | Best Actress | Strange Interlude | Won | [1] |
2016 | Best Shakespearean Performance | King Lear | Won | [3] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1988 | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Macbeth | Nominated | |
2018 | Three Tall Women | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Distinguished Performance Award | Three Tall Women | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Best Actress | King Lear | Won | [4] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1977 | Actress of the Year in a New Play | Stevie | Nominated | |
1979 | Actress of the Year in a Revival | Antony and Cleopatra | Nominated | |
1980 | Actress of the Year in a New Play | Rose | Nominated | |
1984 | Actress of the Year in a Revival | Strange Interlude | Nominated | |
2017 | Best Actress | King Lear | Nominated |
Other awards
editYear | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Best Actress – Television | Elizabeth is Missing | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | The Richard Harris Award | — | Honoured |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1983 | Distinguished Service to the Cinema Award | — | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1972 | Special David | Mary, Queen of Scots | Won | |
1976 | Best Foreign Actress | Hedda | Won[c] |
Étoile de Cristal (French Film Academy)
editYear | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1972 | Best Actress | — | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1973 | Best Actress | A Touch of Class | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1974 | Best Actress | Mary, Queen of Scots | Won | |
1975 | A Touch of Class | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1981 | Best Actress | — | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1971 | Best Actress | Women in Love | Won | |
1981 | Stevie | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1971 | Best Actress | Women in Love | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1966 | Best Actress | Marat/Sade | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | Best Actress | Women in Love | Won | [1] |
1974 | A Touch of Class | Nominated | ||
1981 | Stevie | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1984 | Best Actress | Strange Interlude and Phedra | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1986 | Best Actress | Turtle Diary | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1973 | Silver Shell for Best Actress | A Touch of Class | Won[d] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1966 | Most Promising Actress | Marat/Sade | Won | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1970 | Best Actress | Women in Love | Won | [1] |
1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Won | [1] | |
1975 | Hedda | Won | [1] | |
1979 | House Calls, Stevie and The Class of Miss MacMichael | Won | [1] |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ For the episode: "The Lion's Cub"
- ^ For the episode: "The Shadow in the Sun"
- ^ Tied with Isabelle Adjani for The Story of Adele H.
- ^ Tied with Françoise Fabian for La bonne année
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Bryant, Christopher (1999). Glenda Jackson : the biography. Hammersmith, London: HarperCollinsPublishers. pp. 265–267. ISBN 0-00-255911-0. OCLC 42790640.
- ^ "2020 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® WINNERS ANNOUNCED LIVE AT CEREMONY HELD FROM NEW YORK CITY – International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "2016 Results | Critics' Circle Theatre Awards". 31 January 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ Desk, Evening Standard Arts (4 December 2017). "Evening Standard Theatre Award judges on how they chose the winners". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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