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Glenda Jackson

1936 - 2023

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Glenda May Jackson (9 May 1936 – 15 June 2023) was an English actress and politician. Over the course of her distinguished career she received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glenda Jackson has received more than 4,827,848 page views. Her biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Glenda Jackson is the 1,087th most popular actor (up from 1,484th in 2019), the 1,175th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,546th in 2019) and the 157th most popular British Actor.

Glenda Jackson is a British actress and former politician, best known for her remarkable career in film and theater, winning two Academy Awards for Best Actress, and later serving as a Member of Parliament for over 20 years.

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  • 4.8M

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  • 58.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Glenda Jackson ranks 1,087 out of 13,578Before her are Megan Fox, Tchéky Karyo, Robert Ryan, John Leguizamo, Robert Hardy, and Betty Grable. After her are Tony Shalhoub, Judith Anderson, Lambert Wilson, Ma Dong-seok, Victor Garber, and José Ferrer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Glenda Jackson ranks 107Before her are Roy Emerson, Ken Mattingly, Paul L. Smith, Nicos Poulantzas, Théo Sarapo, and Henry Lee Lucas. After her are Aleida March, Didier Ratsiraka, Frank Stella, Christiane Martel, James Mirrlees, and Jim Henson. Among people deceased in 2023, Glenda Jackson ranks 122Before her are Ben Ferencz, Petar Zhekov, Juanita Castro, Daisaku Ikeda, Tom Courtney, and Reino Börjesson. After her are Robbie Robertson, Adolf Scherer, Natalie Zemon Davis, Roberto Dinamite, Ray Stevenson, and Howard S. Becker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Glenda Jackson ranks 1,175 out of 8,785Before her are Joan Plowright (1929), Stephen Harding (1059), Clive Granger (1934), John Charles (1931), Peter Green (1946), and Robert Hardy (1925). After her are Sarah Brightman (1960), J. B. S. Haldane (1892), Stephen Fry (1957), Marc Bolan (1947), John Gay (1685), and William Sturgeon (1783).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Glenda Jackson ranks 157Before her are Daniel Radcliffe (1989), Frances Fisher (1952), Bernard Lee (1908), Rosemary Harris (1927), Joan Plowright (1929), and Robert Hardy (1925). After her are Stephen Fry (1957), Emily Blunt (1983), Ray Stevenson (1964), Robert Shaw (1927), David Thewlis (1963), and Ciarán Hinds (1953).