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Oscar-winning actress and former MP Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87, her agent has said.
Jackson became an international star in the 1970s, winning Oscars for Women In Love and A Touch of Class, and receiving two further nominations.
She also starred as Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC drama Elizabeth R.
Politics was always important, and she gave up acting to join the House of Commons as a Labour MP in north London from 1992 to 2015.
She later returned to the screen, winning a Bafta for her comeback role in the TV drama Elizabeth Is Missing in 2020.
In a statement, her agent Lionel Larner said: "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.
"She recently completed filming The Great Escaper in which she co-starred with Michael Caine."
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