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R.I.P., June 15, 2023

posted 2 years ago by MonStar (13552)
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65916692

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.

[–] samoanjoes (58610) 2 years ago

Kind of disrespected as an actress. She's won two Oscars and many people don't even know who she is.

[–] Luffy (1236) 2 years ago

That's what they'll say about Alejandro Iñárritu.

[–] samoanjoes (58610) 2 years ago

To be fair, Glenda Jackson hasn't really been in many major films.

[–] Luffy (1236) 2 years ago

I have always found the taboo of not speaking ill of the dead a bit absurd.

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13173) 2 years ago

She's a thinking man's actress. She didn't have mass appeal. And that's okay.

[–] samoanjoes (58610) 2 years ago

Yesterday I told a friend who's a massive movie fan that she died and he asked who that was.

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13173) 2 years ago

Well she didn't do movies like "Die Hard" and "Snakes on a Plane".

[–] samoanjoes (58610) 2 years ago

Are you sure she wasn't one of the snakes?

[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

May she rest in piece, after a long life, most impressively lived.