Glenda Jackson’s mum had a brilliant use for her daughter’s awards (Pictures: Getty)
Glenda Jackson’s mum had a very practical use for the late actress’ Oscars, which she won during the 1970s.
The English actress and former politician died at her home in Blackheath in south London on Thursday, aged 87, following a brief illness.
It’s since been confirmed that she will star alongside Sir Michael Caine in her final ever film role, which she finished recording shortly before her death.
Jackson was one of only 44 Hollywood stars to date to have won multiple Oscars, alongside the likes of Denzel Washington, Cate Blanchett, and Robert De Niro.
She won her two Oscars for the 1970 film Women In Love, directed by Ken Russell, and the 1973 film A Touch of Class, directed by Melvin Frank and George Segal.
Once Jackson returned home from the respective ceremonies, she gave the coveted awards to her mum, who put them to very good use.
She won her Oscars in 1971 and 1974 after acclaimed performances (Picture: Getty)
In a 2021 interview, Jackson, whose final role will be in The Great Escaper alongside Sir Michael, revealed that her mum used the special trophies as bookends.
‘It always sounds so ungrateful, and I’m not [ungrateful], but once you’ve got it, what do you do with it?’ she explained to The Times.
At the time, Jackson herself referred to her two awards as ‘bookends’ – she didn’t attend the 1974 Academy Awards, having the award accepted on her behalf.
Jackson became a Labour MP later in her life (Picture: Getty)
A Touch of Class, for which she won the second Oscar, told the story of two people who have an affair but find themselves falling deeper in love.
The film itself was nominated for five Academy Awards, but lost out to The Sting for best picture and best story, while also losing in the best score category.
Jackson was also responsible for 1970’s Women In Love winning its only Oscar, for best actress, despite being nominated in four different categories.
Later in life, she became the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, eventually becoming Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport in 1997.
In 2019, one of her most high-profile late-career ‘masterclass’ performances came in Elizabeth Is Missing, a TV drama about the effects of dementia.
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