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Jill Lawless | Associated Press

Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson, who had second career in British Parliament, dies at 87

In this May 6, 2019 file photo, Glenda Jackson attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

LONDON — Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed late-life return to stage and screen, has died at age 87.

Jackson’s agent Lionel Larner said she died Thursday at her home in London after a short illness. He said she had recently completed filming “‘The Great Escaper,” in which she co-starred with 90-year-old Michael Caine.

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