British Actress Glenda Jackson, 2-time Oscar Winner Then Socialist Politician, Dies at 87

Glenda Jackson accepts the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for "Edward Albee's Three Tall Women" in the 72nd Annual Tony Awards, New York on June 6, 2018. Lucas Jackson/Reuters

LONDON—Actress Glenda Jackson, a two-time Oscar winner who later served as a socialist politician in the British parliament for 23 years, has died. She was 87.

Her agent said she had died at her home in southeast London after a brief illness.