Two-time Oscar-winning actor-turned-politician Glenda Jackson died on Thursday after a brief illness. She was 87 years old.

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According to reports in foreign-based news agencies, the former UK politician breathed his last at his London home yesterday, his agent Lionel Lerner confirmed.

“Glenda Jackson, two-time Academy Award-winning actress and politician, 87, passed away peacefully this morning at her home in London after a short illness with her family by her side,” Larner confirmed.

“She recently completed filming ‘The Great Escaper’ in which he co-starred with Michael Caine.

Lerner also expressed his sadness at losing his ‘best friend of over 50 years’ in Jackson.

Furthermore, her last co-star Kane also paid tribute to ‘one of our greatest film actresses’. “It was a privilege to work with him the great escaper Recently, our second film together. The experience this time was as wonderful as it was 50 years ago. I will miss him,” he said.

Born in the northwestern town of Birkenhead, England, in 1936, Glenda Jackson joined an amateur theater group as a teenager before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. After graduating, the veteran performed in London’s West End and also made her Broadway debut in 1965.

He won his first Oscar in 1970 for the period drama ‘Lady in Love’while the second came a few years later for the British romantic comedy, ‘A Touch of Class’.

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