List of the best Glenda Jackson movies: Sunday, Bloody Sunday(1971), Turtle Diary(1985), Salome's Last Dance(1988), The Nelson Affair(1973), Business as Usual(1987), Nasty Habits(1976), The Class of Miss MacMichael(1978), Stevie(1978), The Incredible Sarah(1976), The Romantic Englishwoman(1975), The Triple Echo(1973), Mary, Queen of Scots(1971) ... ...
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK
1971
110 Minutes
Glenda Jackson Peter Finch Murray Head Peggy Ashcroft Tony Britton Maurice Denham Bessie Love Jon Finch
artist businesswoman doctor husband wife friend moving passionate apartment england family home love triangle relationships bisexuality divorce love transformation 1970s
The emotional intricacies of a polyamorous relationship between young artist Bob and his two lovers: a lonely male doctor and a frustrated female office worker.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1985
95 Minutes
Neaera Duncan
Glenda Jackson Ben Kingsley Richard Johnson Michael Gambon Rosemary Leach Eleanor Bron Harriet Walter Jeroen Krabbé Nigel Hawthorne
author woman bookseller man zookeeper turtle charming endearing tender london bookstore zoo sea beach england writer's block animal rights unusual romance turtles aquatic life
Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|USA
1988
89 Minutes
Herodias, Lady Alice
playwright actor prostitute love interest young man amusing frenetic wild sultry brothel stage oscar wilde theater censorship sexual taboo story within a story homosexuality forbidden love adventure temptation
Guy Fawkes Day, 1892. Oscar Wilde goes to a performance of his controversial, banned play 'Salome'. The 'theatre's a brothel and the performers... prostitutes.
Drama, History
UK
1973
118 Minutes
Lady Hamilton
Glenda Jackson Peter Finch Michael Jayston Anthony Quayle Margaret Leighton Dominic Guard Nigel Stock Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton. With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelson's stature and notes his feet of clay. And yet, Nelson is a ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|USA
1987
89 Minutes
Babs Flynn
After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in a disagreement with the manager over sexual harassment of her staff. She accepts ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK|USA
1976
96 Minutes
Sister Alexandra
Glenda Jackson Sandy Dennis Melina Mercouri Geraldine Page Anne Jackson Anne Meara Susan Penhaligon Edith Evans Jerry Stiller Rip Torn Eli Wallach
In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1978
90 Minutes
Conor MacMichael
Glenda Jackson Oliver Reed Michael Murphy Rosalind Cash John Standing Riba Akabusi Phil Daniels
In the tradition of classic classroom dramas such as To Sir, with Love (1967), comes the story of dedicated teacher Conor MacMichael (Glenda Jackson), who tries to reach out and give to her... See full summary »
Drama
1978
102 Minutes
Stevie Smith
aunt young man narrator poet artist witty spirited suburbia family home england london poetry middle class sex stevie smith religion convention discovery adventure 20th century
Eccentric British poet Stevie Smith (Glenda Jackson) has emotional and relationship troubles while living with her maiden aunt.
Biography
1976
106 Minutes
Sarah Bernhardt
Glenda Jackson Daniel Massey Yvonne Mitchell Douglas Wilmer David Langton Simon Williams John Castle
actress artist nobleman director lover actor engaging outlandish hedonistic france theater audition sarah bernhardt acting love interest theater show business career rise transformation
French actress Sarah Bernhardt (Glenda Jackson) carries on a personal life offstage as flamboyantly as she acts onstage.
Comedy, Drama
1975
117 Minutes
Elizabeth
Glenda Jackson Michael Caine Helmut Berger Marcus Richardson Kate Nelligan Reinhard Kolldehoff Michael Lonsdale Béatrice Romand Anna Steele Nathalie Delon Bill Wallis
writer wife drug dealer intricate witty creative playful england germany house elevator adultery writer's block writing imagination love marriage pursuit forbidden love rivalry
A British writer's (Michael Caine) fiction reflects his wife (Glenda Jackson) and her shady lover (Helmut Berger).
Drama, War
1973
90 Minutes
An Englishwoman (Glenda Jackson) becomes a World War II deserter's (Brian Deacon) lover and passes him off as her sister.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1971
128 Minutes
Queen Elizabeth
Vanessa Redgrave Glenda Jackson Patrick McGoohan Timothy Dalton Nigel Davenport Trevor Howard Daniel Massey Ian Holm Andrew Keir Tom Fleming Katherine Kath
mary stuart elizabeth tudor husband courtier lord somber fascinating passionate scotland england royal court royalty catholicism political intrigue romantic dilemma exile betrayal love revenge fall
During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
104 Minutes
Walter Matthau Glenda Jackson Sam Waterston Ned Beatty Herbert Lom David Matthau George Baker Ivor Roberts Lucy Saroyan Severn Darden George Pravda
cia agent kgb agent rescue worker mentee publisher playful amusing munich georgia bermuda london airport vacation home espionage cold war government secrets retirement manhunt memoir revenge
Grounded with a desk job by incompetent superiors, a clever CIA agent retires and writes a tell all memoir that will embarrass his bosses, prompting him to go on the run and elude them.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance
UK
1969
130 Minutes
Alan Bates Glenda Jackson Oliver Reed Jennie Linden Eleanor Bron Alan Webb Vladek Sheybal Catherine Willmer Phoebe Nicholls Sharon Gurney Christopher Gable
husband teacher wife best friend sculptor passionate hedonistic england switzerland wedding lake sexual awakening infidelity honeymoon friendship siblings relationships forbidden love discovery adventure
Two best friends fall in love with a pair of women, but the relationships soon go in very different directions.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
UK
1971
123 Minutes
Richard Chamberlain Glenda Jackson Max Adrian Christopher Gable Kenneth Colley Izabella Telezynska
Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy.
Comedy
USA
1978
98 Minutes
Walter Matthau Glenda Jackson Art Carney Richard Benjamin Candy Azzara Dick O'Neill Thayer David
doctor nurse heartwarming touching amusing charming hospital city dating romance medicine lawsuit love rivalry 1970s
Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife. He embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age... See full summary »
Romance
UK
1973
105 Minutes
George Segal Glenda Jackson Paul Sorvino Cecil Linder Michael Elwyn Mary Barclay Nadim Sawalha Ian Thompson
Romantic comedy about a pair of clandestine lovers in a London-Spain tryst.
Romance
UK
1979
106 Minutes
George Segal Glenda Jackson Maureen Stapleton Hollis McLaren John Cunningham Paul Sorvino Ken Pogue Janie Sell Diana Barrington Leslie Carlson John Candy
A college professor (George Segal) and an English divorcee (Glenda Jackson) meet and marry while on a vacation in France. When the bride returns home she finds life less than rosey as the ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1968
90 Minutes
Vivien
Peter McEnery Diane Cilento Glenda Jackson Maurice Denham Stephen Lewis Norman Rossington
shopkeeper mistress photographer father auctioneer businessman outlandish sultry thrilling dark london bedroom apartment shop england role-playing games sex boredom love triangle sadomasochism
A couple's bizarre romantic relationship is disrupted by the intrusion of a third person.
Drama
1967
115 Minutes
Charlotte Corday
Ian Richardson Patrick Magee Glenda Jackson Clifford Rose Michael Williams Freddie Jones Hugh Sullivan Jonathan Burn
crazy person writer mental patient director marquis de sade disturbing emotional tense unrestrained mental institution france mental illness social change performance theater production discovery underdog 1800s
The Marquis de Sade (Patrick Magee) directs the patients of Charenton mental hospital in a play about the life of Jean-Paul Marat (Ian Richardson).
Adventure
UK
1989
101 Minutes
Queen Caroline
Navin Chowdhry Frank Finlay Jenny Agutter Anthony Quayle Richard Harris Glenda Jackson
In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel, evil and good and thus begins the life of Sham.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1987
93 Minutes
Charlotte
Julie Hagerty Jeff Goldblum Tom Conti Christopher Guest Genevieve Page Glenda Jackson Cris Campion Sandrine Dumas
A few unusual characters and their unconventional therapists cross paths resulting in hilarious interactions.
Musical, Comedy
UK|USA
1971
136 Minutes
Twiggy Christopher Gable Max Adrian Moyra Fraser Bryan Pringle Catherine Willmer Murray Melvin Georgina Hale Sally Bryant Vladek Sheybal Tommy Tune
director actor stage manager chorus girl spectacular campy england small town stage theater production stardom ambition movies song and dance underdog love 1920s
When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process.