92Y Hosts AN EVENING WITH GLENDA JACKSON

92Y Reel Pieces presents a Monday, April 29 event featuring actress Glenda Jackson, who will discuss her career with moderator Annette Insdorf. Film clips from Jackson's career will be shown throughout the conversation.

Currently starring in King Lear at the Golden Theatre, Glenda Jackson is not only a legendary performer but a politician who spent 23 years as a member of Parliament. Her triumphant return to Broadway in Edward Albee's Three Tall Women last year-after a 30-year absence-earned her the Tony Award, among other prizes. For her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC series Elizabeth R (1971), she received two Emmy Awards, and was also nominated for The Patricia Neal Story.

Clips will be shown from such films as Ken Russell's Women in Love-for which she earned her first Academy Award-and Marat/Sade, The Music Lovers, Sunday Bloody Sunday, A Touch of Class, Mary, Queen of Scots (co-starring Vanessa Redgrave), The Return of the Soldier (with Julie Christie and Ann-Margret), The Romantic Englishwoman, and Hopscotch. For her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC series Elizabeth R (1971), she received two Emmy Awards, and was also nominated for The Patricia Neal Story.

Glenda Jackson began her stage career as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, making her Broadway debut in Marat/Sade (1965). She began her political career in 1992, running for Parliament, and serving till 2015.

Annette Insdorf-92Y Reel Pieces moderator and Columbia University professor-has been bringing New York audiences the best in film for over 30 years, including previews of Oscar Best Picture winners Spotlight and Birdman and conversations with Francis Ford Coppola, Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Steve Carell, Natalie Portman, Hugh Jackman, and Angelina Jolie. Her latest book is Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes.

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