British actor Glenda Jackson, two-time Oscar winner then left-wing politician, dies aged 87

72nd Annual Tony Awards - Show - New York, U.S., 10/06/2018 - 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." REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -Actor 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.

One of four daughters of a bricklayer and a cleaning lady in northwest England, Jackson never forgot her roots even as she made her name as one of the greatest women actors of her generation.