As ex-Labour MP returns to acting,she expresses her dismay as to why women still can’t catch the best rolesFrom Women in Love to A Touch of lesson, Glenda Jackson starred in some of the best films of 20th-century British cinema. But during her 23 years as a Labour MP, and she rarely commented on the world she left behind,having won two Oscars and worldwide acclaim.Five months after standing down from her Hampstead and Kilburn constituency, Jackson is acting again, and featuring in a radio adaptation of the 20-volume cycle Les Rougon-Macquart by Émile Zola. But the former Labour MP’s reaquaintance with the industry has left her profoundly unimpressed with the dearth of roles for older women and an absence of lead roles for female characters.
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Source: theguardian.com