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Glenda Jackson

The two-time Oscar winner and former British parliamentarian is back on Broadway in Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women

You acted for 35 years and won two Oscars, and then you spent 23 years in the British Parliament. Now you’re acting again, at 81. Any fears? Absolutely. I didn’t think I would have the physical or vocal strength for it. So I swam every morning at my local baths until I could swim a half hour unbroken.

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