Film Talk: Glenda Jackson

1 Jan 1970

Double Oscar-winner Glenda Jackson sits down with Mark Caldwell to discuss her new film Nasty Habits, how she got into acting and her plans for the future.

At one point, Mark asks her, “you have said in the past that you might give up acting and take up social work.” 15 years later, in 1992, she stood successfully as a Labour MP in Tony Blair’s government.

Film Talk was a series of interviews with film and TV stars, presented by Mark Caldwell, chairman of STOIC (Student Television of Imperial College – an ambitious group of filmmakers based on their interviewee coups).

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