Glenda Jackson or Vanessa Redgrave
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little_miss_sunnydale — 18 years ago(September 21, 2007 10:50 AM)
I cant decide; they are both are fantastic actresses who put in great performances as their respective Queens. However I enjoyed 'Elizabeth R' slightly more than 'Mary, Queen of Scots' but I still loved Vanessa Redgraves performance as Mary.
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pierce_MN — 18 years ago(October 20, 2007 05:08 PM)
Glenda Jackson left the profession to enter politics. Vanessa Redgrave is political, but has remained in the profession, and for my money, is the greatest actress in the world today. I saw her onstage in Long Day's Journey into Night and she was incandescent!
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rogerscorpion — 18 years ago(November 11, 2007 05:33 AM)
I find it interesting that Glenda Jackson quit acting for politics, but wasn't known for being political, while Vanessa is always politically outspoken, but doesn't run for office.
Curious.
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Mikurtis — 18 years ago(January 17, 2008 08:26 PM)
Redgrave did run for office back in the 70s whens ehwas with the Workers Revolutionary Party or whatever it was.
Both are great actressesI think Redgrave is perhaps the better actress of the two, BUT Elizabeth was a much more commanding figure here while Mary came off kinda wimpy, so I think Glenda kinda outshines Vanessa here -
lroy77 — 14 years ago(December 01, 2011 12:21 PM)
Don't confuse the actresses with the roles. As a Catholic with Scottish heritage (my grandmother was a Hunter), as far as who's queen, I pick Maryqueen of all the earth-second only to the Virgin Mary, mother of God.
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ContinentalOp — 12 years ago(June 25, 2013 07:45 PM)
''As a Catholic with Scottish heritage (my grandmother was a Hunter)''
Kudos for knowing that Hunters (Clann an t-Sealgair) are Scottish as the English name throws people off. Actually the Hunters are technically a Scottish family of Norman origin, being originally Venators; Scandinavians who used to frolic freely in the woods of Normandy acting all French.
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mk_k6-326-626621 — 13 years ago(September 30, 2012 05:48 PM)
They're too very different actresses.
Glenda is a very technical actress. Most people tend to admire her diction, how she says her lines or her voice projection, rather than her ability to actually inhabit a character.
Vanessa on the other hand, although technically very skilled too, she is far more emotionally connected and instinctive. Her acting is less perfect and more visceral.
Personally, I think Vanessa is, bar Maggie Smith, the greatest actress in England today. But each to his own.