Glenda Jackson on moving Elizabeth Is Missing role that makes strangers confide in her

mirror.co.uk:

Acting royalty Glenda Jackson has been drawing attention for decades... but her latest role triggered a wave of public emotion that surprised even her.

The star has been touched by the reaction to her role as a dementia sufferer in acclaimed TV film Elizabeth Is Missing. Glenda, 84, plays Maud, who struggles to make sense of her friend Elizabeth’s disappearance.

It highlights the trauma of dementia and the effect on families – an issue which former Labour MP Glenda says political parties must unite to tackle.

She tells the Sunday Mirror: “There has to be a real coming together on how we can properly fund this big black hole. “They must learn from the experiences of care homes and look at this issue of families having to sell homes to fund