Elizabeth is Missing
Year
2019
Synopsis
Two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson makes a triumphant return to the screen after 27 years in this poignant and compelling mystery based on the bestselling novel by Emma Healey. When her best friend goes missing, Maud is convinced something terrible has happened. But her search to find Elizabeth unearths an altogether darker mystery - her sister's disappearance, long buried in the recesses of her memory. Commissioned by BBC One, Elizabeth Is Missing attracted multiple plaudits, including a BAFTA and International Emmy for Glenda Jackson.
Episodes
Television film - 1 episode
Starring
Glenda Jackson
Written by
Andrea Gibb
Awards
2012
Single Drama
RTS Programme Awards
2020
Best Television Movie
Banff Rockie Awards
2020
Leading Actress - Glenda Jackson
Bafta TV Awards
2020
Nominated: Best Single Drama
Bafta TV Awards
2020
Best Actress, Television - Glenda Jackson
Bafta Scotland Awards
2020
Best Performance by and Actress - Glenda Jackson
International Emmy' Awards
2020
Writer - Andrea Gibb
RTS Scotland Awards
Where to watch
Muddled but funny, frightening but unbowed it’s a knockout performance from the great Glenda”
Jackson plays Maud with a heart-breaking tenderness as her dementia worsens and her past experiences increasingly fuse with the present – especially the previous disappearance of her own sister. It is Jackson’s first TV role in over 25 years, and a welcome return to the small screen”
Jackson is 83 and not diminished. Age does not wither her... Her performance cut everything away, taking us right to the emotional core of a woman who is confused, frightened, frustrated, angry, proud and some-times impossible”
Jackson delivered a tour de force, making Maud as entertaining as she was monstrous”
The film is a tough watch, but bear with it, because it’s also a deeply moving portrait of a wonderfully indefatigable character”
