Only British Member of Parliament to win an Oscar. Had to have her appendix removed. [October 1999] Appointed a CBE in 1978. In "The Rainbow" she plays the mother of the character she had played twenty years earlier in "Women In Love". In 1992 closed the curtain on her acting career and became Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate. Appointed Junior transport minister in 1997. She was awarded the 1984 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actress for her best performance in Strange Interlude. Has been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award four times: as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic), in 1966 for portraying Charlotte Corday in Peter Weiss' "Marat/Sade," a performance recreated in the film version of the same title, Marat/Sade (1967); and, as Best Actress (Play): in 1981 for "Rose;" in 1985 for playing Nina Leeds in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude," a role she recreated in a television version of the same title, Strange Interlude (1988) (TV); and in 1988 for playing Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's "Macbeth." She has yet to win.