Elizabeth I depictions over the years - Part 1 (1936 - 1998) - Who is the Best?

[@Lily1127channel]

Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2qnkmiPiMiirtk

[@ShirlEllen]

If any historical figure was truly larger than life it was Elizabeth. No actress before or since has ever brought that out more or better than Glenda Jackson.

[@grahamlucas5067]

Glenda Jackson without a doubt. Imperious, ferociously intelligent, mercurial, vulnerable and infuriating, Jackson brought me closer to understanding this enigma during 9 hours of screen time. A remarkable performance.

[@noraclementinapinaya1734]

Por favor me pueden decir en qué plataforma verla .?

[@brontewcat]

@@noraclementinapinaya1734 You have to buy it from the BBC.

[@ditto1051]

@@brontewcat I bought my copy from the BBC on VHS in 1992. Needless to say, I hook up my vintage VCR player just to watch her in those 6 glorious episodes.

[@brontewcat]

@@ditto1051 As did I. I can’t remember when I bought it, but my copy is a VHS video as well. As is my copy of I Claudius.

[@trishsiprell6996]

Glenda forever. Incomparable. Immortal. Unforgettable. 👑

[@Historian212]

Glenda Jackson is the gold standard Elizabeth I, always. RIP.

[@barbaracohen9944]

I remember seeing Elizabeth R with Glenda Jackson 50 years ago on PBS and have never forgotten her extraordinary performance. It will always be for me, the standard by which all other actresses must be measured.

[@elizabeths4371]

I Totally Agree!

[@Bailey2006a]

Rewatching it now…RIP Dame Glenda Jackson. One hell of an actress

[@KM-nw7be]

Absolutely. The production value may be 1970s BBC, but Ms Jackson was riveting and the rest of the cast were also superb. I learned a lot about English history. I wish I could find the full series - I could watch it all over again.

[@jodiejo1958]

@@KM-nw7beit is available on DVD or Blue Ray on Amazon I believe.

[@BLTKellys]

When you watch Glenda Jackson in Elizabeth R, all other portrayals fade from your mind.

[@mariocisneros911]

She's the best. Everyone should watch the 1971 British series

[@KCohere33]

Elizabeth R is amazing.

[@meftunhoquebhuiyan9038]

It's Like Elizabeth R Is The Only Queen Elizabeth I Film From 1971-???? What It's 1912-2022 Not Only Elizabeth R .

[@gogreen7794]

I preferred Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I in the movie Mary, Queen of Scots" with Vanessa Redgrave as Mary. The movie came out in 1970-71.

[@ladymeghenderson9337]

I couldn't agree more

[@Rachel-mk9hl]

Glenda Jackson played the part best by far , amazing masterclass😊

[@tonymcneil978]

Glenda Jackson hands down..... Cate Blanchett is good, but she is simply playing Glenda Jackson playing Elizabeth I

[@direfranchement]

No she is not.

[@CorbieMitleid]

Glenda Jackson was my introduction to Elizabethan history in high school and lit a lifelong flame for the subject. When I portrayed royalty within re-enacting groups or Ren Faires, it was her Elizabeth I sought to channel. She was incandescent.

[@borleyboo5613]

The late, great Glenda Jackson WAS Elizabeth 1. No one else comes close. Imperious, mercurial and utterly stunning.

[@ksk881]

Glenda Jackson, Glenda Jackson, and Glenda Jackson, in every scene!

[@theresearmstrong357]

Thank you for this wonderful compilation. All of the actresses are wonderful, but Glenda Jackson is my favourite.

[@Lily1127channel]

She was certainly ahead of her time in many aspects.

[@gooch4638]

So happy every seems to say Glenda Jackson. Watching Elizabeth R in her memory today.

[@Lily1127channel]

May she rest in peace

[@elizabeths4371]

A really interesting mix of Elizabeths including a few I'd never seen before - even so, Glenda Jackson is still The Queen!

[@deaded5040]

I've never even heard of Ms Jackson until now and she has my vote!!

[@gidlerocks]

Cate Blanchett will forever be my favourite Elizabeth. She really brought Gloriana to life in my opinion 🤍

[@6699230]

Agree

[@SylvieFolsi]

Caté Blanchett

[@msher33]

Agreed ❤️❤️

[@brittalbach416]

cause you are of the younger generation and she was the first Elizabeth you saw, right ? Well, for us it was Glenda Jackson same thing😊😊😊

[@deborahrobertson8606]

Glenda Jackson!! I watched that series as a child and was absolutely riveted by her superb performance, Definitive.

[@ZackGasse]

Glenda, R.I.P. 9 May 1936 - 15 June 2023

[@suzannekaye9569]

Glenda Jackson,hands down!

[@elisabetta611]

Glenda Jackson leaves them ALL in the dust.

[@jtstefanatos]

Many thanks for this great compilation. It's amazing to see all these Oscar winning actors and actresses tell the various episodes associated with Elizabeth I.

[@Lily1127channel]

Yes, so many great actresses!

[@phebus2005]

Glenda Jackson, in spite of my love for Bette, definitely !

[@zeddeka]

Glenda Jackson the best by miles and miles.

[@mariocisneros911]

11:10-14:30 Glenda Jackson. She played the role for an entire series.

[@josephrocha142]

Glenda Jackson owns that role. No one comes close. That was a performance.

[@dollyrawlins5470]

I Agree, I thought Bette Davis and Cate Blanchett were very good too.

[@trishsiprell6996]

Glenda forever....fascinating, mercurial, emotional, confident, sensual, unforgettable, ELIZABETH. The only portrayal that isn't a portrayal. Amazing, immortal, instinctive GENIUS.

[@musicalmagpie741]

Some people say Glenda Jackson’s Queen Elizabeth I was cold and unsympathetic. My Grandmother watched it when it aired and laughed when I asked her opinion saying, “she really was a bitch” (Elizabeth not Glenda!). C’mon. She gave a brilliant performance. Elizabeth R was intelligent, unspoiled, dedicated, passionate but bound by duty, and even on occasion funny Queen surrounded by manipulative men. It’s clear why she made for an excellent M.P. 20 years later. You literally can’t take your eyes off of her and hang on to every word. Despite her views on awards, she deserved every one.

[@stephanieking4444]

I know, a friend even told me she found Glenda's Elizabeth "scary". I will never understand these reactions. Having studied the reign of Elizabeth and watched everything that features her, I remain convinced that Glenda Jackson almost had the soul of Elizabeth in her when doing the series. Her portrayal is neither cold nor scary. I actually found it very relatable.

[@AGMundy]

As others have said, Glenda Jackson all the way. On a general note so many films have Elizabeth and Mary of Scotland meeting which they never did. Mary was a tragic fool and brought her end upon herself. As the years go by, especially since the 1990s the films have become absurd on every count. A recent one about Mary had her with a Scottish accent, treating like idiots - after all a Scottish accent would have been remarkable given that she was raised and lived in France during her childhood and youth.

[@Lily1127channel]

Yes, this is fictional meeting is as old as cinema itself I think 😀 Already started in the 1930s. The Glenda Jackson version in 1971 had it too (but it was a very well written dialogue tbf). Tbh the accent problem has been constant with Mary, it is nothing new. I think the only time her accent was correct was when the French actress Clemence Poesy played her in the otherwise kinda bad Gunpowder, treason and plot. In every version she sounds either English or Scottish or American.

[@AGMundy]

@@Lily1127channel Interesting, I don't recall the meeting in the 1971 movies, though it is many years since I saw it. I know that the BBC series did not include any meeting. Much as I like the actress Vivian Pickles I always thought she was a curious choice as Mary (her attitude though was perfect, it was simply that she was the wrong build, too old and of course her voice was pure plum English).

[@Lily1127channel]

@@AGMundy Yes, that meeting is at 13:55 in the video. I included it because I especially like Elizabeth's words to Mary there 😄 Jackson delivers them so perfectly

[@AGMundy]

Thank you.

[@amandagrayson389]

Glenda Jackson wins the top spot here, as many others have said. I saw her in Elizabeth R which I still think is the best series on Elizabeth. I have two other favourites: Emma Thompson, who plays ER in an episode of Upstart Crow and Helen Mirren, who played her in a two miniseries, Queen Elizabeth I. It’s terribly inaccurate, at least where she and Leicester are concerned, but she is very good nonetheless.

[@GoGreen1977]

The supposed seven year banishment from court was totally ridiculous and he did not die with Elizabeth at his side, but the rest wasn't that exaggerated. When he was a court in their later years together, they agreed not to mention his second wife. Elizabeth would have nothing to do with her.

[@debhowarth8753]

No doubt - Glenda Jackson was the best

[@theresapierce3934]

Glenda Jacksons portrayal is the tops for me.

[@jackierenee1691]

Glenda Jackson is of course a favorite for the personality she developed for Elizabeth. I also enjoy watching the strong presence of Cate Blanchett in her respective movies as well, but man...Bette Davis' attitude sure is very Tudor like lol. I feel bad for any co-workers that incurred her wrath. If you look past her short chin, she looks an awful lot like the portraits as well. I see the red dress that she wore in her second movie was redesigned in the Blanchett movie. This whole montage makes me want red hair now lol

[@MichSherl]

Thanks for this amazing video! Great to see so many different portraits of Elizabeth together. I was not familiar with several of them!

[@Lily1127channel]

And it is only half of it, next time I will upload Part 2 😀 It's crazy how many times she has been portrayed on screen

[@obaidulhoquebhuiyan7095]

You Forgot Anne Of The Thousand Queen Elizabeth I Is A Child In The Film .

[@mcraig1969]

Glenda Jackson hands down by far!!!

[@dianakrigelman6831]

Glenda Jackson no second, She went home today to, Rest in peace splendid lady.

[@Belinda8881]

Thank you so much for this compilation.Just wonderful.I enjoyed ir very much.

[@GoGreen1977]

I actually preferred Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth in the movie, "Mary, Queen of Scots." Vanessa Redgrave portrayed Mary and even though the plot used some dramatic license to bring the two together in two scenes, those scenes were plausible and gave us a chance to see the two play off each other. Plus, the actor portraying Robert Dudley was much more attractive than Robert Hardy in "Elizabeth R." I was so disappointed he played the Earl of Leicester.

[@alzackcamberly3632]

Cate Blanchett still my favorite Her role perfectliy fits, got some strong character into it And that part is my favorite 19:29

[@msher33]

Agreed

[@rajmilahbaguan260]

My favorite is Glenda Jackson and Helen Mirren. I do have a soft spot for Cate Blanchett's elizabeth

[@Lily1127channel]

I love them too! I think Glenda's tv acting was so ahead of her time. In all 70s tv shows the acting was still so theatrical and unrealistic, but Glenda managed to become one with Elizabeth on screen. You don't think that you see an acrltress playing Elitabeth on stage, you think you see Elizabeth herself back in the 1500s.

[@rajmilahbaguan260]

@@Lily1127channel your right, I honestly like this series better than the six wives of Henry viii and shadow of the tower

[@Lily1127channel]

@@rajmilahbaguan260 Absolutely, I think Elizabeth R is far superior quality than those two shows in every aspect. It was more acclaimed too, it was showered with more awards than the other two.

[@mpetersen428]

I am instantly a Glenda Jackson fan but quickly see that others, earlier must be considered;

[@trishsiprell6996]

Indeed. I memorized the Tilbury speech and the Golden Speech, I watched it so many times. I still love it so much. Just wish it was out on Blu-Ray. 💙👑🌹

[@wotanworld5504]

ONE AND ONLY GLENDA JACKSON!

[@Usercantwelve]

Glenda Jackson in Eliz R TV series

[@jamesbutler3960]

The tongue lashing that Glenda’s Jackson’s Elizabeth gave Mary queen of Scots is one for the history books!

[@borleyboo5613]

Glenda Jackson WAS Elizabeth 1.

[@jillfromatlanta427]

All of the ladies shown in this compilation did, I think, admirable performances.

[@Tomy_Yon]

With her short screen time of 5m52s, I was blown away by Judi Dench. Honestly, I love them all in their own particular way. .

[@leonellapisanizuniga1784]

Cate Blanchett is the best actress who played Elizabeth I captured the intelligence, strength, bravery, intelligence, culture and cunning of the best queen of England.😍🤩

[@TheKoolbraider]

Elizabeth once said if she were dropped into the countryside wearing only her shift she'd still make her way to the crown. What shocked her courtiers was the idea of their queen roaming in her shift (kind of a cross between a nightgown and long shirt worn under clothes.)

[@halleylow3615]

that's easy to answer, Glenda Jackson. the production was the most historically accurate production ever.

[@cheraj3164]

Glenda Jackson. Of course lol

[@Susieq26754]

Glenda Jackson is the best Queen Bess.

[@f.p.3975]

No doubt. Bette Davis and Glenda Jackson have been the greatest!

[@TheStockwell]

Glenda Jackson. Period. All other portrayals merely skim the surface and are agreeable musicals by comparison. Add Robert Hardy as Sir Robert Dudley and you have the definitive series on Elizabeth I.

[@GoGreen1977]

Yuck! When I first saw Robert Hardy as Dudley way back in the day, I almost stopped watching the series. Certainly the Robert Dudley of his younger days was far more attractive than Robert Hardy. Later films or TV shows did much better, overall.

[@chickenstrips5313]

Gosh that Bette Davis is just so great her acting was perfect you can see bits of Bette in her Elizabeth. I love her.

[@craigcooke9760]

13:41 she's most definitely Henry's daughter, Tudor through and through 😅😂

[@Nebulasecura]

Lmfao

[@cardwitch91]

Glenda Jackson was brilliant at capturing Elizabeth’s sharp wit, keen intelligence, unbending resolve and roaring temper. She kind of became the model all future Elizabeth’s followed

[@Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living]

Like the commenters said - Glenda Jackson was the best portrayal. She resembled the real Elizabeth based on the paintings, and her portrayal was so believable. As much as I’m a big fan of Bette Davis, she was Bette Davis in her portrayals.

[@sazfretz1945]

The late, great Glenda Jackson IS Elizabeth I.

[@ericfluellen8957]

It is a tough choice between Glenda Jackson, Bette Davis, and Cate Blanchard.

[@desertdaisymarie6951]

Glenda Jackson and Bette Davis..

[@Lily1127channel]

Now that the new Elizabeth series Becoming Elizabeth has just aired on Starz, I've thought I could collect all the series and movies that have been made about her since the beginning of movie making. So so many productions that I have to cut it into 2 parts. Part 2 will feature all the 21th century portrayals, including scenes of Becoming Elizabeth!

[@savagedarksider5934]

You missed one; there was A queen Elizabeth in doctor who.

[@happycake2234]

That minute when Elizabeth has been portrayed so many times on screen that you need to cut all the portrayals of her into 2 videos 😅

[@Lily1127channel]

@Savage Darksider I stated in the description that I didn't include fantasy, comedy, and such things 😊

[@Lily1127channel]

@@happycake2234 Yeah, absolutely! 😀 In my previous videos of this kind, with Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, and Augustus, I still managed to squeeze everything into one video. But with Elizabeth it is just impossible 😄

[@obaidulhoquebhuiyan7095]

In Part 2 Of Queen Elizabeth I On Screen The Tudors 2008 And The The Tudors 2009 Has Queen Elizabeth I And They Are Missing .

[@xtudo2969]

make the "Mary queen of scots depictions over the years" next

[@Lily1127channel]

Yes, I will! It is among my plans. It is just that there are sooo many portrayals about her that it will be a very long work. I think there might be more than about Elizabeth 😮

[@boguslavaki]

Glenda Jackson hands down is the best.

[@xaviotesharris891]

OMFG, Glenda Jackson pees in this role. I love many of the others, but she defined it.

[@plushdollseries1463]

It has been nearly 5 months since June 15 and I just found out that Glenda Jackson is dead and nobody told me she died.

[@Currabell]

Glenda Jackson. The best. The End.

[@juliedurden9479]

Glenda Jackson

[@carlosaderson2696]

Glanda Jackson.

[@ositoARABE]

GLENDA JACKSON SIN DUDAS!

[@susanwebber9921]

A tie for first place...........FLORA ROBSON and GLENDA JACKSON. Two of the all great, English Actresses.

[@danawinsor1380]

One scene with Flora Robson shows her wearing a substructure beneath her dress called a "farthingale," which, as you can see in period paintings, looked like a table underneath the dress. This scene is the only example, out of all the films about Elizabeth I've seen, that depicts that fashion. BTW, I particularly liked Ms. Robson's performance. I have always thought that Glenda Jackson owned the role of Queen Elizabeth I. However, I think Cate Blanchet looked the most like her, based on historical portraits.

[@Lily1127channel]

I think that "table-like" farthingale only became fashion in Elizabeth's later years (I think her Armada portrait from 1588 is the earliest one with that dress) so it doesn't necessarily have to be there in movies that depict her early years. Till then the skirt fashion was rather an A-line, like this: images.app.goo.gl/ptXv2TdKxmpwQcir6 I think the tv series Elizabeth R features several of those farthingale dresses in the later episodes, I just didn't use those clips here. It doesn't have to be there in movies set in her ealier reign like the Cate Blanchett ones. Maybe in the second one, towrds the end she could have worn one.

[@obaidulhoquebhuiyan7095]

Who Is Armada ?.

[@danawinsor1380]

@@Lily1127channel I see what you mean. Regardless, thank you for posting these interesting clips.

[@tifrice1683]

After 50 years of reading endless biographies of Queen Elizabeth I..One realizes what makes Glenda Jackson the best, is that she is the only actress who is anywhere near as intelligent as Elizabeth I patently was..

[@trishsiprell6996]

Amen to that. I've read so much on the lady; I've loved her since I was 9 years old. Ms. Jackson captured her mind and heart, the REASONS she was the way she was. Her Elizabeth is as captivating and mesmerizing today as she was when I first saw her in 1971. Love always. Thank you, Elizabeth, and thank you, Ms. Jackson. I will love you both forever.👑🌹 Now Ms. Jackson can see how close she really came.😘

[@DanielGarrett0123]

There are a few quite good interpretations of Elizabeth I presented here. But for me, only Glenda Jackson brings the presence to claim title as "the best" (if we have to boil it down to that word). She shows us an Elizabeth in majesty, in sorrow, in playfulness...in short, the most layered interpretation of the woman I've ever seen. It's hard to imagine anyone who could top what she gave us.

[@scook5599]

Flora Robson (very majestic, she wore the gowns and jewels best, like they were a part of her, yet at times it seemed like they weighed her down at like the role of Queen weighed Elizabeth herself down at times. Glenda Jackson (couldn't take my eyes off her), Cate Blanchette (very dynamic and believable). Bette Davis and Charlotte Cornwell were very good too. Jean Simmons was just a shadow when Charles Laughton was on the screen as Henry VIII. But it was Glenda Jackson in Elizabeth R who inspired my life long interest in English history and that of the British Royal Family. Note: Keith Mitchell in the Six Wives of Henry VIII inspired this interest too. Both programs were on PBS when I was still very young.

[@joshdrayton1230]

There's Jackson and there's Blanchett - both way, way ahead of the rest of the field. (Dench's turn is moving, but it's an eight-minute cameo that represents only one snapshot of ER). On balance, I feel Blanchett's performance is the more wide-ranging and nuanced, and will better stand the test of time. As impressive as Jackson is, there's a staginess to her Elizabeth, especially in the TV series. That's partly from the writing, partly from what was the style of "important" BBC historical drama of the day, but also partly down to a degree of affectation that always went with Glenda (a lower-middle-class girl) playing upper class and aristocratic characters.

[@rjlchristie]

1. Blanchett/ 2. Dench/ 3. Jackson. Irene Worth did a good job too. Unfortunately Jackson's portrayal suffers from dated production aesthetics.

[@bexp436]

That's the point I couldnt get passed tbh. The dated production. The are older versions but this one didn't wear well on that front.

[@mjb495]

I think Glenda Jackson, though Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench are both also amazing!

[@paultrought267]

Glenda.

[@pico2260]

My favorite is Judy Dench. It's impossible to compare her performance to Glenda Jackson's, but still.

[@deb-1558]

Glenda Jackson is my favourite ❤️

[@OR10777BE]

Blanchett is a phenomenal Elizabeth, followed by Jackson, and Dench.

[@imandoce4246]

Glenda Jackson.

[@greentombdive]

Bravo, or, Brava!

[@danielkimberley9516]

Glenda Jackson

[@johnfinnie1181]

Glenda Jackson is who I picture of when I think of how ER would've truly looked. Bette Davis was a good potrail of her, more comedic A mix between Glenda's face with Bette Davis eyes

[@paulfrancis3237]

Best depictions of Elizabeth 1 - Cate Blanchett, Glenda Jackson, Bette Davis ..

[@guramile]

There was an obscure British tv drama called BESS or YOUNG BESS with Valerie Gearon (about 1967 or 68) as the young Elizabeth and directed by Chalres Jarrott...who later made ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS.

[@trishsiprell6996]

Never heard of this, but would love to see it.

[@zeddeka]

Joan Collins tells a funny story of how Bette Davis couldn't stand her and kicked her when she was filming the scene when she had to tie her laces.

[@kittyowlblu]

Its Kate Blanchett for me, she is my Elizabeth.

[@EDVgamer]

I am missing Elizabeth I as portrayed by Miranda Richardson in Blackadder

[@Lily1127channel]

I state in the description that I didn't include fantasy, comedy, and such things 😊 There was already so many portrayals, but with those, I fear the list would have been endless.

[@EDVgamer]

@@Lily1127channel I didn't see that, sorry.

[@Lily1127channel]

@@EDVgamer But I like Miranda's Elizabeth too 😁

[@johnfinnie1181]

I'd love for you to do a Mary queen of scots one

[@markc1234golf]

Robson and Glena Jackson 2nd 😋😋

[@oxo1239]

It is difficult to draw a comparison between actresses as a few have had a longer screen time with a miniseries.

[@edgardobravo7351]

Number 1, Cate Blanchet , number 2 Glenda Jackson.

[@HoleHunter9001]

Bette Davis

[@Stephano_v_Bove__]

I think Glenda Jackson did the best embodiment of Elizabeth I’s persona. 👏 👏. But how is it that her nose was dramatically different in the 2 different productions?

[@rde4017]

Who's best? Queenie in Blackadder II of course. 😆

[@savagedarksider5934]

I need to say this lili1127; Y-You complete me.

[@vickyh910]

Glenda Jackson no 1 but Miranda Richardson in blackadder no 2!

[@morrigansraven]

Elizabeth's character was best embodied by Glenda Jackson. However, Cate Blanchett had the most historically accurate appearance. A special mention for Judi Dench; because Dame Judi is - arguably - one of the greatest actresses of all time. The actresses who played the role before acting became more realistic, nuanced and natural were great for the era in which they were in their acting prime, but the performances are far too hammy for today's audiences. Also, the costumes and make-up from that particular era were OTT , and the make-up screamed 1940s/50s (modern) celebrity glamour - not Elizabethan era Venetian Ceruse and cochineal. Nowadays, they manage to more or less re-create, faithfully, the makeup look of the time.