Glenda Jackson in his next project. She gained a second Academy Award for Best Actress for Frank's "A Touch of Class" (1973). She continued to work in the theatre, and returned to the RSC to play the lead role in Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler". A later film version directed by Trevor Nunn was released as "Hedda" (1975), for which Jackson was nominated for an Oscar. In "The New York Times", Vincent Canby praised Jackson's performance: "This version of "Hedda Gabler" is all Miss Jackson's Hedda and, I must say, great fun to watch ... Miss Jackson's technical virtuosity is particularly suited to a
Hedda Nussbaum Hedda Nussbaum Hedda Nussbaum (born August 8, 1942) is an American woman who was caretaker for a six-year-old girl who died of physical abuse in 1987. The death of the girl, Lisa Steinberg, sparked a lengthy and controversial trial and media frenzy. The legal case was one of the first to be televised "gavel to gavel." Supporters characterized Nussbaum as a victim of horrific domestic abuse at the hands of her live-in partner, Joel Steinberg. Critics suggested she was a consensual partner in a sado-masochistic relationship and an unprosecuted co-conspirator in the young girl's death. Before meeting Joel Steinberg in