Glenda Jackson pays tribute to Alan Bates

Actress Glenda Jackson has paid tribute to actor Alan Bates, who died after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.

Jackson, co-starred with Bates in Women in Love, along with Oliver Reed.

The Oscar winner and British MP said: “As he grew older he became an even better actor with much greater depth and breadth.

“I just thought that, apart from being a really first-rate actor, he was the most delightful person.”

Ms Jackson said Look Back in Anger, John Osborne’s landmark play which starred Bates, transformed British theatre.