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Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1925-10-13,Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Gender
Female
Biography
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the position. As prime minister, she implemented economic policies known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford, and worked briefly as a research chemist before becoming a barrister. She was elected Member of Parliament for Finchley in 1959. Edward Heath appointed her secretary of state for education and science in his 1970–1974 government. In 1975, she defeated Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election to become leader of the opposition, the first woman to lead a major political party in the UK. On becoming prime minister after winning the 1979 general election, Thatcher introduced a series of economic policies intended to reverse high inflation and Britain's struggles in the wake of the Winter of Discontent and an oncoming recession. Her political philosophy and economic policies emphasised greater individual liberty, the privatisation of state-owned companies, and reducing the power and influence of trade unions. Her popularity in her first years in office waned amid recession and rising unemployment. Victory in the 1982 Falklands War and the recovering economy brought a resurgence of support, resulting in her landslide re-election in 1983. She survived an assassination attempt by the Provisional IRA in the 1984 Brighton hotel bombing and achieved a political victory against the National Union of Mineworkers in the 1984–85 miners' strike. In 1986, Thatcher oversaw the deregulation of UK financial markets, leading to an economic boom, in what came to be known as the Big Bang. Thatcher was re-elected for a third term with another landslide in 1987, but her subsequent support for the Community Charge (also known as the "poll tax") was widely unpopular, and her increasingly Eurosceptic views on the European Community were not shared by others in her cabinet. She resigned as prime minister and party leader in 1990, after a challenge was launched to her leadership, and was succeeded by John Major, her chancellor of the Exchequer. After retiring from the Commons in 1992, she was given a life peerage as Baroness Thatcher (of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire) which entitled her to sit in the House of Lords. In 2013, she died of a stroke at the Ritz Hotel, London, at the age of 87. A polarising figure in British politics, Thatcher is nonetheless viewed favourably in historical rankings and public opinion of British prime ministers. Her tenure constituted a realignment towards neoliberal policies in Britain; the complex legacy attributed to this shift continues to be debated into the 21st century.

Filmography

Laboratory Greece

8

Laboratory Greece
2019-12-08

In the Grip of Gazprom

8

In the Grip of Gazprom
2023-02-07

10

Laissez-faire
2015-01-30

Her Majesty's Prime Ministers: John Major

2

Her Majesty's Prime Ministers: John Major
2023-02-07

Portillo on Thatcher

0

Portillo on Thatcher
2008-02-25

Ice Under His Feet

0

Ice Under His Feet
2022-05-19

Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain

0

Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain
2013-01-01

7

Influence
2020-01-27

Cabinet Confidential

0

Cabinet Confidential
2001-11-17

How to Be Prime Minister

0

How to Be Prime Minister
1996-09-22

0

Maggie and Me
2013-04-08

Thatcher's Not Dead

7.5

Thatcher's Not Dead
2022-09-01

Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady

7.2

Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady
2012-04-10

The Emperor's New Clothes

6.3

The Emperor's New Clothes
2015-04-24

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

6.6

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016-06-30

Margaret: Death of a Revolutionary

0

Margaret: Death of a Revolutionary
2013-04-13

Remembering Reagan at His Ranch

0

Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
2004-06-22

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

6.8

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019-08-14

The Falklands War: The Untold Story

8

The Falklands War: The Untold Story
1987-04-01

8.8

Hillsborough
2016-04-15

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story

0

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2022-10-26

How to Win the TV Debate

0

How to Win the TV Debate
2010-04-12

6

McEnroe
2022-07-15

Meeting Gorbachev

6.583

Meeting Gorbachev
2019-05-03

The Lady is Not for Turning: An Unauthorized Story on Margaret Thatcher

0

The Lady is Not for Turning: An Unauthorized Story on Margaret Thatcher
2011-01-01

Nazi Hunters: The Real Walk-In

0

Nazi Hunters: The Real Walk-In
2022-10-31

How to Be an Ex-Prime Minister

0

How to Be an Ex-Prime Minister
2007-06-24

Let Poland Be Poland

0

Let Poland Be Poland
1982-01-31

8

Propaganda
2013-02-14

A Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the Secretary

0

A Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the Secretary
2024-05-01

To Kill the Cabinet

0

To Kill the Cabinet

Secrets & Spies

0

Secrets & Spies
2024-05-08

Odd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch Powell

0

Odd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch Powell
1995-11-11

Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins

5.817

Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins
2021-09-03

Empire of the Censors

3.5

Empire of the Censors
1995-05-28

Blackadder: Back & Forth

6.997

Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999-03-29

New World Order: Communism by the Backdoor

0

New World Order: Communism by the Backdoor
2014-05-07

0

Prelúdio
2022-08-07

0

Rockin' Ronnie
1986-09-21

The State Funeral of Ronald Reagan

0

The State Funeral of Ronald Reagan
2004-06-11

The Dark Side Of Porn: The Real Animal Farm

8.3

The Dark Side Of Porn: The Real Animal Farm
2006-04-19

6

Reagan
1998-02-23

Brexit: The Uncivil War

6.554

Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019-01-19

The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World

8.7

The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
2015-06-13

6

6 Days
2017-07-09

Hong Kong: Retrocession Generation

7.5

Hong Kong: Retrocession Generation
2017-07-04

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

7.7

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019-07-14

Degeneration Punk

8

Degeneration Punk
1997-06-06

0

England 79
2019-11-01

The Shock Doctrine

7.1

The Shock Doctrine
2009-09-01

1979: Big Bang of the Present

7.5

1979: Big Bang of the Present
2019-12-10

7.231

Shadow World
2016-10-14

Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister

0

Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister
2013-04-08

0

The Swap
2016-10-19

How to Win the US Presidency

6.2

How to Win the US Presidency
2016-08-01

6.1

Reagan
2011-02-07

The Pinochet Case

6.8

The Pinochet Case
2001-10-10

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

7

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010-11-09

Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain

0

Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain
2021-05-31

Best Ever Spitting Image

0

Best Ever Spitting Image
2006-07-25

The Red and the Blue

0

The Red and the Blue
1983-10-01

In Search of Tony Blair

0

In Search of Tony Blair
2004-06-11

The Downing Street Patient

0

The Downing Street Patient
2004-02-29

Westminster's Secret Service

0

Westminster's Secret Service
1995-05-21

Informe especial

2

Informe especial
1984-07-06

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

7.9

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom
2007-03-11

The Wilderness Years

0

The Wilderness Years
1995-12-03

Endgame in Ireland

6

Endgame in Ireland
2021-06-24

Wasted Windfall

10

Wasted Windfall
1994-07-01

0

紫荆花开
2017-06-26

4.5

Wogan
1982-05-04

Thatcher: The Downing Street Years

10

Thatcher: The Downing Street Years
1993-10-20

The Century of the Self

8.4

The Century of the Self
2002-03-17

7.1

History 101
2020-05-22

The Secret Rulers of the World

8

The Secret Rulers of the World
2001-04-29

Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game

6.3

Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game
2024-05-08

Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

7

Thatcher: A Very British Revolution
2019-05-20