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Be it manual or electric, the mechanism of cables, gears, and slides that supports and allows window movement is the regulator. The name has always caused confusion. Lots can go wrong, be it bent slides, debris, worn gears or bushings or cables, bad motors, etc. Since you can freely lift the window manually I'd suspect one or another slide has jumped out of place.
Short term I'd use wedges to hold the window up. A rear window isn't usually too heavy so that should hold until you can disassemble the panel. With the panel off you should quickly see what's wrong. For old cars not worth the $60-150 price of a new regulator, I've known people to lock the window up by blocking/screwing/welding the damaged regulator.
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