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Glenn Close
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Glenn Close
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-03-19,Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Glenda Veronica Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning over five decades on screen and stage, she has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for eight Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Grammy Awards. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. Close received eight Academy Award nominations for playing a feminist mother in The World According to Garp (1982), a baby boomer in The Big Chill (1983), a love interest in The Natural (1984), a psychotic ex-lover in Fatal Attraction (1987), a cunning aristocrat in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), an English butler in Albert Nobbs (2011), a troubled wife in The Wife (2017), and an eccentric grandmother in Hillbilly Elegy (2020). Her other films include Reversal of Fortune (1990), The Paper (1994), and Mars Attacks! (1996), Air Force One (1997), and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Close also portrayed Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996) and its 2000 sequel and voiced Kala in Tarzan (1999). In television, Close received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role in the film Something About Amelia (1984) and later won three—Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying Margarethe Cammermeyer in the NBC film Serving in Silence (1995) and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series twice consecutively for playing Patty Hewes in Damages (2007–2012). On stage, Close made her Broadway debut in the play Love for Love (1974). She later won three Tony Awards, two for Best Actress in a Play for her roles in the plays The Real Thing (1983) and Death and the Maiden (1992), and one for Best Actress in a Musical for the musical Sunset Boulevard (1995). She was Tony-nominated for Barnum (1980). She returned to the Broadway stage in a 2014 revival of A Delicate Balance. In 2016, she returned to Sunset Boulevard on the West End stage, earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical nomination. Close is the president of Trillium Productions and co-founder of the website FetchDog. She has made political donations in support of Democratic politicians. She is vocal on issues such as women's rights, same-sex marriage, and mental health. Married three times, she has one daughter, Annie Starke, from her relationship with producer John Starke.

Filmography

6.422

Mars Attacks!
1996-12-13

Dangerous Liaisons

7.194

Dangerous Liaisons
1988-12-21

6.844

Hook
1991-04-10

The House of the Spirits

6.949

The House of the Spirits
1993-10-21

6.6

Hamlet
1990-12-19

5.512

102 Dalmatians
2000-10-07

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

5.792

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000-05-27

6.29

Hoodwinked!
2005-12-16

Fatal Attraction

6.8

Fatal Attraction
1987-09-18

6.902

The Natural
1984-05-11

The World According to Garp

6.662

The World According to Garp
1982-07-23

5.8

Evening
2007-06-09

The Safety of Objects

6.5

The Safety of Objects
2002-10-25

5.944

101 Dalmatians
1996-11-27

6.269

Jagged Edge
1985-10-04

6.8

The Big Chill
1983-09-30

Cookie's Fortune

6.4

Cookie's Fortune
1999-03-24

6.588

The Paper
1994-03-18

5.781

Mary Reilly
1996-02-23

4.951

Le Divorce
2003-08-08

The Summer Book

7.2

The Summer Book
2025-01-31

6.47

Air Force One
1997-07-25

The Stepford Wives

5.684

The Stepford Wives
2004-06-10

7.1

537 Votes
2020-10-21

The Chumscrubber

6.484

The Chumscrubber
2005-06-08

6.3

Heights
2005-07-15

6.188

Strip Search
2004-04-27

7.406

Tarzan
1999-06-17

6.112

Nine Lives
2005-09-02

In the Gloaming

6.017

In the Gloaming
1997-04-20

Sarah, Plain and Tall

7.1

Sarah, Plain and Tall
1991-02-03

7.024

Skylark
1993-02-07

The Lion in Winter

5.867

The Lion in Winter
2003-12-26

Reversal of Fortune

6.619

Reversal of Fortune
1990-10-19

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

5.694

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
1995-01-23

The Deliverance

5.982

The Deliverance
2024-08-16

5.2

South Pacific
2001-03-26

6.3

Albert Nobbs
2011-12-21

Brush with Fate

6.045

Brush with Fate
2003-01-01

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

7.452

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
1999-11-20

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

7.6

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04

6.344

Paradise Road
1997-02-11

Immediate Family

5.944

Immediate Family
1989-10-27

5.024

Maxie
1985-09-27

6.577

Love, Marilyn
2013-05-30

5.857

Orphan Train
1979-12-22

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

9

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992-06-10

3.5

Too Far to Go
1979-03-12

6.95

The Stone Boy
1984-04-04

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story

8.5

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
2009-10-17

Guardians of the Galaxy

7.9

Guardians of the Galaxy
2014-07-30

5.881

Meeting Venus
1991-09-18

Something About Amelia

5.618

Something About Amelia
1984-01-09

6.7

Heart of Stone
2023-08-09

Tom Hanks: The Nomad

5.5

Tom Hanks: The Nomad
2023-05-20

Discovering Hamlet

7.5

Discovering Hamlet
2011-11-01

5.5

Low Down
2014-01-19

6.091

Tarzan II
2005-06-13

7.103

5 to 7
2014-04-19

The Elephant Man

5.889

The Elephant Man
1982-01-04

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

5.1

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011-04-29

What I Want My Words to Do to You

7.8

What I Want My Words to Do to You
2003-12-16

0

Baba Yaga
2021-01-14

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

5.643

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001-01-20

5.733

Anesthesia
2016-01-08

0

Not My Life
2011-10-28

Gabon The Last Eden

8

Gabon The Last Eden
2007-05-11

The Divine Garbo

0

The Divine Garbo
1990-12-03

A Look Through His Lens

0

A Look Through His Lens
2024-01-06

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

8.066

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024-09-21

6.434

Back in Action
2025-01-15

7.333

Lincoln
1992-12-26

7.1

The Wife
2017-08-17

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

6

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1988-05-26

In Search of the Jaguar

8

In Search of the Jaguar
2003-11-26

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

10

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005-03-01

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

6.2

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021-08-16

Gates of the Arctic

0

Gates of the Arctic
2008-05-29

The Girl with All the Gifts

6.576

The Girl with All the Gifts
2016-09-23

The Great Gilly Hopkins

6.6

The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015-10-05

0

Encore

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

7.2

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025-11-26

5.805

Father Figures
2017-12-21

Anne Frank Remembered

7.6

Anne Frank Remembered
1995-06-08

SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

6.885

SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
1999-10-26

6.404

Warcraft
2016-05-25

6.381

Crooked House
2017-09-06

What Happened to Monday

7.147

What Happened to Monday
2017-08-18

6.462

In & Out
1997-09-10

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

7.833

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989-09-24

Welcome to Hollywood

4.143

Welcome to Hollywood
2000-10-27

The Wilde Wedding

5.1

The Wilde Wedding
2017-09-15

The Big Chill: A Reunion

6.333

The Big Chill: A Reunion
1999-01-26

Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries

0

Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
2009-01-01

Six by Sondheim

7.1

Six by Sondheim
2013-12-09

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar

6

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
2018-03-28

The Lady with the Torch

10

The Lady with the Torch
1999-01-08

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

7.6

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
1998-06-06

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

10

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996-03-17

6.1

Let's Dance
2018-12-06

Stones for Ibarra

9

Stones for Ibarra
1988-01-29

Hollywood's Greatest Villains

9.5

Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005-12-01

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

10

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990-05-16

The Lavender Scare

5.6

The Lavender Scare
2019-06-07

Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back

9

Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back
2002-07-01

The Rules of the Game

8

The Rules of the Game
1975-04-30

Hillbilly Elegy

6.7

Hillbilly Elegy
2020-11-09

6.823

Four Good Days
2021-04-30

Electric Blue 29

0

Electric Blue 29
1988-01-01

Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'

0

Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
2004-04-20

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

7.1

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020-10-30

7.122

Swan Song
2021-12-17

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

10

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020-10-08

5.891

Brothers
2024-10-10

6.857

Casting By
2012-11-01

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

0

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021-08-14

An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated

0

An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated
1989-11-01

Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale

0

Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
1987-09-01

0

Show of Titles
2021-06-13

0

An Amazin' Era
1986-07-01

6.147

Animal Farm
2026-04-30

Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation

6.3

Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation
2025-04-06

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

0

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026-11-18

The Plague Monkeys

0

The Plague Monkeys

Sunset Boulevard

0

Sunset Boulevard

0

The Black Ball
2026-10-02

Glenn Close: A Feminist Force

0

Glenn Close: A Feminist Force
2025-04-14

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

7

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993-10-29

Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?

0

Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
1987-09-06

8

Baby
2000-10-08

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

6.4

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984-03-30

The Fabulous Allan Carr

4.5

The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017-05-19

Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins

0

Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins
1999-06-25

5.217

This Morning
1988-10-03

Inside the Actors Studio

7.625

Inside the Actors Studio
1994-08-14

8.019

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.622

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

8.166

The Shield
2002-03-12

4.4

The View
1997-08-11

Finding Your Roots

6.2

Finding Your Roots
2012-03-24

6.1

C à vous
2009-09-07

6.9

Will & Grace
1998-09-21

7.1

MADtv
1995-10-14

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

7.466

Damages
2007-07-24

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

5.1

Desus & Mero
2019-02-21

4.1

Pebble Mill
1991-10-14

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Saturday Night Live

6.938

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

8.3

The West Wing
1999-09-22

Wetten, dass..?

5.4

Wetten, dass..?
1981-02-14

6.6

Celebrity IOU
2020-04-13

The Graham Norton Show

7.2

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

7.556

Tehran
2020-06-22

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

6.532

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022-01-28

American Experience

6.6

American Experience
1988-10-04

6.4

Sea Oak
2017-11-10

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

5.2

Leute heute
1997-07-23

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

4.5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.2

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

4.056

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996-06-10

6.148

Ellen
1994-03-29

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.849

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

6.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

5.7

Goldene Kamera
1984-02-03

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

7.813

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014-04-27

3Below: Tales of Arcadia

7.5

3Below: Tales of Arcadia
2018-12-21

0

Standing By

7.401

Family Guy
1999-01-31

Please Turn the Page

6

Please Turn the Page
1977-04-20

5.067

All's Fair
2025-11-04

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

5.98

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009-03-02

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

Great Performances

6.1

Great Performances
1971-01-28

Great Performances

6.1

Great Performances
1971-01-28

0

Marcians
2017-11-16

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

0

Maud

Hollywood Squares

4.5

Hollywood Squares
2025-01-16

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01