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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 19, 1947
Place of Birth:
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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Glenn Close
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping | Drusilla Sickle |
| 2025 | The Summer Book | Grandmother |
| 2025 | Back in Action | Ginny |
| 2025 | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Martha Delacroix |
| 2025 | Animal Farm | Frieda Pilkington (voice) |
| 2025 | Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation | Self |
| 2024 | The Deliverance | Alberta Jackson |
| 2024 | A Look Through His Lens | Self |
| 2024 | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self |
| 2024 | Brothers | Cath Munger |
| 2023 | Heart of Stone | King of Diamonds |
| 2023 | Tom Hanks: The Nomad | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Baba Yaga | Chief (voice) |
| 2021 | Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Four Good Days | Deb |
| 2021 | Swan Song | Dr. Eve Scott |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self |
| 2021 | Show of Titles | "Dance a Little Closer" Performer |
| 2020 | 537 Votes | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Hillbilly Elegy | Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance |
| 2020 | In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover | Cruella de Vil |
| 2020 | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Roy Cohn |
| 2019 | The Lavender Scare | Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | The Wife | Joan Castleman |
| 2018 | Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar | Self |
| 2018 | Let's Dance | Segment: "Night Shift" |
| 2017 | Father Figures | Helen Baxter |
| 2017 | Crooked House | Lady Edith de Haviland |
| 2017 | What Happened to Monday | Nicolette Cayman |
| 2017 | The Wilde Wedding | Eve Wilde |
| 2016 | Anesthesia | Marcia Zarrow |
| 2016 | The Girl with All the Gifts | Dr. Caroline Caldwell |
| 2016 | Warcraft | Alodi (uncredited) |
| 2015 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Nonnie Hopkins |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Nova Prime |
| 2014 | Low Down | Gram |
| 2014 | 5 to 7 | Arlene Bloom |
| 2013 | Love, Marilyn | Self |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Casting By | Self |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs |
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Gertrude (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil | Granny (voice) |
| 2011 | Not My Life | Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | Touch of Evil | The Vamp |
| 2009 | My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story | Self |
| 2009 | Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries | Self - Hostess |
| 2008 | Gates of the Arctic | Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | Evening | Mrs. Wittenborn |
| 2007 | Gabon The Last Eden | Narrator |
| 2005 | Hoodwinked! | Granny (voice) |
| 2005 | The Chumscrubber | Carrie Johnson |
| 2005 | Heights | Diana |
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Maggie |
| 2005 | Tarzan II | Kala (voice) |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self |
| 2005 | Hollywood's Greatest Villains | Self |
| 2004 | The Stepford Wives | Claire Wellington |
| 2004 | Strip Search | Karen Moore |
| 2004 | Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' | Self |
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Olivia Pace |
| 2003 | The Lion in Winter | Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| 2003 | Brush with Fate | Cornelia Engelbrecht |
| 2003 | What I Want My Words to Do to You | Self |
| 2003 | In Search of the Jaguar | Narrator |
| 2002 | The Safety of Objects | Esther Gold |
| 2002 | Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back | Self |
| 2001 | South Pacific | Nellie Forbush |
| 2001 | The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | Arvella Whipple |
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil |
| 2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca") |
| 2000 | Baby | Adult Sophie (voice) |
| 2000 | Welcome to Hollywood | Glenn Close |
| 1999 | Cookie's Fortune | Camille Dixon |
| 1999 | Tarzan | Kala (voice) |
| 1999 | Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | Sarah Witting |
| 1999 | SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler | Gina (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1999 | The Big Chill: A Reunion | Self |
| 1999 | The Lady with the Torch | Self - Host |
| 1998 | Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration | Self - Performer |
| 1997 | Air Force One | Kathryn Bennett |
| 1997 | In the Gloaming | Janet |
| 1997 | Paradise Road | Adrienne Pargiter |
| 1997 | In & Out | Glenn Close |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Marsha Dale |
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil |
| 1996 | Mary Reilly | Mrs. Farraday |
| 1996 | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self |
| 1995 | Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer |
| 1995 | Anne Frank Remembered | Diary Readings (voice) |
| 1994 | The Paper | Alicia Clark |
| 1993 | The House of the Spirits | Ferula Trueba |
| 1993 | Skylark | Sarah Witting |
| 1992 | Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall | Self |
| 1992 | Lincoln | Mary Todd Lincoln (voice) |
| 1991 | Hook | Gutless |
| 1991 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Sarah Wheaton |
| 1991 | Meeting Venus | Karin Anderson |
| 1991 | Mel Gibson Goes Back to School | Gertrude (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Hamlet | Gertrude |
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Sunny von Bülow / Narrator |
| 1990 | The Divine Garbo | Self - Host / Narrator |
| 1990 | Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music | Self |
| 1989 | Immediate Family | Linda Spector |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self |
| 1989 | An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated | Self |
| 1988 | Dangerous Liaisons | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil |
| 1988 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | Stones for Ibarra | Sara Everton |
| 1988 | Electric Blue 29 | (archive footage) |
| 1987 | Fatal Attraction | Alexandra "Alex" Forrest |
| 1987 | Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale | Narrator (voice) |
| 1986 | An Amazin' Era | Self |
| 1985 | Jagged Edge | Teddy Barnes |
| 1985 | Maxie | Jan / Maxie |
| 1984 | The Natural | Iris Gaines |
| 1984 | The Stone Boy | Ruth Hillerman |
| 1984 | Something About Amelia | Gail Bennett |
| 1983 | The Big Chill | Sarah Cooper |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | Jenny Fields |
| 1982 | The Elephant Man | Princess Alexandra |
| 1979 | Orphan Train | Jessica |
| 1979 | Too Far to Go | Rebecca Kuehn |
| 1975 | The Rules of the Game | Neighbor |
| Encore | Marie |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Standing By | |
| 2022 | The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window | The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited) |
| 2020 | Celebrity IOU | Self |
| 2020 | Tehran | Marjan Montazeri |
| 2019 | Desus & Mero | Self |
| 2018 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Mother (voice) |
| 2017 | Sea Oak | Aunt Bernie |
| 2017 | Marcians | Self - Interviewee |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self |
| 2009 | C à vous | Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Damages | Patty Hewes |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2002 | The Shield | Captain Monica Rawling |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Evelyn Baker Lang |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Glenn Close (voice) |
| 1998 | Will & Grace | Fannie Lieber |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | Leute heute | Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest |
| 1995 | MADtv | Self |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1994 | Ellen | Glenn Close |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill | Self |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Mona Simpson (voice) |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self - Guest |
| 1988 | American Experience | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self |
| 1977 | Please Turn the Page | Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Neighbor |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self - Host |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self (archive footage) |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host/Performer/Winner |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Audience Member |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Hillary Clinton |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host/Winner |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sara Everton |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sarah Wheaton |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sarah |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Cornelia Englebrecht |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter/Nominee |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |
| All's Fair | Dina Standish |