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Glenn Close
Glenn Close

Glenn Close

ActingBorn March 19, 1947 (age 79)Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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

2026Movie
2026
La Bola Negra

as Isabelle Durand

Movie
2026
Animal Farm

as Frieda Pilkington (voice)

Movie
2025Movie
2025
All's Fair

as Dina Standish

TV
2025
Glenn Close: A Feminist Force

as Self - (archive footage)

Movie
2025
The Summer Book

as Grandmother

Movie
2025TV
2025Movie
2024
Brothers

as Cath Munger

Movie
2024
The Deliverance

as Alberta Jackson

Movie
2024Movie
2023
Heart of Stone

as King of Diamonds

Movie
2023
Tom Hanks: The Nomad

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2021
Swan Song

as Dr. Eve Scott

Movie
2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2021
Show of Titles

as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer

Movie
2021Movie
2021
Baba Yaga

as Chief (voice)

Movie
2020
Hillbilly Elegy

as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance

Movie
2020
537 Votes

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2020
Tehran

as Marjan Montazeri

TV
2020TV
2019
The Lavender Scare

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2019TV
2018
3Below: Tales of Arcadia

as Mother (voice)

TV
2018
Let's Dance

as Segment: "Night Shift"

Movie
2017
Father Figures

as Helen Baxter

Movie
2017
Marcians

as Self - Interviewee

TV
2017
Sea Oak

as Aunt Bernie

TV
2017
The Wilde Wedding

as Eve Wilde

Movie
2017
Crooked House

as Lady Edith de Haviland

Movie
2017
What Happened to Monday

as Nicolette Cayman

Movie
2017
The Wife

as Joan Castleman

Movie
2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr

as Self (archive)

Movie
2016
The Girl with All the Gifts

as Dr. Caroline Caldwell

Movie
2016
Warcraft

as Alodi (uncredited)

Movie
2016
Anesthesia

as Marcia Zarrow

Movie
2015
The Great Gilly Hopkins

as Nonnie Hopkins

Movie
2014Movie
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as Bonnie Vance (archive footage) (uncredited)

TV
2014
5 to 7

as Arlene Bloom

Movie
2014
Low Down

as Gram

Movie
2013
Six by Sondheim

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2013Movie
2012
Casting By

as Self

Movie
2012TV
2012Movie
2011
Albert Nobbs

as Albert Nobbs

Movie
2011
Discovering Hamlet

as Gertrude (archive footage)

Movie
2011
Not My Life

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2011Movie
2009
C à vous

as Self

TV
2009TV
2009Movie
2008
Gates of the Arctic

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2007
Damages

as Patty Hewes

TV
2007
Evening

as Mrs. Wittenborn

Movie
2007Movie
2005
Hoodwinked!

as Granny (voice)

Movie
2005
Nine Lives

as Maggie

Movie
2005
Heights

as Diana

Movie
2005
Tarzan II

as Kala (voice)

Movie
2005
The Chumscrubber

as Carrie Johnson

Movie
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2004
The Stepford Wives

as Claire Wellington

Movie
2004
Strip Search

as Karen Moore

Movie
2003
The Lion in Winter

as Eleanor of Aquitaine

Movie
2003Movie
2003
Le Divorce

as Olivia Pace

Movie
2003
Brush with Fate

as Cornelia Engelbrecht

Movie
2002
The Safety of Objects

as Esther Gold

Movie
2002
The Shield

as Captain Monica Rawling

TV
2001
South Pacific

as Nellie Forbush

Movie
2001
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

as Arvella Whipple

Movie
2000
Welcome to Hollywood

as Glenn Close

Movie
2000
Baby

as Adult Sophie (Voice)

Movie
2000
102 Dalmatians

as Cruella de Vil

Movie
2000
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")

Movie
1999Movie
1999
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1999
The West Wing

as Evelyn Baker Lang

TV
1999
Tarzan

as Kala (voice)

Movie
1999
Cookie's Fortune

as Camille Dixon

Movie
1999
Family Guy

as Glenn Close (voice)

TV
1999Movie
1999Movie
1998
Will & Grace

as Fannie Lieber

TV
1997
In & Out

as Glenn Close

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997
Air Force One

as Kathryn Bennett

Movie
1997TV
1997Movie
1997
Paradise Road

as Adrienne Pargiter

Movie
1996
Mars Attacks!

as Marsha Dale

Movie
1996
101 Dalmatians

as Cruella de Vil

Movie
1996TV
1996
Mary Reilly

as Mrs. Farraday

Movie
1995
MADtv

as Self

TV
1995
Anne Frank Remembered

as Diary Readings (voice)

Movie
1995Movie
1994
Ellen

as Glenn Close

TV
1994
The Paper

as Alicia Clark

Movie
1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")

Movie
1993
The House of the Spirits

as Ferula Trueba

Movie
1993TV
1993
Skylark

as Sarah Witting

Movie
1992
Lincoln

as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)

Movie
1991TV
1991
Meeting Venus

as Karin Anderson

Movie
1991
Hook

as Gutless

Movie
1991
Sarah, Plain and Tall

as Sarah Wheaton

Movie
1990
Hamlet

as Gertrude

Movie
1990
The Divine Garbo

as Self - Host / Narrator

Movie
1990
Reversal of Fortune

as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator

Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as Mona Simpson (voice)

TV
1989
Immediate Family

as Linda Spector

Movie
1988
Dangerous Liaisons

as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil

Movie
1988
American Experience

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
1988
This Morning

as Self - Guest

TV
1988
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1988
Stones for Ibarra

as Sara Everton

Movie
1988
Electric Blue 29

as (archive footage)

Movie
1987
Fatal Attraction

as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest

Movie
1986Movie
1985
Jagged Edge

as Teddy Barnes

Movie
1985
Maxie

as Jan / Maxie

Movie
1984
The Natural

as Iris Gaines

Movie
1984
The Stone Boy

as Ruth Hillerman

Movie
1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1984TV
1984
Something About Amelia

as Gail Bennett

Movie
1983
The Big Chill

as Sarah Cooper

Movie
1982Movie
1982
The Elephant Man

as Princess Alexandra

Movie
1981TV
1979
Orphan Train

as Jessica

Movie
1979
Too Far to Go

as Rebecca Kuehn

Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975Movie
1971TV
1971
Great Performances

as Self - Host

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Audience Member

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host / Performer / Winner

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Hillary Clinton

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Sara Everton

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Sarah Wheaton

TV
1951TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Cornelia Englebrecht

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter/Nominee

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
Encore

as Marie

Movie
Movie
Sunset Boulevard

as Norma Desmond

Movie
Maud

as Maud Oldcastle

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 19, 1947
Place of BirthGreenwich, Connecticut, USA
Popularity2.3