Glenn Close
Age: N/A | From: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Glenda Veronica Close
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 105
TV Involvements: 27
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The West Wing
(1999) Evelyn Baker Lang
Leute heute
(1997) Self
American Experience
(1988) Self - Narrator (voice)
Damages
(2007) Patty Hewes
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Winner
Finding Your Roots
(2012) Self
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
(1984) Self
The Shield
(2002) Captain Monica RawlingActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Martha Delacroix | |
| Mollie (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Grandmother | ||
| Ginny | ||
| 2024 | Cath Munger | |
| Self | ||
| Alberta Jackson | ||
| Self | ||
| 2023 | King of Diamonds | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2022 | The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited) | |
| 2021 | Dr. Eve Scott | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| "Dance a Little Closer" Performer | ||
| Deb | ||
| Chief (voice) | ||
| 2020 | Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance | |
| Cruella de Vil | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Roy Cohn | ||
| Marjan Montazeri | ||
| Self | ||
| 2019 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| 2018 | Mother (voice) | |
| Segment: "Night Shift" | ||
| Joan Castleman | ||
| Self | ||
| 2017 | Helen Baxter | |
| Self - Interviewee | ||
| Aunt Bernie | ||
| Eve Wilde | ||
| Lady Edith de Haviland | ||
| Nicolette Cayman | ||
| 2016 | Dr. Caroline Caldwell | |
| Alodi (uncredited) | ||
| Marcia Zarrow | ||
| 2015 | Nonnie Hopkins | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| Nova Prime | ||
| Self | ||
| Arlene Bloom | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Gram | ||
| 2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | |
| The Vamp | ||
| Gertrude (archive footage) | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Granny (voice) | ||
| 2009 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self - Hostess | ||
| 2008 | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2007 | Patty Hewes | |
| Mrs. Wittenborn | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Self | ||
| 2005 | Granny (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Maggie | ||
| Diana | ||
| Kala (voice) | ||
| Carrie Johnson | ||
| Self | ||
| 2004 | Claire Wellington | |
| Karen Moore | ||
| Self | ||
| 2003 | Eleanor of Aquitaine | |
| Self | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Self | ||
| Olivia Pace | ||
| Cornelia Engelbrecht | ||
| 2002 | Esther Gold | |
| Self | ||
| Captain Monica Rawling | ||
| 2001 | Nellie Forbush | |
| Arvella Whipple | ||
| 2000 | Adult Sophie (voice) | |
| Cruella de Vil | ||
| Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca") | ||
| 1999 | Sarah Witting | |
| Gina (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Evelyn Baker Lang | ||
| Kala (voice) | ||
| Camille Dixon | ||
| Glenn Close (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| 1998 | Glenn Close | |
| Fannie Lieber | ||
| Self - Performer | ||
| 1997 | Glenn Close | |
| Self | ||
| Kathryn Bennett | ||
| Self | ||
| Janet | ||
| Adrienne Pargiter | ||
| 1996 | Marsha Dale | |
| Cruella de Vil | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Mrs. Farraday | ||
| 1995 | Self | |
| Diary Readings (voice) | ||
| Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer | ||
| 1994 | Self | |
| Glenn Close | ||
| Alicia Clark | ||
| 1993 | Ferula Trueba | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Sarah Witting | ||
| 1992 | Mary Todd Lincoln (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| 1991 | Self | |
| Karin Anderson | ||
| Gutless | ||
| Sarah Wheaton | ||
| Gertrude (archive footage) | ||
| 1990 | Gertrude | |
| Self - Host / Narrator | ||
| Sunny von Bülow / Narrator | ||
| Self | ||
| 1989 | Mona Simpson (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Linda Spector | ||
| Self | ||
| 1988 | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil | |
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Sara Everton | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1987 | Alexandra "Alex" Forrest | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1986 | Self | |
| 1985 | Teddy Barnes | |
| Jan / Maxie | ||
| 1984 | Iris Gaines | |
| Ruth Hillerman | ||
| Self | ||
| Gail Bennett | ||
| 1983 | Sarah Cooper | |
| 1982 | Jenny Fields | |
| Princess Alexandra | ||
| 1981 | Self | |
| 1979 | Jessica | |
| Rebecca Kuehn | ||
| 1977 | Self | |
| 1975 | Self - Host | |
| Neighbor | ||
| 1971 | Neighbor | |
| Self - Host | ||
| 1956 | Self - Presenter | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self - Host/Performer/Winner | ||
| Self - Audience Member | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Hillary Clinton | ||
| Self - Nominee | ||
| Self - Winner | ||
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1951 | Sara Everton | |
| Sarah Wheaton | ||
| Sarah | ||
| Cornelia Englebrecht | ||
| 1944 | Self - Nominee | |
| Self - Presenter/Winner | ||
| Self - Presenter | ||
| Dina Standish | ||
| Marie | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Producer | |
| 2017 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2011 | Producer | |
| 2001 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2000 | Executive Producer | |
| 1995 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 1993 | Executive Producer | |
| 1991 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |