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Glenn Close

Executive Producer

Glenn Close

· Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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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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Filmography

Acting (184)

  1. 2025

  2. 2024

  3. 2023

  4. 2022

  5. 2021

  6. 2020

  7. 2019

  8. 2018

  9. 2017

  10. 2016

  11. 2015

  12. 2014

  13. 2013

  14. 2012

  15. 2011

  16. 2009

  17. 2008

  18. 2007

  19. 2005

  20. 2004

  21. 2003

  22. 2002

  23. 2001

  24. 2000

  25. 1999

  26. 1998

  27. 1997

  28. 1996

  29. 1995

  30. 1994

  31. 1993

  32. 1992

  33. 1991

  34. 1990

  35. 1989

  36. 1988

  37. 1987

  38. 1986

  39. 1985

  40. 1984

  41. 1983

  42. 1982

  43. 1981

  44. 1979

  45. 1977

  46. 1975

  47. 1971

  48. 1956

  49. 1953

  50. 1951

  51. 1944

Production (12)

  1. 2021

  2. 2017

  3. 2011

  4. 2001

  5. 2000

  6. 1995

  7. 1993

  8. 1991

Writing (1)

  1. 2011

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