Glenn Close
Born March 19, 1947 (Age: 78)
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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.
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
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
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as Martha Delacroix
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Age: 78
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
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as Self
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Age: 77
Swan Song
2021
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as Dr. Eve Scott
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Age: 74
Show of Titles
2021
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as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer
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Age: 74
Four Good Days
2021
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as Deb
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Age: 74
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
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as Roy Cohn
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Age: 73
Let's Dance
2018
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as Segment: "Night Shift"
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Age: 71
Father Figures
2017
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as Helen Baxter
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Age: 70
Crooked House
2017
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as Lady Edith de Haviland
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Age: 70
What Happened to Monday
2017
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as Nicolette Cayman
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Age: 70
The Wife
2017
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as Joan Castleman
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Age: 70
Warcraft
2016
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as Alodi (uncredited)
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Age: 69
Anesthesia
2016
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as Marcia Zarrow
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Age: 68
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015
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as Nonnie Hopkins
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Age: 68
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
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as Nova Prime
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Age: 67
Casting By
2012
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as Self
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Age: 65
Albert Nobbs
2011
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as Albert Nobbs
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Age: 64
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 64
Evening
2007
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as Mrs. Wittenborn
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Age: 60
Hoodwinked!
2005
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as Granny (voice)
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Age: 58
Heights
2005
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as Diana
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Age: 58
The Chumscrubber
2005
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as Carrie Johnson
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Age: 58
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 57
The Stepford Wives
2004
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as Claire Wellington
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Age: 57
Le Divorce
2003
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as Olivia Pace
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Age: 56
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
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as Glenn Close
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Age: 53
Baby
2000
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as Adult Sophie (Voice)
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Age: 53
102 Dalmatians
2000
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as Cruella de Vil
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Age: 53
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000
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as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
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Age: 53
Tarzan
1999
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as Kala (voice)
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Age: 52
Cookie's Fortune
1999
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as Camille Dixon
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Age: 52
In & Out
1997
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as Glenn Close
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Age: 50
Air Force One
1997
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as Kathryn Bennett
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Age: 50
Paradise Road
1997
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as Adrienne Pargiter
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Age: 49
Mars Attacks!
1996
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as Marsha Dale
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Age: 49
101 Dalmatians
1996
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as Cruella de Vil
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Age: 49
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
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as Self
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Age: 48
The Paper
1994
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as Alicia Clark
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Age: 46
The House of the Spirits
1993
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as Ferula Trueba
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Age: 46
Meeting Venus
1991
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as Karin Anderson
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Age: 44
Hook
1991
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as Gutless
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Age: 44
Hamlet
1990
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as Gertrude
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Age: 43
Reversal of Fortune
1990
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as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
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Age: 43
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990
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as Self
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Age: 43
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
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as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
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Age: 41
Fatal Attraction
1987
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as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
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Age: 40
An Amazin' Era
1986
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as Self
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Age: 39
Jagged Edge
1985
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as Teddy Barnes
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Age: 38
Maxie
1985
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as Jan / Maxie
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Age: 38
The Natural
1984
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as Iris Gaines
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Age: 37
The Stone Boy
1984
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as Ruth Hillerman
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Age: 37
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
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as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 37
The Big Chill
1983
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as Sarah Cooper
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Age: 36
The World According to Garp
1982
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as Jenny Fields
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Age: 35