Glenn Close
Acting
🎂 1947-03-19
Glenda Veronica Close 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.
Cast credits(185)
Mona Simpson (voice)
1989
Glenn Close (voice)
1999
Self
2014
Self
2007
Self
2014
Evelyn Baker Lang
1999
Self - Host
1975
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2015
Self - Presenter
1956
Self (archive footage)
1956
Self - Host/Performer/Winner
1956
Self - Audience Member
1956
Self - Host
1956
Hillary Clinton
1956
Self - Nominee
1956
Self - Winner
1956
Self - Host/Winner
1956
Captain Monica Rawling
2002
Marjan Montazeri
2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
Fannie Lieber
1998
Self
2014
Neighbor
1971
Self - Host
1971
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Presenter/Nominee
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Self
2014
Self
1997
Self
1997
Self
2015
Self
2003
Self
1981
Glenn Close
1994
Ginny
2025
Self
2012
Patty Hewes
2007
Nova Prime
2014
Self - Guest
1993
Kala (voice)
1999
Self - Guest
2009
Self
1953
Self
2019
Gutless
1991
Self
1984
Alodi (uncredited)
2016
Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
1988
Nicolette Cayman
2017
Marsha Dale
1996
Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
1987
Cath Munger
2024
King of Diamonds
2023
Dr. Caroline Caldwell
2016
Mother (voice)
2018
Cruella de Vil
1996
Self
2020
Self
2009
Alberta Jackson
2024
Self
1991
Granny (voice)
2005
Granny (voice)
2011
Claire Wellington
2004
Self
2024
Kathryn Bennett
1997
Ferula Trueba
1993
The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited)
2022
Cruella de Vil
2000
Kala (voice)
2005
Dr. Eve Scott
2021
Esther Gold
2002
Drusilla Sickle
2026
Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance
2020
Martha Delacroix
2025
Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
1995
Self - Guest
1996
Teddy Barnes
1985
Glenn Close
1997
Deb
2021
Gertrude (archive footage)
2011
Mrs. Farraday
1996
Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
1990
Albert Nobbs
2011
Self
1977
Sarah Cooper
1983
Self
2004
Self - Interviewee
2017
Lady Edith de Haviland
2017
Eleanor of Aquitaine
2003
Alicia Clark
1994
Iris Gaines
1984
Olivia Pace
2003
Self
2005
Jessica
1979
Self
2021
Self (archive footage)
2021
Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
2000
(archive footage)
2012
Neighbor
1975
Helen Baxter
2017
Gertrude
1990
Self
2012
Eve Wilde
2017
Frieda Pilkington (voice)
2025
Marcia Zarrow
2016
Linda Spector
1989
Sara Everton
1951
Sarah Wheaton
1951
Sarah
1951
Cornelia Englebrecht
1951
Jenny Fields
1982
Diana
2005
Maggie
2005
Self
2013
Dina Standish
2025
Glenn Close
2000
Self (archive footage)
2013
Adult Sophie (voice)
2000
Arlene Bloom
2014
Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Mrs. Wittenborn
2007
Rebecca Kuehn
1979
Adrienne Pargiter
1997
Camille Dixon
1999
Joan Castleman
2018
Self
1992
Princess Alexandra
1982
Sarah Wheaton
1991
Karin Anderson
1991
Gertrude (archive footage)
1991
Carrie Johnson
2005
Jan / Maxie
1985
Roy Cohn
2020
Self
1995
Janet
1997
Nonnie Hopkins
2015
Self
1989
Aunt Bernie
2017
"Dance a Little Closer" Performer
2021
Self
2005
Grandmother
2025
Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
1992
Self
2009
Self - Guest
1988
Nellie Forbush
2001
Self (archive footage)
2020
Arvella Whipple
2001
Gail Bennett
1984
Segment: "Night Shift"
2018
Sarah Witting
1993
Cornelia Engelbrecht
2003
Sarah Witting
1999
Self (archive footage)
2023
Ruth Hillerman
1984
Self
1990
Self
1994
Karen Moore
2004
Gram
2014
Chief (voice)
2021
(archive footage)
1988
Self
2003
Sara Everton
1988
Self
2024
Self
1996
Marie
Self - Performer
1998
Cruella de Vil
2020
Self
1986
Diary Readings (voice)
1995
Self - Host
1999
Self
2025
Narrator (voice)
2019
Self - Host / Narrator
1990
Narrator (voice)
1988
Narrator
2007
Self
1989
Self
2018
Self
1999
Self
2002
Narrator (voice)
1987
Narrator (voice)
2008
Self - Hostess
2009
Narrator (voice)
2011
Narrator
2003
