Glenn Close
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.
Known for
The Simpsons
Mona Simpson (voice)
Family Guy
Glenn Close (voice)
Tehran
Marjan Montazeri
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Martha Delacroix
The West Wing
Evelyn Baker Lang
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Self (archive footage)
Tony Awards
Self - Host/Performer/Winner
Tony Awards
Self - Audience Member
Tony Awards
Self - Host
Tony Awards
Hillary Clinton
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
Tony Awards
Self - Host/Winner
Will & Grace
Fannie Lieber
Great Performances
Neighbor
Great Performances
Self - Host
The Shield
Captain Monica Rawling
American Experience
Self - Narrator (voice)
Damages
Patty Hewes
All's Fair
Dina Standish
Tarzan
Kala (voice)
Guardians of the Galaxy
Nova Prime
Ellen
Glenn Close
The Oscars
Self
Celebrity IOU
Self
Air Force One
Kathryn Bennett
Hook
Gutless
5 to 7
Arlene Bloom
Hoodwinked!
Granny (voice)
101 Dalmatians
Cruella de Vil
Back in Action
Ginny
Finding Your Roots
Self
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Cruella de Vil
The House of the Spirits
Ferula Trueba
Warcraft
Alodi (uncredited)
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Mother (voice)
What Happened to Monday
Nicolette Cayman
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Drusilla Sickle
Mars Attacks!
Marsha Dale
Electric Blue 29
(archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
The Wilde Wedding
Eve Wilde
The Girl with All the Gifts
Dr. Caroline Caldwell
Heart of Stone
King of Diamonds
Le Divorce
Olivia Pace
Welcome to Hollywood
Glenn Close
Anesthesia
Marcia Zarrow
The Lion in Winter
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Cookie's Fortune
Camille Dixon
Dangerous Liaisons
Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Brothers
Cath Munger
Anne Frank Remembered
Diary Readings (voice)
102 Dalmatians
Cruella de Vil
Tarzan II
Kala (voice)
Immediate Family
Linda Spector
Hollywood Squares
Self
Paradise Road
Adrienne Pargiter
The Deliverance
Alberta Jackson
In & Out
Glenn Close
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated
Self
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
Animal Farm
Frieda Pilkington (voice)
Fatal Attraction
Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
Brush with Fate
Cornelia Engelbrecht
The Lavender Scare
Narrator (voice)
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited)
The Divine Garbo
Self - Host / Narrator
Crooked House
Lady Edith de Haviland
Baba Yaga
Chief (voice)
Skylark
Sarah Witting
Marcians
Self - Interviewee
Reversal of Fortune
Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back
Self
The Stepford Wives
Claire Wellington
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
Granny (voice)
Hamlet
Gertrude
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sara Everton
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarah Wheaton
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarah
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cornelia Englebrecht
Meeting Venus
Karin Anderson
The Summer Book
Grandmother
The Natural
Iris Gaines
Strip Search
Karen Moore
The Stone Boy
Ruth Hillerman
Show of Titles
"Dance a Little Closer" Performer
The Big Chill
Sarah Cooper
In the Gloaming
Janet
The Chumscrubber
Carrie Johnson
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self
Hillbilly Elegy
Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance
Swan Song
Dr. Eve Scott
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Narrator (voice)
Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
Mary Reilly
Mrs. Farraday
Four Good Days
Deb
The Paper
Alicia Clark
The Wife
Joan Castleman
Jagged Edge
Teddy Barnes
MADtv
Self
The World According to Garp
Jenny Fields
Evening
Mrs. Wittenborn
Encore
Marie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Nine Lives
Maggie
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Self
Father Figures
Helen Baxter
Sea Oak
Aunt Bernie
Maxie
Jan / Maxie
Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs
The Elephant Man
Princess Alexandra
Standing By
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Nonnie Hopkins
An Amazin' Era
Self
Low Down
Gram
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
Heights
Diana
Sunset Boulevard
Norma Desmond
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Self
Love, Marilyn
Self
Baby
Adult Sophie (Voice)
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Arvella Whipple
South Pacific
Nellie Forbush
The Black Ball
The Rules of the Game
Neighbor
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
537 Votes
Self (archive footage)
Gabon The Last Eden
Narrator
Casting By
Self
Maud
Maud Oldcastle
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
The Safety of Objects
Esther Gold
Something About Amelia
Gail Bennett
Let's Dance
Segment: "Night Shift"
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
The Lady with the Torch
Self - Host
A Look Through His Lens
Self
Gates of the Arctic
Narrator (voice)
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
Self - Performer
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
Self - Narrator
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Orphan Train
Jessica
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Sarah Wheaton
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Roy Cohn
The Big Chill: A Reunion
Self
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
Sarah Witting
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Self
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Self (archive footage)
Too Far to Go
Rebecca Kuehn
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
Self - Hostess
In Search of the Jaguar
Narrator
Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation
Self
Stones for Ibarra
Sara Everton
Not My Life
Narrator (voice)
Glenn Close: A Feminist Force
Self - (archive footage)
Discovering Hamlet
Gertrude (archive footage)
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
Self
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Self
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
Narrator (voice)
The Plague Monkeys
Narrator
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter/Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
The View
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Leute heute
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Desus & Mero
Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
C à vous
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Goldene Kamera
Self
Pebble Mill
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Please Turn the Page
Self
This Morning
Self - Guest
Inside the Actors Studio
Self