Coordinates | 39°44′21″N104°59′5″N |
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name | Glenn Close |
birth date | March 19, 1947 |
birth place | Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
years active | 1975–present |
occupation | Actress, producer |
spouse | Cabot Wade (1969–1971)James Marlas (1984–1987)David Shaw (2006–present) |
partner | Len Cariou (1979–1983) John Starke (1987-1991) 1 child }} |
Close attended The College of William and Mary. In a speech at Princeton University on February 19, 2009, Close credited her early years for her acting abilities: "I have no doubt that the days I spent running free in the evocative Connecticut countryside with an unfettered imagination, playing whatever character our games demanded, is one of the reasons that acting has always seemed so natural to me." However, when she was seven years old, her parents "were seduced into a cult group called Moral Re-Armament.... Our family was swallowed up by MRA for 15 years. We moved into a series of communal centers, and.... struggled to survive the pressures of a culture that dictated everything about how we lived our lives." Close traveled for several years in the mid-to-late 1960s with an MRA singing group called "Up With People" and attended Rosemary Hall (now Choate Rosemary Hall) graduating in 1965. When she was 22, Close broke away from MRA. "I rebelled and said I wanted to go to college.... Until then, my life was completely out of my control. I didn't have the tools to reclaim it. That reclamation began when I entered The College of William and Mary." It was there in the theater department that she began to train as a serious actor under Howard Scammon. She was elected to membership in the honor society of Phi Beta Kappa.
Close started her professional stage career in 1974 and her film work in 1982. She is remembered for her chilling roles as the scheming aristocrat The Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons and as the borderline personality disorder plagued book editor Alex in Fatal Attraction. She has been nominated for five Academy Awards, for Best Actress in Dangerous Liaisons and Fatal Attraction, and for Best Supporting Actress in The Natural, The Big Chill, and The World According to Garp, her first film. In 1984, Close starred in the critically acclaimed drama Something about Amelia, a Golden Globe winning television movie about a family destroyed by sexual abuse. She played the role of Sunny von Bülow in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune to critical acclaim.
In the 1990s, she starred in the highly rated presentation of the 1991 Hallmark Hall of Fame drama Sarah, Plain and Tall (and its two sequels) and also in the made-for-TV movie Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995); from these roles she was nominated for 8 Emmys (winning one) and 9 Golden Globes (winning one in 2005 and 2007). She also appeared in the newsroom comedy-drama The Paper (1994), the alien invasion satire Mars Attacks! (1996, as The First Lady), the Disney hit 101 Dalmatians (1996, as the sinister Cruella de Vil) and its sequel 102 Dalmatians (2000) and the blockbuster Air Force One (1997), as the trustworthy vice-president to Harrison Ford's president. In 2001, she starred in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical South Pacific. In 2005, Close joined the FX crime series The Shield, in which she played a no-nonsense precinct captain. She starred in a series of her own for 2007, Damages (also on FX) instead of continuing her character on The Shield.
Close has had an extensive career performing in Broadway musicals. One of her most notable roles on stage was Norma Desmond in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of Sunset Boulevard, for which Close won a Tony award playing the role on Broadway in 1994. Close was also a guest star at the Andrew Lloyd Webber fiftieth birthday party celebration in the Royal Albert Hall in 1998. She appeared as Norma Desmond and performed songs from Sunset Boulevard. In addition to Sunset Boulevard, Close also won Tony Awards in 1984 for The Real Thing and in 1992 for Death and the Maiden.
Close performed at Carnegie Hall narrating the violin concerto The Runaway Bunny, a concerto for reader, violin and orchestra, composed and conducted by Glen Roven. Close won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama series for her role in Damages. In an interview after her win, Close admitted her role of Patty Hewes in the series was the role of her life. Also in 2009, she narrated the environmental film Home.
In December 2010, Close began filming Albert Nobbs in Dublin. She won an Obie for her role in the play on stage. She has been working on the film for 10 years and is not only starring in it, she has co-written the screenplay and will produce it. She said at a press conference held on December 9, 2010 in Dublin, a couple of days before shooting began, "I believe in this story and its potential to take everyone on a sensuous, funny, heart-breaking, wildly unexpected ride."
+ Film | |||
! Year | ! Title | ! Role | Notes |
1982 | Jenny Fields | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNational Board of Review Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
1983 | Sarah Cooper | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
1984 | Iris Gaines | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
1984 | Ruth Hillerman | ||
1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Jane Porter | dubbed Andie MacDowell's voice |
1985 | Maxie | Jan / Maxie | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress |
1985 | Teddy Barnes | ||
1987 | Fatal Attraction | Alexandra "Alex" Forrest | People's Choice Award Favorite Motion Picture ActressNominated—Academy Award for Best ActressNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama |
1988 | Dangerous Liaisons | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil | Nominated—Academy Award for Best ActressNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role |
1988 | Queen Ambisextra (voice) | French title: Gandahar | |
1989 | Immediate Family | Linda Spector | |
1990 | |||
1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Sunny von Bulow | |
1991 | Gutless | ||
1991 | Meeting Venus | Karin Anderson | |
1993 | Ferula Trueba | ||
1994 | Alicia Clark | ||
1996 | Mars Attacks! | First Lady Marsha Dale | |
1996 | Cruella de Vil | ||
1996 | Mrs. Farraday | ||
1997 | In & Out | Herself | cameo appearance |
1997 | Vice President Kathryn Bennett | ||
1997 | Adrienne Pargiter | ||
1997 | Cookie's Fortune | Camille Dixon | |
1999 | Kala | voice | |
2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil | Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Dr. Elaine Keener | |
2001 | Esther Gold | ||
2003 | Le Divorce | Olivia Pace | |
2003 | The Blue Fairy | English voice | |
2004 | Diana | ||
2004 | Claire Wellington | ||
2005 | Carrie Johnson | ||
2005 | Maggie | Locarno International Film Festival | |
2006 | [[Hoodwinked! | Granny | voice |
2007 | Mrs. Wittenborn | ||
2010 | Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil | Granny | voice |
2011 | Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs | Completed |
+ Documentary | |||
! Year | ! Title | ! Role | Notes |
1990 | Divine Garbo | Herself | Greta Garbo documentary |
1999 | Herself-host | The 75th Anniversary of Columbia Pictures | |
2001 | Welcome To Hollywood | Herself | |
2003 | What I Want My Words To Do To You: Voices From Inside A Women's Maximum Security Prison | Herself | |
2003 | Narrator | Robert Bilheimer film. AIDS epidemic. | |
2007 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Herself | |
2009 | Narrator | Yann Arthus-Bertrand film. |
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