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Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American film, television and stage actress. She is best known for her roles as a femme fatale—the scheming Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and deranged stalker Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987)—as well as Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996), and its sequel 102 Dalmatians (2000). She has been more recently known for her Emmy and Golden Globe winning role as Patty Hewes in the FX TV series Damages.
Consistently acclaimed for her versatility, she has been nominated six times for an Oscar (five times throughout the 1980's), three times for a Grammy Award and once for a BAFTA Film Award, and has won three Tonys, an Obie, three Emmys, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Close was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, the daughter of Bettine (née Moore) and William Taliaferro Close, a doctor who operated a clinic in the Belgian Congo and served as a personal physician to Congo/Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko. Her parents came from prominent families. Her father was a descendant of the Taliaferros of Virginia; her paternal grandfather, Edward Bennett Close, a stockbroker and director of the American Hospital Association, was first married to Post Cereals' heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. Close is also a second cousin once-removed of actress Brooke Shields (Shields's great-grandmother Mary Elsie Moore was a sister of Close's maternal grandfather, Charles Arthur Moore, Jr.).
Glenn Close Does a Great Crying Baby Impression
The Graham Norton Show 2007 S2x08 Alan Carr Glenn Close Part 1
With One Look, Glenn Close
Getting Close: A Conversation with Glenn Close
As If We Never Said Goodbye - Royal Albert Hall | Sunset Boulevard
Send In the Clowns - Glenn Close
Glenn Close's '101 Dalmatians' and 'Fatal Attraction' Costumes
Face-Stuffing Contest with Glenn Close
Glenn Close - Preparing for the role | Sunset Boulevard at ENO
Glenn Close Drunk at the Golden Globes 2013!!
'Fatal Attraction' scene rehearsal w/ Glenn Close and Michael Douglas
Glenn Close Tribute
Cruella De Vil
Golden Globes 2005 Glenn Close Best Actress Mini Series or TV Movie
Actors: Glenn Close (actress), Alice Drummond (actress), Geoffrey Gould (actor), Tom Selleck (actor), Joan Cusack (actress), Selma Blair (actress), Kevin Kline (actor), Adam LeFevre (actor), Wilford Brimley (actor), Bob Newhart (actor), Matt Dillon (actor), Dan Hedaya (actor), Jay Leno (actor), Debbie Reynolds (actress), Whoopi Goldberg (actress),
Plot: A high school English teacher is outed as a gay man by a former student while accepting an Academy Award. Comedy ensues in the teacher's private life and small town where he teaches. Story rumored to be loosely based upon Tom Hanks acceptance speech when receiving his Academy Award for "Philadelphia".
Keywords: academy-award, academy-awards-ceremony, ampersand-in-title, audio-cassette, awards-show, bachelor-party, bar, bicycle, bigotry, blackboard