Glenn Close
Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American film, television and stage actress. Throughout her long and varied career, she has been consistently acclaimed for her versatility and is widely regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. She has won three Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and received six Academy Award nominations.
Close began her professional stage career in 1974 in Love for Love, and was mostly a New York stage actress through the rest of the 1970s and early 1980s, appearing in both plays and musicals, including the Broadway productions of Barnum in 1980 and The Real Thing in 1983, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her first film role was in The World According to Garp (1982), which she followed up with supporting roles in The Big Chill (1983), and The Natural (1984); all three earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She would later receive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Fatal Attraction (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), and Albert Nobbs (2011). In the 1990s, she won two more Tony Awards, for Death and the Maiden in 1992 and Sunset Boulevard in 1995, while she won her first Emmy Award for the 1995 TV film Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story.
'Glenn Close' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
In & Out (1997)
Actors: Peter Barmonde (actor), Bruce Bennetts (actor), Nesbitt Blaisdell (actor), Wilford Brimley (actor), Bill Camp (actor), Daniel B. Canton (actor), Kevin Chamberlin (actor), Larry Clarke (actor), John Cunningham (actor), Ross de Marco (actor), Matt Dillon (actor), MacIntyre Dixon (actor), William Duell (actor), Charles Dumas (actor), Mark Ballou (actor),
Plot: All of Greenleaf, Indiana is watching this year's telecast of the Oscars as Hollywood heartthrob and local boy made good Cameron Drake has been nominated for his first ever Best Actor Oscar for his latest movie role as a gay soldier. Cameron's high school English teacher Howard Brackett is overjoyed when Cameron wins the award and mentions Howard's contribution in his acting life. That joy turns to horror when Cameron mentions to the worldwide audience that Howard is gay, especially horrific to Howard as he is engaged to fellow teacher Emily Montgomery, a woman with self-esteem issues as she had battled weight issues most of her life before she lost seventy-five pounds for the wedding. Howard's life is totally disrupted as Hollywood media descends on Greenleaf in order to get Howard's story. The rest of Greenleaf also openly wonders if Howard is indeed gay, as he exhibits many stereotypical gay tendencies, such as being neat, and loving music, dancing, poetry and 'Barbra Streisand' (qv). His cause is not helped in that his and Emily's relationship has not yet been consummated. The one person not concerned is Emily, who trusts Howard. As Howard continues to deny being gay to his family, friends and colleagues, he begins to examine himself hypercritically if only because if others believe he's gay, there may be some merit to the claim, as well as because of an incident that occurs with Hollywood reporter Peter Malloy, who is doing a week-long piece on Howard leading up to his and Emily's wedding. But Cameron Drake may be able to provide some overall perspective to what is happening to Howard and the frenzy he has caused.
Keywords: academy-award, academy-awards-ceremony, ampersand-in-title, audio-cassette, awards-show, bachelor-party, bar, bicycle, bigotry, blackboardGenres: Comedy,
Taglines: An out-and-out comedy.
Quotes:
[at the Academy Awards]::Glenn Close: This is Cameron's first nomination and he's in extremely good company. Tonight he joins fellow best actor nominee Paul Newman for "Coot", Clint Eastwood for "Codger", Michael Douglas for "Primary Urges" [blows him a kiss] and Steven Seagal for "Snowball in Hell".Peter: What was Barbra Streisand's eighth album?::Howard: Color Me Barbra.::Peter: Stud!::Howard: Everybody knows that!::Peter: Everybody where? The little gay bar on the prairie?
Emily: Does anybody here know how many times I had to watch Funny Lady?::Howard: It was a sequel. She was under contract.::Emily: Fuck Barbra Streisand, and you!
Cameron: Eat something, I'm begging you! You look like a swizzle stick.::Sonja: Food?
Emily: I need a heterosexual male, CODE RED!
Emily: Is everybody gay? Is this a Twilight Zone?
Emily: I've seen all your movies.::Cameron: Both of them?
[while listening to the "How to be a man" tape]::Voice on tape: Now, repeat after me: "Yo!"::Howard Brackett: Yo!::Voice on tape: Hot damn!::Howard Brackett: Hot damn!::Voice on tape: What a fabulous window treatment!::Howard Brackett: What a fabu...::Voice on tape: That was a trick!
Howard Brackett: I may sue!::Howard's dad: Get Johnny Cochrane, not that woman!
Peter Malloy: A teacher in trouble. A town under siege. A journey to the heartland. Stay tuned.
Close, Glenn Filmography
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2016, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2015, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2014, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2014, role: actress , character name: Marcia Zarrow
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2014, role: actress
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2014, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2014, role: actress , character name: Nova Prime
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2014, role: actress
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2014, role: actress , character name: Herself - Presenter: In Memoriam
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2014, role: actress , character name: Arlene
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2014, role: actress , character name: Gram
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2013, role: actress , character name: Herself - Hostess
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2013, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2013, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a TV Series - Drama
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2012, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominated: Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama & Best Original Song
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2012, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2012, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2012, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2012, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role
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2012, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
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2011, role: producer
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2011, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2011, role: actress , character name: Narrator
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2011, role: actress , character name: Herself - Performer
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2011, role: actress , character name: Granny Puckett
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2011, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2011, role: actress , character name: Albert Nobbs
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2011, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2011, role: writer
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2011, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2010, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominated: Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama
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2010, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2010, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2010, role: producer
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2010, role: actress , character name: Narrator
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2010, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
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2010, role: director
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2009, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2009, role: actress , character name: Herself - Host
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2009, role: actress , character name: Herself - Presenter: Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical
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2009, role: actress , character name: Narrator
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2009, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2009, role: actress , character name: Herself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself - Presenter
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and Presenter: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominee: Best Female Actor in a Drama Series
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2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
Podcasts:
Glenn Close
ALBUMS
- Brother Bear / Tarzan released: 2011
- Andrew Lloyd Webber 60 released: 2008
- Andrew Lloyd Webber Divas released: 2007
- Divas released: 2005
- Broadway: The American Musical released: 2004
- Chicken Soup for Little Souls: You're a Special Person released: 1998
- Whistle Down the Wind released: 1998
- The Postman (Il Postino) released: 1995
- Repeat the Sounding Joy released: 1995
- Il postino (The Postman) released: 1994
Andrew Lloyd Webber 60
Released 2008- Superstar
- Don't Cry for Me Argentina
- Phantom Entr'acte
- The Phantom of the Opera
- You Must Love Me
- No Matter What
- Love Changes Everything
- Any Dream Will Do
- Take That Look Off Your Face
- I Believe My Heart
- Oh What a Circus
- Memory
- I Don't Know How to Love Him
- All I Ask of You
- Whistle Down the Wind
- Another Suitcase in Another Hall
- As If We Never Said Goodbye
- Masquerade
- I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You
- Amigos para siempre
Andrew Lloyd Webber Divas
Released 2007- Don't Cry for Me Argentina
- As If We Never Said Goodbye
- Memory
- Dance the Dance
- The Music of the Night
- Take That Look Off Your Face
- All I Ask of You
- Surrender
- With One Look
- Learn to Be Lonely
- The Perfect Year
- I Don't Know How to Love Him
- Whistle Down the Wind
- Rainbow High
- Tire Tracks and Broken Hearts
- Tell Me on a Sunday
- Another Suitcase in Another Hall
- The Heart Is Slow to Learn
Divas
Released 2005- Memory
- The Music of the Night
- Take That Look Off Your Face
- All I Ask of You
- Love Changes Everything
- With One Look
- Learn to Be Lonely
- The Perfect Year
- I Don't Know How to Love Him
- Whistle Down the Wind
- Don't Cry for Me Argentina
- As If We Never Said Goodbye
- Tire Tracks and Broken Hearts
- Tell Me on a Sunday
- Another Suitcase in Another Hall
- The Heart Is Slow to Learn
Broadway: The American Musical
Released 2004- Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones
- Flower Drum Song: I Enjoy Being a Girl
- Gypsy: Everything's Coming Up Roses
- The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things
- Bye Bye Birdie: Put on a Happy Face
- Fantasticks: Try to Remember
- Camelot: Camelot
- Carnival! Love Makes the World Go 'round
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: I Believe in You
- No Strings: The Sweetest Sounds
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Comedy Tonight
- Stop the World, I Want to Get Off: What Kind of Fool Am I
- Oliver! As Long as He Needs Me
- Hello, Dolly! Hello, Dolly!
- Funny Girl: People
- Anyone Can Whistle: Anyone Can Whistle
- Fiddler on the Roof: If I Were a Rich Man
- Golden Boy: Night Song
- Man of La Mancha: The Impossible Dream
- Sweet Charity: If My Friends Could See Me Now
- Mame: Open a New Window
Chicken Soup for Little Souls: You're a Special Person
Released 1998- There's Only One of You
- Why Am I Me?
- This Little Light of Mine
- Make Your Own Kind of Music
- I Can Be
- A Place in the Choir
- Everybody's Special
- One Brick at a Time
- Give a Little Love
- That's My Thang
- All I Really Need
- True Colors
- Everyday People
- When You Wish Upon a Star
- Closing Thoughts on What Makes Each of Us Special
The Postman (Il Postino)
Released 1995- Theme
- Morning (Love Sonnet XXVII)
- Poetry
- Leaning Into the Afternoon
- Poor Fellows
- Ode to the Sea
- Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks
- Ode to a Beautiful Nude
- I Like for You to Be Still
- Walking Around
- Tonight I Can Write...
- Adonic Angela
- If You Forget Me
- Integrations
- And Now You're Mine (Love Sonnet LXXXI)
- The Postman (Titles)
- Bicycle
- Madreselva
- The Postman Lullaby
- Beatrice
- Metaphors
- Loved by Women
- The Postman (Trio version)
- Sounds of the Island
- The Postman's Dreams
- Pablito
- Milonga del Poeta
- Madreselva (instrumental)
- The Postman Poet
- The Postman (Harpsichord and String version)
- The Postman (Guitar and Bandoneon version)
Il postino (The Postman)
Released 1994- Il postino (Titoli)
- In bicicletta
- Madreselva
- Postino bambino
- Beatrice
- Metafore
- Loved by Women
- Il postino (Trio version)
- Suoni dell'isola
- I sogni del postino
- Pablito
- Milonga del poeta
- Madreselva (instrumental)
- Postino poeta
- Il postino (harpsichord & string version)
- Il postino (guitar & bandoneon version)
I Like For You To Be Still
I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent,
and you hear me from far away and my voice does not touch you.
It seems as though your eyes had flown away
and it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth.
As all things are filled with my soul
you emerge from the things, filled with my soul.
You are like my soul, a butterfly of dream,
and you are like the word Melancholy.
I like for you to be still, and you seem far away.
It sounds as though you were lamenting, a butterfly cooing like a dove.
And you hear me from far away, and my voice does not reach you:
Let me come to be still in your silence.
And let me talk to you with your silence
that is bright as a lamp, simple as a ring.
You are like the night, with its stillness and constellations.
Your silence is that of a star, as remote and candid.
I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent,
distant and full of sorrow as though you had died.
One word then, one smile, is enough.