1947-03-19 Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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.
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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping | Drusilla Sickle | 2026-11-18 |
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Martha Delacroix | 2025-11-26 |
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Back in Action | Ginny | 2025-01-15 |
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Animal Farm | Frieda Pilkington (voice) | 2025-11-14 |
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The Summer Book | Grandmother | 2025-01-31 |
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Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation | Self | 2025-04-06 |
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A Look Through His Lens | Self | 2024-01-06 |
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The Deliverance | Alberta Jackson | 2024-08-16 |
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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self | 2024-09-21 |
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Brothers | Cath Munger | 2024-10-10 |
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Heart of Stone | King of Diamonds | 2023-08-09 |
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Tom Hanks: The Nomad | Self (archive footage) | 2023-05-20 |
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021-08-14 |
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Four Good Days | Deb | 2021-04-30 |
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Baba Yaga | Chief (voice) | 2021-01-14 |
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Swan Song | Dr. Eve Scott | 2021-12-17 |
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Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-16 |
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Show of Titles | "Dance a Little Closer" Performer | 2021-06-13 |
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The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Roy Cohn | 2020-10-08 |
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537 Votes | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-21 |
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In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover | Cruella de Vil | 2020-10-30 |
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Hillbilly Elegy | Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance | 2020-11-09 |
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The Lavender Scare | Narrator (voice) | 2019-06-07 |
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The Wife | Joan Castleman | 2018-08-02 |
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Let's Dance | Segment: "Night Shift" | 2018-12-06 |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar | Self | 2018-03-28 |
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Crooked House | Lady Edith de Haviland | 2017-09-06 |
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The Wilde Wedding | Eve Wilde | 2017-09-15 |
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What Happened to Monday | Nicolette Cayman | 2017-08-18 |
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Father Figures | Helen Baxter | 2017-12-21 |
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The Girl with All the Gifts | Dr. Caroline Caldwell | 2016-09-23 |
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Anesthesia | Marcia Zarrow | 2016-01-08 |
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Warcraft | Alodi (uncredited) | 2016-05-25 |
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The Great Gilly Hopkins | Nonnie Hopkins | 2015-10-05 |
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Low Down | Gram | 2014-01-19 |
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5 to 7 | Arlene Bloom | 2014-04-19 |
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Guardians of the Galaxy | Nova Prime | 2014-07-30 |
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Love, Marilyn | Self | 2013-05-30 |
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Six by Sondheim | Self (archive footage) | 2013-12-09 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
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Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs | 2011-12-21 |
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Not My Life | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-28 |
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Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil | Granny (voice) | 2011-04-29 |
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Discovering Hamlet | Gertrude (archive footage) | 2011-11-01 |
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My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story | Self | 2009-10-17 |
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Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries | Self - Hostess | 2009-01-01 |
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Gates of the Arctic | Narrator (voice) | 2008-05-29 |
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Gabon The Last Eden | Narrator | 2007-05-11 |
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Evening | Mrs. Wittenborn | 2007-06-09 |
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Tarzan II | Kala (voice) | 2005-06-13 |
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self | 2005-03-01 |
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Hoodwinked! | Granny (voice) | 2005-12-16 |
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Hollywood's Greatest Villains | Self | 2005-12-01 |
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The Chumscrubber | Carrie Johnson | 2005-06-08 |
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Heights | Diana | 2005-07-15 |
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Nine Lives | Maggie | 2005-09-02 |
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Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' | Self | 2004-04-20 |
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The Stepford Wives | Claire Wellington | 2004-06-10 |
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Strip Search | Karen Moore | 2004-04-27 |
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What I Want My Words to Do to You | Self | 2003-12-16 |
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Brush with Fate | Cornelia Engelbrecht | 2003-01-01 |
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Le Divorce | Olivia Pace | 2003-08-08 |
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In Search of the Jaguar | Narrator | 2003-11-26 |
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The Lion in Winter | Eleanor of Aquitaine | 2003-12-26 |
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The Safety of Objects | Esther Gold | 2002-10-25 |
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Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back | Self | 2002-07-01 |
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South Pacific | Nellie Forbush | 2001-03-26 |
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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | Arvella Whipple | 2001-01-20 |
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Welcome to Hollywood | Glenn Close | 2000-10-27 |
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Baby | Adult Sophie (voice) | 2000-10-08 |
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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca") | 2000-05-27 |
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102 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil | 2000-10-07 |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | Sarah Witting | 1999-11-20 |
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The Big Chill: A Reunion | Self | 1999-01-26 |
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Cookie's Fortune | Camille Dixon | 1999-03-24 |
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SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler | Gina (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1999-10-26 |
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Tarzan | Kala (voice) | 1999-06-17 |
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The Lady with the Torch | Self - Host | 1999-01-08 |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration | Self - Performer | 1998-06-06 |
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Air Force One | Kathryn Bennett | 1997-07-25 |
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In the Gloaming | Janet | 1997-04-20 |
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Paradise Road | Adrienne Pargiter | 1997-02-11 |
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In & Out | Glenn Close | 1997-09-10 |
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The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self | 1996-03-17 |
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101 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil | 1996-11-27 |
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Mars Attacks! | Marsha Dale | 1996-12-13 |
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Mary Reilly | Mrs. Farraday | 1996-02-23 |
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Anne Frank Remembered | Diary Readings (voice) | 1995-06-08 |
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Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer | 1995-01-23 |
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The Paper | Alicia Clark | 1994-03-18 |
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The House of the Spirits | Ferula Trueba | 1993-10-21 |
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Skylark | Sarah Witting | 1993-02-07 |
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Lincoln | Mary Todd Lincoln (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
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Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall | Self | 1992-06-10 |
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Meeting Venus | Karin Anderson | 1991-09-18 |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall | Sarah Wheaton | 1991-02-03 |
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Hook | Gutless | 1991-04-10 |
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Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music | Self | 1990-05-16 |
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Hamlet | Gertrude | 1990-12-19 |
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The Divine Garbo | Self - Host / Narrator | 1990-12-03 |
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Reversal of Fortune | Sunny von Bülow / Narrator | 1990-10-19 |
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Immediate Family | Linda Spector | 1989-10-27 |
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Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | 1989-09-24 |
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An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated | Self | 1989-11-01 |
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Rabbit Ears: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Narrator (voice) | 1988-10-10 |
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Dangerous Liaisons | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil | 1988-12-21 |
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Electric Blue 29 | (archive footage) | 1988-01-01 |
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Stones for Ibarra | Sara Everton | 1988-01-29 |
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Narrator (voice) | 1988-05-26 |
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Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale | Narrator (voice) | 1987-09-01 |
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Fatal Attraction | Alexandra "Alex" Forrest | 1987-09-18 |
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An Amazin' Era | Self | 1986-07-01 |
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Jagged Edge | Teddy Barnes | 1985-10-04 |
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Maxie | Jan / Maxie | 1985-09-27 |
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Something About Amelia | Gail Bennett | 1984-01-09 |
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The Stone Boy | Ruth Hillerman | 1984-04-04 |
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The Natural | Iris Gaines | 1984-05-11 |
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The Big Chill | Sarah Cooper | 1983-09-30 |
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The World According to Garp | Jenny Fields | 1982-07-23 |
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The Elephant Man | Princess Alexandra | 1982-01-04 |
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Orphan Train | Jessica | 1979-12-22 |
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Too Far to Go | Rebecca Kuehn | 1979-03-12 |
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The Rules of the Game | Neighbor | 1975-04-30 |
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Encore | Marie |
