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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Animal Farm | Frieda Pilkington (voice) | 2026-04-30 |
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La bola negra | Isabelle Durand | 2026-09-25 |
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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping | Drusilla Sickle | 2026-11-18 |
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Back in Action | Ginny | 2025-01-15 |
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Glenn Close: A Feminist Force | Self - (archive footage) | 2025-04-14 |
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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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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Martha Delacroix | 2025-11-26 |
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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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Brothers | Cath Munger | 2024-10-10 |
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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self | 2024-09-21 |
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Tom Hanks: The Nomad | Self (archive footage) | 2023-05-20 |
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Heart of Stone | King of Diamonds | 2023-08-09 |
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021-08-14 |
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Show of Titles | "Dance a Little Closer" Performer | 2021-06-13 |
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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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Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-16 |
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Swan Song | Dr. Eve Scott | 2021-12-17 |
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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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The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Roy Cohn | 2020-10-08 |
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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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Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar | Self | 2018-03-28 |
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Let's Dance | Segment: "Night Shift" | 2018-12-06 |
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The Wife | Joan Castleman | 2017-08-17 |
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Crooked House | Lady Edith de Haviland | 2017-09-06 |
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What Happened to Monday | Nicolette Cayman | 2017-08-18 |
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The Wilde Wedding | Eve Wilde | 2017-09-15 |
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Father Figures | Helen Baxter | 2017-12-21 |
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The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self (archive) | 2017-05-19 |
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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 Girl with All the Gifts | Dr. Caroline Caldwell | 2016-09-23 |
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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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Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Discovering Hamlet | Gertrude (archive footage) | 2011-11-01 |
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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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Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs | 2011-12-21 |
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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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Nine Lives | Maggie | 2005-09-02 |
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The Chumscrubber | Carrie Johnson | 2005-06-08 |
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2005-03-01 |
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Heights | Diana | 2005-07-15 |
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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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Tarzan II | Kala (voice) | 2005-06-13 |
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The Stepford Wives | Claire Wellington | 2004-06-10 |
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Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' | Self | 2004-04-20 |
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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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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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Le Divorce | Olivia Pace | 2003-08-08 |
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Brush with Fate | Cornelia Engelbrecht | 2003-01-01 |
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Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back | Self | 2002-07-01 |
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The Safety of Objects | Esther Gold | 2002-10-25 |
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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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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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Baby | Adult Sophie (Voice) | 2000-10-08 |
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Welcome to Hollywood | Glenn Close | 2000-10-27 |
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102 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil | 2000-10-07 |
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Tarzan | Kala (voice) | 1999-06-17 |
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SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler | Gina (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1999-10-26 |
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Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins | Self | 1999-06-25 |
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The Lady with the Torch | Self - Host | 1999-01-08 |
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Cookie's Fortune | Camille Dixon | 1999-03-24 |
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The Big Chill: A Reunion | Self | 1999-01-26 |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | Sarah Witting | 1999-11-20 |
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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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Paradise Road | Adrienne Pargiter | 1997-02-11 |
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In & Out | Glenn Close | 1997-09-10 |
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In the Gloaming | Janet | 1997-04-20 |
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Mary Reilly | Mrs. Farraday | 1996-02-23 |
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101 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil | 1996-11-27 |
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The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self | 1996-03-17 |
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Mars Attacks! | Marsha Dale | 1996-12-13 |
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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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Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration | Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror") | 1993-10-29 |
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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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Sarah, Plain and Tall | Sarah Wheaton | 1991-02-03 |
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Hook | Gutless | 1991-04-10 |
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Meeting Venus | Karin Anderson | 1991-09-18 |
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The Divine Garbo | Self - Host / Narrator | 1990-12-03 |
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Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music | Self | 1990-05-16 |
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Reversal of Fortune | Sunny von Bülow / Narrator | 1990-10-19 |
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Hamlet | Gertrude | 1990-12-19 |
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Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | 1989-09-24 |
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Immediate Family | Linda Spector | 1989-10-27 |
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An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated | Self | 1989-11-01 |
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Stones for Ibarra | Sara Everton | 1988-01-29 |
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Electric Blue 29 | (archive footage) | 1988-01-01 |
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Narrator (voice) | 1988-05-26 |
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Dangerous Liaisons | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil | 1988-12-21 |
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Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale | Narrator (voice) | 1987-09-01 |
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Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys? | Self - Narrator | 1987-09-06 |
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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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The Stone Boy | Ruth Hillerman | 1984-04-04 |
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited) | 1984-03-30 |
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Something About Amelia | Gail Bennett | 1984-01-09 |
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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 Elephant Man | Princess Alexandra | 1982-01-04 |
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The World According to Garp | Jenny Fields | 1982-07-23 |
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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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The Plague Monkeys | Narrator | |
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Encore | Marie | |
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Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond |
