Glenn Close

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Glenn Close

Glenn Close (right) and Jim Dale in 2006 performing Busker Alley
Born March 19, 1947 (age 60)
Flag of United States Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Notable roles Alex Forest in Fatal Attraction

Madame de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons

Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is a five time Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actress.

Her success, which has been abundant over the span of her career, has not only allowed her to become a one time Emmy Award- winning TV movie actress, but also a three time Tony Award-winning stage actress. Apart from winning those awards Glenn Close has received nominations for seven Emmys, seven Golden Globes and five Oscars.

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[edit] Career overview

Close has had a lengthy career as a versatile actress and performer. Close is remembered for her chilling roles as the scheming aristocrat Madame de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons and as the psychotic book editor Alex in Fatal Attraction. She has been nominated for 5 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. She played the role of Sunny von Bülow in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune to critical acclaim.

Close in Dangerous Liaisons
Close in Dangerous Liaisons

In the 1990s, Close took on challenging roles on television as well. 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 7 Golden Globes (winning one 2005). 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 and 102 Dalmations (1996, as the sinister Cruella de Vil) and the blockbuster Air Force One (1997), as the trustworthy vice-president to Harrison Ford's president. In 2001 she starred in an elaborate 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. However, Close only signed on for a one-season role.

Close has had an extensive career performing in many Broadway musicals. One of her most notable roles on stage was Norma Desmond in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of Sunset Boulevard where 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. Close will reprise the role of Norma Desmond in the 2008 film Sunset Boulevard, based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. As of February 2007, the film has not started production.

[edit] Background

Close was born in Greenwich, Connecticut to Bettine Moore and William T. Close, a doctor who operated a clinic in the Belgian Congo and served as a personal physician to President Mobutu Sese Seko. Her parents came from upper-class families of English descent. Her paternal grandfather, Edward Bennett Close, a stockbroker, was first married to Post Cereals' heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, which makes Glenn Close a relative by marriage and/or blood to screenwriter/director Preston Sturges and actress Dina Merrill. She also is a first cousin once removed of Brooke Shields. Shields's great-grandmother Mary Elsie Moore (wife of Don Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi) was Close's great-aunt, a sister of Close's maternal grandfather, Charles Arthur Moore.

Glenn attended Choate Rosemary Hall, a private boarding school in Connecticut, and the College of William and Mary, becoming a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Close is also a life-long baseball fan of the New York Mets and has sung the National Anthem before Mets games several times, including Game 1 of the 1986 World Series.

[edit] Personal Life

In February 2006, Close married her longtime boyfriend David Shaw. The couple reside in Maine. Close was previously married to Cabot Wade (1969–1971) and James Marlas (1984–1987). Her only child is her daughter, Annie Maude Starke (Born April 26, 1988), from her previous relationship with John Starke that ended in 1991.

[edit] Musical productions

[edit] Broadway musicals

[edit] Broadway dramas

[edit] Off-Broadway

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Sunset Boulevard Norma Desmond announced project
2007 Thérèse Raquin Madame pre-production
Evening Mrs. Wittenborn post-production
2005 The Chumscrubber Carrie Johnson
Nine Lives Maggie
Hoodwinked Granny (voice)
2004 Heights Diana
The Stepford Wives Claire Wellington
2003 Le Divorce Olivia Pace
Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio Blue Fairy (voice)
2001 The Safety of Objects Esther Gold
2000 102 Dalmatians Cruella DeVil
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Dr. Elaine Keener
1999 Tarzan Kala (voice)
Cookie's Fortune Camille Dixon
1997 In & Out Herself cameo appearance
Air Force One Vice President Kathryn Bennett
Paradise Road Adrienne Pargiter
1996 Mars Attacks! First Lady Marsha Dale
101 Dalmatians Cruella de Vil
Mary Reilly Mrs. Farraday
1994 The Paper Alicia Clark
1993 The House of the Spirits Ferula Trueba
1991 Hook Pirate cameo appearance
Meeting Venus Karin Anderson
1990 Hamlet Queen Gertrude
Reversal of Fortune Sunny von Bulow
1989 Immediate Family Linda Spector
1988 Dangerous Liaisons Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Light Years Queen Ambisextra (voice) Film's original, French title: Gandahar
1987 Fatal Attraction Alex Forrest
1985 Maxie Jan / Maxie
Jagged Edge Teddy Barnes
1984 The Natural Iris Gaines
The Stone Boy Ruth Hillerman
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Jane Porter (voice) She dubbed Andie MacDowell's performance
1983 The Big Chill Sarah Cooper
1982 The World According to Garp Jenny Fields

[edit] Documentaries

  • The Lady With The Torch (1999)
  • Welcome To Hollywood (2001)
  • What I Want My Words To Do To You: Voices From Inside A Women's Maximum Security Prison (2003)
  • A Closer Walk (2003)
  • Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age (2007)

[edit] Television credits

Close (left) as “Eleanor of Aquitaine” in The Lion in Winter (2003 film)
Close (left) as “Eleanor of Aquitaine” in The Lion in Winter (2003 film)

[edit] Awards

[edit] Emmy Award

  • 1995 Emmy Award: Lead Actress/ Miniseries - Serving in Silence

[edit] Golden Globe

  • 2005 Golden Globe Award: Best Actress/ Miniseries - The Lion in Winter

[edit] Tony Awards

  • 1984 Best Actress/ Play - The Real Thing
  • 1992 Best Actress/ Play - Death and the Maiden
  • 1995 Best Actress/ Musical - Sunset Boulevard

[edit] Other

  • 1988 Peoples Choice Award - Favorite Motion Picture Actress
  • 1992 Golden Camera/ Germany - Best International Actress
  • 2005 Screen Actors Guilt Award/ Oustanding Actress, Television - The Lion in Winter


Preceded by
Donna Murphy
for Passion		 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical
1995
for Sunset Boulevard		 Succeeded by
Donna Murphy
for The King and I

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