Glenn Close

Glenn Close is an American actress. In a career spanning 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, three Grammy Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.

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Glenn Close is an American film and voice actor, film director, and screenwriter. Born in Greenwich in 1947, she was educated at Choate Rosemary Hall and the College of William & Mary. Her professional career began in 1975. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and she is affiliated with the Democratic Party.

Close has received the Donostia Award, Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play and Best Actress in a Musical, and Golden Globes. She has also been nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress. She resides in Bedford Hills and has one child, Annie Starke. She speaks and writes in English.

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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…

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Country: United States
Active from: 1947

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Instance of: human
Given name: Glenn
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Greenwich
Child: Annie Starke
Occupation: film producer
Educated at: Choate Rosemary Hall
Political party: Democratic Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
Notable work: The Wife
Student of: Harold Guskin
Image: Glenn Close TIFF 2025 (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 1
Work location: United States
Residence: Bedford Hills

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Commons category: Glenn Close
date of birth: 1947-03-19
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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name in native language: Glenn Close
start of work period: 1975-00-00
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
filmography: Glenn Close filmography
writing language: English language
relative: Brooke Shields
birth name: Glenda Veronica Close

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Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning 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, three Grammy Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.

Close gained early recognition for her work on the stage, with her Broadway debut in the play Love for Love (1974), before going on to win 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, the musical Sunset Boulevard (1995). She received her first Academy Award nomination for her film debut in The World According to Garp (1982), and her first Emmy nomination in 1984 for the television film Something About Amelia. Close's career further progressed throughout the 1980s and 1990s with a number of acclaimed film performances, including The Big Chill (1983), The Natural (1984), Fatal Attraction (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Reversal of Fortune (1990), The Paper (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996), and Air Force One (1997). During this period, she also portrayed Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996) and its 2000 sequel 102 Dalmatians, and voiced Kala in Tarzan (1999).

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