Glenn Close
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 19, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Biography
Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer. 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, as well as nominations for eight Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. She received the Academy Honorary Award in 2026. 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 several 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). Close won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer in Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995), followed by two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for playing Patty Hewes in Damages (2007–2012). In film, Close gained continued recognition in the 21st century for her roles in Albert Nobbs (2011), The Wife (2017), Hillbilly Elegy (2020), and Wake Up Dead Man (2025). Close is the president of Trillium Productions and co-founder of the website FetchDog. She has made political donations supporting 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glenn Close, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Encore
Movie · as Marie
The Plague Monkeys
Movie · as Narrator
Sunset Boulevard
Movie · as Norma Desmond
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
Movie · as Self
The Midnight Library
Movie · as Mrs.Elm
Standing By
TV · 1 ep
Maud
TV · as Maud Oldcastle · 1 ep
Animal Farm
Movie · as Frieda Pilkington (voice)
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Movie · as Drusilla Sickle
La Bola Negra
Movie · as Isabelle Durand
The Summer Book
Movie · as Grandmother
Back in Action
Movie · as Ginny
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie · as Martha Delacroix
Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation
Movie · as Self
All's Fair
TV · as Dina Standish · 17 eps
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Deliverance
Movie · as Alberta Jackson
A Look Through His Lens
Movie · as Self
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Movie · as Self
Brothers
Movie · as Cath Munger
Heart of Stone
Movie · as King of Diamonds
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
TV · as The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited) · 1 ep
Baba Yaga
Movie · as Chief (voice)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Four Good Days
Movie · as Deb
Swan Song
Movie · as Dr. Eve Scott
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie · as Self
Show of Titles
Movie · as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer
537 Votes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hillbilly Elegy
Movie · as Mamaw
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Movie · as Cruella de Vil
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Movie · as Roy Cohn
Celebrity IOU
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tehran
TV · as Marjan Montazeri · 8 eps
The Lavender Scare
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Desus & Mero
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
Movie · as Self
Let's Dance
Movie · as Segment: "Night Shift"
The Green Fog
Movie
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
TV · as Mother (voice) · 26 eps
The Wife
Movie · as Joan Castleman
Father Figures
Movie · as Helen Baxter
Crooked House
Movie · as Lady Edith de Haviland
What Happened to Monday
Movie · as Nicolette Cayman
The Wilde Wedding
Movie · as Eve Wilde
Sea Oak
TV · as Aunt Bernie · 1 ep
Marcians
TV · as Self - Interviewee · 1 ep
Anesthesia
Movie · as Marcia Zarrow
The Girl with All the Gifts
Movie · as Dr. Caroline Caldwell
Warcraft
Movie · as Alodi (uncredited)
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Movie · as Nonnie Hopkins
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Guardians of the Galaxy
Movie · as Nova Prime
Low Down
Movie · as Gram
5 to 7
Movie · as Arlene Bloom
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV · as Self, Bonnie Vance · 1 ep
Love, Marilyn
Movie · as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
Casting By
Movie · as Self
Finding Your Roots
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Albert Nobbs
Movie · as Albert Nobbs
Discovering Hamlet
Movie · as Gertrude (archive footage)
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
Movie · as Granny (voice)
Not My Life
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Movie · as Self
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
Movie · as Self - Hostess
C à vous
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Gates of the Arctic
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Evening
Movie · as Mrs. Wittenborn
Gabon The Last Eden
Movie · as Narrator
Damages
TV · as Patty Hewes · 59 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Hoodwinked!
Movie · as Granny (voice)
The Chumscrubber
Movie · as Carrie Johnson
Heights
Movie · as Diana
Nine Lives
Movie · as Maggie
Tarzan II
Movie · as Kala (voice)
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Movie · as Self
The Stepford Wives
Movie · as Claire Wellington
Strip Search
Movie · as Karen Moore
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
Movie · as Self
Le Divorce
Movie · as Olivia Pace
The Lion in Winter
Movie · as Eleanor of Aquitaine
Brush with Fate
Movie · as Cornelia Engelbrecht
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Movie · as Self
In Search of the Jaguar
Movie · as Narrator
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Safety of Objects
Movie · as Esther Gold
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back
Movie · as Self
The Shield
TV · as Captain Monica Rawling · 13 eps
South Pacific
Movie · as Nellie Forbush
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Movie · as Arvella Whipple
102 Dalmatians
Movie · as Cruella de Vil
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Movie · as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
Welcome to Hollywood
Movie · as Glenn Close
Baby
Movie · as Adult Sophie (Voice)
Cookie's Fortune
Movie · as Camille Dixon
Tarzan
Movie · as Kala (voice)
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
Movie · as Sarah Witting
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Movie · as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Chill: A Reunion
Movie · as Self
The Lady with the Torch
Movie · as Self - Host
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
The West Wing
TV · as Evelyn Baker Lang · 1 ep
Family Guy
TV · as Glenn Close (voice) · 1 ep
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
Movie · as Self - Performer
Will & Grace
TV · as Fannie Lieber · 1 ep
Air Force One
Movie · as Kathryn Bennett
In the Gloaming
Movie · as Janet
Paradise Road
Movie · as Adrienne Pargiter
In & Out
Movie · as Glenn Close (uncredited)
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Mars Attacks!
Movie · as Marsha Dale
101 Dalmatians
Movie · as Cruella de Vil
Mary Reilly
Movie · as Mrs. Farraday
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Movie · as Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Movie · as Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
Anne Frank Remembered
Movie · as Diary Readings (voice)
MADtv
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Paper
Movie · as Alicia Clark
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ellen
TV · as Glenn Close · 1 ep
The House of the Spirits
Movie · as Ferula Trueba
Skylark
Movie · as Sarah Witting
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Movie · as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Movie · as Self
Lincoln
Movie · as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
Blast 'Em
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Hook
Movie · as Gutless
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Movie · as Sarah Wheaton
Meeting Venus
Movie · as Karin Anderson
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hamlet
Movie · as Gertrude
Reversal of Fortune
Movie · as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
The Divine Garbo
Movie · as Self - Host / Narrator
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Movie · as Self
Immediate Family
Movie · as Linda Spector
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated
Movie · as Self
The Simpsons
TV · as Mona Simpson (voice) · 13 eps
Dangerous Liaisons
Movie · as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Stones for Ibarra
Movie · as Sara Everton
Electric Blue 29
Movie · as (archive footage)
This Morning
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
American Experience
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Fatal Attraction
Movie · as Alex Forrest
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
Movie · as Self - Narrator
An Amazin' Era
Movie · as Self
Jagged Edge
Movie · as Teddy Barnes
Maxie
Movie · as Jan / Maxie
The Natural
Movie · as Iris Gaines
The Stone Boy
Movie · as Ruth Hillerman
Something About Amelia
Movie · as Gail Bennett
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Movie · as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Big Chill
Movie · as Sarah Cooper
The World According to Garp
Movie · as Jenny Fields
The Elephant Man
Movie · as Princess Alexandra
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Orphan Train
Movie · as Jessica
Too Far to Go
Movie · as Rebecca Kuehn
Please Turn the Page
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rules of the Game
Movie · as Neighbor
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
Great Performances
TV · as Neighbor, Self - Host · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Audience Member, Self - Nominee, Self - Winner, Self - Presenter, Self - Host / Performer / Winner, Self (archive footage), Hillary Clinton · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Sara Everton, Sarah Wheaton, Cornelia Englebrecht · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter/Nominee · 5 eps