Glenn Close
Acting
Born: March 19, 1947 (age 79) · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
The Simpsons
1989
Cruella
2021
Tarzan
1999
Warcraft
2016
What Happened to Monday
2017
Mars Attacks!
1996
Hook
1991
Family Guy
1999
101 Dalmatians
1996
Air Force One
1997
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
Photos (10)
Movies (93)
Guardians of the Galaxy
Nova Prime
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Martha Delacroix
Tarzan
Kala (voice)
Hook
Gutless
What Happened to Monday
Nicolette Cayman
101 Dalmatians
Cruella de Vil
Back in Action
Ginny
Warcraft
Alodi (uncredited)
Hoodwinked!
Granny (voice)
Mars Attacks!
Marsha Dale
Air Force One
Kathryn Bennett
Fatal Attraction
Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
The Girl with All the Gifts
Dr. Caroline Caldwell
Heart of Stone
King of Diamonds
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
Granny (voice)
Swan Song
Dr. Eve Scott
Crooked House
Lady Edith de Haviland
The House of the Spirits
Ferula Trueba
Animal Farm
Frieda Pilkington (voice)
The Natural
Iris Gaines
102 Dalmatians
Cruella de Vil
Dangerous Liaisons
Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Tarzan II
Kala (voice)
Hillbilly Elegy
Mamaw
The Stepford Wives
Claire Wellington
Brothers
Cath Munger
The Deliverance
Alberta Jackson
The Wife
Joan Castleman
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)
In & Out
Glenn Close (uncredited)
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Nonnie Hopkins
The Big Chill
Sarah Cooper
Jagged Edge
Teddy Barnes
The Wilde Wedding
Eve Wilde
The Paper
Alicia Clark
Hamlet
Gertrude
The World According to Garp
Jenny Fields
Father Figures
Helen Baxter
Reversal of Fortune
Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs
Le Divorce
Olivia Pace
Nine Lives
Maggie
Four Good Days
Deb
5 to 7
Arlene Bloom
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Evening
Mrs. Wittenborn
Paradise Road
Adrienne Pargiter
Mary Reilly
Mrs. Farraday
Anesthesia
Marcia Zarrow
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
Not My Life
Narrator (voice)
Discovering Hamlet
Gertrude (archive footage)
The Chumscrubber
Carrie Johnson
The Safety of Objects
Esther Gold
Welcome to Hollywood
Glenn Close
The Summer Book
Grandmother
The Lion in Winter
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Low Down
Gram
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
In the Gloaming
Janet
Cookie's Fortune
Camille Dixon
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
Immediate Family
Linda Spector
Heights
Diana
Let's Dance
Segment: "Night Shift"
Strip Search
Karen Moore
Anne Frank Remembered
Diary Readings (voice)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Roy Cohn
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Sarah Wheaton
Something About Amelia
Gail Bennett
South Pacific
Nellie Forbush
Show of Titles
"Dance a Little Closer" Performer
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
Sarah Witting
Brush with Fate
Cornelia Engelbrecht
Baba Yaga
Chief (voice)
The Lavender Scare
Narrator (voice)
The Stone Boy
Ruth Hillerman
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Cruella de Vil
Meeting Venus
Karin Anderson
Skylark
Sarah Witting
Too Far to Go
Rebecca Kuehn
The Elephant Man
Princess Alexandra
The Green Fog
2018
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Arvella Whipple
Orphan Train
Jessica
Stones for Ibarra
Sara Everton
Maxie
Jan / Maxie
Baby
Adult Sophie (Voice)
Gates of the Arctic
Narrator (voice)
Gabon The Last Eden
Narrator
Electric Blue 29
(archive footage)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Narrator (voice)
The Rules of the Game
Neighbor
TV Shows (18)
The Simpsons
Mona Simpson (voice) · 13 eps
Family Guy
Glenn Close (voice) · 1 eps
The West Wing
Evelyn Baker Lang · 1 eps
The Shield
Captain Monica Rawling · 13 eps
Great Performances
Neighbor · 1 eps
Will & Grace
Fannie Lieber · 1 eps
Damages
Patty Hewes · 59 eps
Tony Awards
Hillary Clinton · 1 eps
Ellen
Glenn Close · 1 eps
All's Fair
Dina Standish · 9 eps
Tehran
Marjan Montazeri · 8 eps
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Mother (voice) · 26 eps
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited) · 1 eps
Sea Oak
Aunt Bernie · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sara Everton · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarah Wheaton · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarah · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cornelia Englebrecht · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (69)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 5 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter/Nominee · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
The View
Self · 3 eps
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self · 1 eps
Desus & Mero
Self · 1 eps
Great Performances
Self - Host · 2 eps
Leute heute
Self · 2 eps
American Experience
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Audience Member · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 5 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host / Performer / Winner · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 2 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 6 eps
Finding Your Roots
Self · 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
C à vous
Self · 1 eps
Hollywood Squares
Self · 3 eps
Marcians
Self - Interviewee · 1 eps
Celebrity IOU
Self · 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
This Morning
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Love, Marilyn
Self
Blast 'Em
Self (uncredited)
MADtv
Self · 1 eps
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
537 Votes
Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
Casting By
Self
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Self (archive footage)
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins
Self
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
Self - Performer
Glenn Close: A Feminist Force
Self - (archive footage)
The Big Chill: A Reunion
Self
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Self
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Self
The Divine Garbo
Self - Host / Narrator
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self
Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation
Self
An Amazin' Era
Self
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back
Self
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Self
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
Self
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated
Self
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Self
The Lady with the Torch
Self - Host
Upcoming (4)
Writing (2)
Producing (13)
Cruella
Producer
All's Fair
Executive Producer
The Wilde Wedding
Executive Producer
Albert Nobbs
Producer
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Executive Producer
The Summer Book
Producer
Sea Oak
Producer
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Executive Producer
Journey
Executive Producer
South Pacific
Executive Producer
Skylark
Executive Producer
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Executive Producer
Baby
Executive Producer