Glenn Close

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1947-03-19 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Glenn Close

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...

Acting

1996

Mars Attacks!

as Marsha Dale

1988

Dangerous Liaisons

as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil

1991

Hook

as Gutless

1993

The House of the Spirits

as Ferula Trueba

1990

Hamlet

as Gertrude

2000

102 Dalmatians

as Cruella de Vil

2000

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")

2005

Hoodwinked!

as Granny (voice)

1987

Fatal Attraction

as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest

1984

The Natural

as Iris Gaines

1982

2007

Evening

as Mrs. Wittenborn

2002

The Safety of Objects

as Esther Gold

1996

101 Dalmatians

as Cruella de Vil

1985

Jagged Edge

as Teddy Barnes

1983

The Big Chill

as Sarah Cooper

1999

Cookie's Fortune

as Camille Dixon

1994

The Paper

as Alicia Clark

1996

Mary Reilly

as Mrs. Farraday

2003

Le Divorce

as Olivia Pace

2025

The Summer Book

as Grandmother

1997

Air Force One

as Kathryn Bennett

2004

The Stepford Wives

as Claire Wellington

2020

537 Votes

as Self (archive footage)

2005

The Chumscrubber

as Carrie Johnson

2005

Heights

as Diana

2004

Strip Search

as Karen Moore

1999

Tarzan

as Kala (voice)

2005

Nine Lives

as Maggie

1997

1991

Sarah, Plain and Tall

as Sarah Wheaton

1993

Skylark

as Sarah Witting

2003

The Lion in Winter

as Eleanor of Aquitaine

1990

Reversal of Fortune

as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator

2024

The Deliverance

as Alberta Jackson

2001

South Pacific

as Nellie Forbush

2011

Albert Nobbs

as Albert Nobbs

2003

Brush with Fate

as Cornelia Engelbrecht

2012

1997

Paradise Road

as Adrienne Pargiter

1989

Immediate Family

as Linda Spector

1985

Maxie

as Jan / Maxie

2013

1979

Orphan Train

as Jessica

1979

Too Far to Go

as Rebecca Kuehn

1984

The Stone Boy

as Ruth Hillerman

2014

1991

Meeting Venus

as Karin Anderson

1984

Something About Amelia

as Gail Bennett

2023

Heart of Stone

as King of Diamonds

2023

Tom Hanks: The Nomad

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Discovering Hamlet

as Gertrude (archive footage)

2014

Low Down

as Gram

2005

Tarzan II

as Kala (voice)

2014

5 to 7

as Arlene Bloom

1982

The Elephant Man

as Princess Alexandra

2011

2000

Baby

as Adult Sophie (voice)

2021

Baba Yaga

as Chief (voice)

2001

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

as Arvella Whipple

2016

Anesthesia

as Marcia Zarrow

2011

Not My Life

as Narrator (voice)

2007

1990

The Divine Garbo

as Self - Host / Narrator

2025

1992

Lincoln

as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)

2018

The Wife

as Joan Castleman

1988

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

as Narrator (voice)

2021

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

as Self (archive footage)

2008

Gates of the Arctic

as Narrator (voice)

2016

The Girl with All the Gifts

as Dr. Caroline Caldwell

2015

The Great Gilly Hopkins

as Nonnie Hopkins

2011

Touch of Evil

as The Vamp

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Encore

as Marie

2017

Father Figures

as Helen Baxter

1995

Anne Frank Remembered

as Diary Readings (voice)

1991

Mel Gibson Goes Back to School

as Gertrude (archive footage)

1999

SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016

Warcraft

as Alodi (uncredited)

2017

Crooked House

as Lady Edith de Haviland

2017

What Happened to Monday

as Nicolette Cayman

1997

In & Out

as Glenn Close

2000

Welcome to Hollywood

as Glenn Close

2017

The Wilde Wedding

as Eve Wilde

2013

Six by Sondheim

as Self (archive footage)

1999

2018

Let's Dance

as Segment: "Night Shift"

1988

Stones for Ibarra

as Sara Everton

2019

The Lavender Scare

as Narrator (voice)

1975

2020

Hillbilly Elegy

as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance

2021

1988

Electric Blue 29

as (archive footage)

2021

Swan Song

as Dr. Eve Scott

2024

Brothers

as Cath Munger

2012

Casting By

as Self

2021

Show of Titles

as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer

1986

2025

Animal Farm

as Frieda Pilkington (voice)

Production

2011

Albert Nobbs

as Screenplay

2011

Albert Nobbs

as Producer

2021

Cruella

as Producer

2000

Baby

as Executive Producer

1991

Sarah, Plain and Tall

as Executive Producer

1995

Journey

as Executive Producer

1993

Skylark

as Executive Producer

2001

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

as Executive Producer

2001

South Pacific

as Executive Producer

2017

The Wilde Wedding

as Executive Producer

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