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Glenn Close

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning over four decades, she has garnered numerous accolades, including three Tony Awards, three Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. She has been nominated eight times for an Academy Award, sharing the record for most nominations in acting categories without a win with Peter O'Toole. In 2016, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2019, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Glenn Close
Close in 2014
Born (1947-03-19) March 19, 1947 (age 76)
Alma materCollege of William & Mary (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active1974–present
WorksFull list
Spouses
  • Cabot Wade
    (m. 1969; div. 1971)
  • James Marlas
    (m. 1984; div. 1987)
  • David Shaw
    (m. 2006; div. 2015)
Partner(s)Len Cariou (1979–1983)
John Starke (1987–1991)
Steve Beers (1995–1999)
ChildrenAnnie Starke
Parent
AwardsFull list

Close began her professional career on the stage in 1974 with Love for Love. She received her first Tony Award nomination for her role in Barnum and later went on to win three competitive Tony Awards for her roles in the plays The Real Thing (1983), and Death and the Maiden (1992) and the musical Sunset Boulevard (1995). She returned to the Broadway stage in a 2014 revival of A Delicate Balance. She reprised her role as Norma Desmond in a West End and Broadway revival in 2016 and 2017 respectively. She has also hosted the Tony Awards twice in 1992 and 1995.

Often regarded as one of the greatest film actors never to have won an Academy Award, Close received eight such nominations for her roles in The World According to Garp (1982), The Big Chill (1983), The Natural (1984), Fatal Attraction (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Albert Nobbs (2011), The Wife (2017), and Hillbilly Elegy (2020). She has also starred in Jagged Edge (1985), Reversal of Fortune (1990), Hamlet (1990), The House of the Spirits (1993), The Paper (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996), and Air Force One (1997). She also portrayed Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996) and its sequel 102 Dalmatians (2000).

For her work on television she won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the television film Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995). For her portrayal of Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Showtime television film The Lion in Winter (2003) she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. From 2007 to 2012, Close starred as Patty Hewes in the drama series Damages, for which she received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Close has been married thrice, and has a daughter from her relationship with producer John Starke. She is the president of Trillium Productions and has co-founded the website FetchDog. She has made political donations in support of Democratic politicians and is vocal on issues such as women's rights, same-sex marriage, and mental health.

Early life and education Edit

Glenn Close was born on March 19, 1947, in Greenwich, Connecticut, to socialite Elizabeth Mary Hester "Bettine" (Moore) and William Taliaferro Close,[1] a doctor who operated a clinic in the Belgian Congo and served as a personal physician to its dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.[2] She has two sisters, Tina and Jessie, and two brothers, Alexander (nicknamed Sandy) and Tambu Misoki, whom Close's parents adopted while living in the Congo.[3]

During her childhood, Close lived with her parents in a stone cottage on her maternal grandfather's estate in Greenwich. Close began honing her acting abilities in her early years, "I have no doubt that the days I spent running free in the evocative Connecticut countryside with an unfettered imagination, playing whatever character our games demanded, is one of the reasons that acting has always seemed so natural to me."[4] Although Close has an affluent background, she has stated that her family chose not to participate in WASP society. She would also avoid mentioning her birthplace, the wealthy town Greenwich, whenever asked because she did not want people to think she was a "dilettante who didn't have to work."[5]

When Close was seven years old, her parents joined the Moral Re-Armament (MRA), a movement in which her family remained involved for fifteen years. During this period, Close's family lived in communal centers. She has described MRA as a "cult" that dictated every aspect of her life, from the clothes that had to be worn to what she was allowed to say. Close also spent time in Switzerland when studying at St. George's School, and attended Rosemary Hall (now Choate Rosemary Hall), graduating in 1965.[6] She traveled for several years in the mid-to-late 1960s with the nonprofit encouragement singing group Up With People. During her time in Up With People, Close organized a small singing group called the Green Glenn Singers, consisting of herself, Kathe Green, Jennie Dorn, and Vee Entwistle. The group's stated mission was "to write and sing songs which would give people a purpose and inspire them to live the way they were meant to live".[7]

When she was 22, Close broke away from MRA.[8] She once stated that her desire to become an actress allowed her to leave the group, adding, "I have long [ago] forgiven my parents for any of this. They had their reasons for doing what they did, and I understand them. It had terrible effects on their kids, but that's the way it is. We all try to survive, right? And I think what actually saved me more than anything was my desire to be an actress."[9] She attended The College of William & Mary, double majoring in theater and anthropology.[10] During her senior year of college, Close became inspired to pursue a career in acting after watching an interview of Katharine Hepburn on The Dick Cavett Show.[11] It was in the college's theater department that Close began to train as a serious actor under Howard Scammon, William and Mary's long-time professor of theater. During her years at school in Williamsburg, she also starred in the summer-time outdoor drama, The Common Glory, written by Pulitzer Prize author Paul Green.[12] She was elected to membership in the honor society of Phi Beta Kappa.[13] Through the years, Close has returned to William & Mary to lecture and to visit the theater department. In 1989, Close was the commencement speaker at William & Mary and received an honorary doctor of arts degree.

Through her appearance on the first episode of the seventh season of Finding Your Roots, she came to find out that she is related to Princess Diana through her 7 times great-grandparents, is also distantly related to fellow actor Clint Eastwood, and that some of her ancestors were slaveholders.[14] She also has a tangential connection to Marjorie Post who was once married to her grandfather, Edward Bennett Close.

Career Edit

1970s: Early work Edit

Close started her professional career on the stage in 1974 at age 27.[13] In her senior year of college, she called her school's theater department to be nominated for a series of auditions through the University Resident Theatre Association and TCG.[13] Eventually, she was given a callback and hired for one season to do three plays at the Helen Hayes Theatre, one of those plays being Love for Love directed by Hal Prince.[15] She made her television debut in 1975 with a small role in the anthology series Great Performances. From September 1978 to April 1979, Glenn appeared on Broadway in 'The Crucifer Of Blood' playing the part of Irene St. Claire, with Paxton Whitehead and Dwight Schultz.[16] In 1979, she filmed the television movies Orphan Train and Too Far to Go. The latter film included Blythe Danner and Michael Moriarty in the cast, and Close played Moriarty's lover.

1980s: Breakthrough and rise to prominence Edit

The 1980s proved to be Close's breakthrough in Hollywood. In 1980, director George Roy Hill discovered Close on Broadway and asked her to audition with Robin Williams for a role in The World According to Garp, which would become her first film role, as well as her first Academy Award nominated performance.[17] She played Robin Williams's mother, despite being just four years older. The following year she played Sarah Cooper in The Big Chill, a character that director Lawrence Kasdan said he specifically wrote for her. The movie received positive reviews and was a financial success. Close became the third actor to receive a Tony, Emmy, and Oscar (Academy Award) nomination all in the same calendar year after the release of The Big Chill. Also in 1980, she received her first Tony Award nomination for her performance in the musical Barnum.

In 1984, Close was given a part in Robert Redford's baseball drama The Natural, and although it was a small supporting role, she earned a third consecutive Oscar nomination. Close, to this day, credits her nomination to cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, stating ''That hat was designed so the sunlight would come through. We waited for a certain time of day, so the sun was shining through the back of the stadium. And he had a lens that muted the people around me. It was an incredibly well thought-out shot. And I honestly think that's the reason I got nominated.''[18] Close also starred opposite Robert Duvall in the drama The Stone Boy (1984), a film about a family coping after their youngest child accidentally kills his older brother in a hunting accident. She continued to appear in television films in the following years, beginning with The Elephant Man, and in 1984, she starred in the critically acclaimed drama Something About Amelia, a television film about a family destroyed by sexual abuse. She won her first Tony Award in 1984 for The Real Thing, directed by Mike Nichols.

Eventually, Close began to seek different roles to play because she did not want to be typecast as a motherly figure.[19] She starred in the 1985 romantic comedy Maxie, alongside Mandy Patinkin. Close was given favorable reviews and even received her second Golden Globe Award nomination, but the movie was critically panned and under-performed at the box office.[20][21] In 1985, Close starred in the legal thriller Jagged Edge, opposite Jeff Bridges. Initially, Jane Fonda was attached to the role, but was replaced with Close when she requested changes in the script. Producer Martin Ransohoff was against the casting of Close because he said she was "too ugly" for the part. Close eventually heard about this and said she didn't want Ransohoff on set while she was making her scenes. Director Richard Marquand stood by her side and sent Ransohoff away. Infuriated, Ransohoff went to the studio heads trying to get Close and Marquand fired from the picture. The studio refused, stating they were pleased with their work in the film.[22] Jagged Edge received mixed-to-positive reviews and grossed $40-million on a $15-million budget.[23]

In 1987, Close played the disturbed book editor Alex Forrest in the psychological thriller Fatal Attraction. The film became a huge box-office success, the highest-grossing film worldwide of that year. The film propelled Close to international stardom and the character of Alex Forrest is considered one of her most iconic roles; the phrase "bunny boiler" has even been added to the dictionary, referring to a scene from the movie. During the re-shoot of the ending, Close suffered a concussion from one of the takes when her head smashed against a mirror. After being rushed to the hospital, she discovered, much to her horror, that she was actually a few weeks pregnant with her daughter. Close stated in an interview that, "Fatal Attraction was really the first part that took me away from the Jenny Fields, Sarah Coopers—good, nurturing women roles. I did more preparation for that film than I've ever done."[19] Close received her fourth Oscar nomination for this role[24] and also won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Actress.[citation needed]

She played a scheming aristocrat, the Marquise de Merteuil, in 1988's period romantic drama Dangerous Liaisons.[13] Close earned stellar reviews for this performance, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. In addition, she received her first BAFTA Award nomination.[25] Also in 1988, she appeared alongside Keith Carradine in Stones for Ibarra, a television film adapted from the book written by Harriet Doerr and produced by the Hallmark company. Close's final film role of the decade was Immediate Family (1989), a drama about a married couple seeking to adopt a child. Producer Lawrence Kasdan had Close star in the film, as he directed her previously in The Big Chill.

1990s: Established actress Edit

 
Close at the 1992 Venice Film Festival

In 1990, Close went on to play the role of Sunny von Bülow opposite Jeremy Irons in Reversal of Fortune to critical acclaim. The film drew some controversy since it dealt with the Claus von Bülow murder trial, while the real Sunny von Bülow was still in a vegetative state. Sunny's children publicly criticized the movie.[26][27] In the same year, Close played Gertrude in Franco Zeffirelli's film adaption of Hamlet. It was the first Shakespeare role that Close had ever attempted on screen (she appeared in 1975 in a stage production of King Lear in Milwaukee). Close would later go on to join the cast of The House of the Spirits, reuniting her with Jeremy Irons. She also had a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) as a pirate. In 1991, she starred in the highly rated Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie Sarah, Plain and Tall, as well as its two sequels. In 1992, Close starred in Meeting Venus for which she received critical acclaim and won Best Actress (Golden Ciak) at the Venice Film Festival. In the same year, Close became a trustee emeritus of The Sundance Institute.[28] She also portrayed the title subject of the fact-based made-for-TV movie Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story in 1995, for which she won her first Primetime Emmy Award. Additionally, she has also provided the voice of Mona Simpson, from The Simpsons, since 1995.[29] Entertainment Weekly named Close one of the 16 best Simpsons guest stars.[30] Close has also hosted Saturday Night Live twice, in 1989 and in 1992.[31][32] In 1992, she won her second Tony Award for Death and the Maiden.[13]

 
Close as Norma Desmond for the musical Sunset Boulevard in 1995

One of her most notable roles on stage was Norma Desmond in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of Sunset Boulevard, for which Close won her third Tony Award, playing the role on Broadway in 1993–94.[13] For her role, Close was met with critical acclaim. David Richards of The New York Times wrote in 1994 that "Glenn is giving one of those legendary performances people will be talking about years from now. The actress takes breathtaking risks, venturing so far out on a limb at times that you fear it will snap. It doesn't."[33] She would later re-team with the show's director, Trevor Nunn, in London for his Royal National Theatre revival of A Streetcar Named Desire in 2002.[34]

Close appeared in the newsroom comedy-drama The Paper (1994), directed by her good friend Ron Howard and in 1996 she acted alongside the cast of Tim Burton's alien invasion satire Mars Attacks! (1996). That same year, she portrayed the sinister Cruella de Vil in the Disney live-action hit of 101 Dalmatians. Her role as Cruella de Vil was universally praised and earned her a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. The film was also a commercial success, grossing $320.6 million in theaters against a $75 million budget. As per Close's contract, she is allowed to keep any costumes from her films. Much to their dismay, the producers attempted to make copies of Close's wardrobe due to the expensive materials being used but she rejected their suggestion and kept the originals.[35] The following year, Close appeared in another box office hit with Air Force One (1997), playing the trustworthy vice president to Harrison Ford's president. Ford stated in an interview that the role of the vice president was already written for a woman and that he personally chose Close for the role after meeting her at a birthday party for then-president Bill Clinton.[36] Close would later star in the war film Paradise Road (1997) as a choir conductor of the women imprisoned by the Japanese in World War II. In 1999, Close provided the voice of Kala in Disney's animated film Tarzan. She later went on to receive great reviews for her comedic role as Camille Dixon in Cookie's Fortune (1999).[37]

2000s: Focus on television Edit

Close began to appear in television movies rather than doing theatrical films in the early 2000s. She returned as Cruella de Vil in 102 Dalmatians (2000). Although the film received mixed reviews, it performed well at the box office. Close later filmed The Safety of Objects which premiered in 2001, a movie about four suburban families dealing with maladies. This was Kristen Stewart's first film role, and Close and Stewart would later reunite in the 2015 film Anesthesia. Close starred in Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her in the same year, this would be one of many future collaborations with director Rodrigo Garcia. In 2004, she played Claire Wellington, an uptight socialite in the comedy The Stepford Wives opposite Nicole Kidman and Christopher Walken. She provided the voice of the Blue Fairy in the English version of Pinocchio (2002) and Granny in the animated film Hoodwinked (2005). Close continued to do smaller films like Le Divorce (2003) and The Chumscrubber (2005). In 2005, she reunited with director Rodrigo Garcia to do Nine Lives; he would later direct Close in the film Albert Nobbs (2011). In the same year, she starred in the film Heights (2005), an independent drama centered on the lives of five New Yorkers. Close's performance was lauded by critics.[38][39]

 
Close at an event for The Shield in 2005

In 2001, she starred in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical South Pacific as Nellie Forbush on ABC. She guest-starred on Will and Grace in 2002, portraying a satirical version of Annie Leibovitz, which earned her an Emmy nomination for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. In 2003, Close played Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Showtime-produced film The Lion in Winter. Close won a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance. In 2005, Close joined the FX crime series The Shield, in which she played Monica Rawling, a no-nonsense precinct captain, which became her first TV role in a series. Close stated that she made the right move because television was in a "golden era" and the quality of some programs had already risen to the standards of film.[40] John Landgraf, CEO of FX, stated that network was the "first to bring a female movie star of Glenn Close's stature to television." He also credits her collaboration with the network with promoting roles for women on television, as well as influencing other film actors to switch to the small screen.[41][42]

In 2007, she appeared in the same film as her previous co-star Meryl Streep in the ensemble drama Evening. This would be Close's final theatrical film role of the decade, since she began to star in her own television series, Damages (2007). Close was asked about her contributions to independent films, to which she responded "I love the casts that gather around a good piece of writing certainly not for the money but because it is good and challenging. Sometimes I've taken a role for one scene that I thought was phenomenal. Also my presence can help them get money, so it's I think a way for me to give back."[43] Shortly after her stint on The Shield, Close was approached by FX executives who pitched a television series for her to star in. Also in 2007, Close began a five-season run playing the ruthless and brilliant lawyer Patty Hewes on Damages. Her portrayal of this character was met with rave reviews and a plethora of award nominations, in addition she went on to win two consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.[44] Close's win also made her the first Best Actress winner in a drama series at the Emmy's for a cable show. Throughout the show's run, she became one of the highest-paid actresses on cable, earning $200,000 per episode.[45] Close stated that her role of Patty Hewes was the role of her life. She also kept in contact with her co-star Rose Byrne, and the two have become friends. After the series ended, Close stated that she would not return to television in a regular role, but that she was open to do a miniseries or guest spot.[46] In 2008, Close performed at Carnegie Hall, narrating the violin concerto The Runaway Bunny, a concerto for reader, violin and orchestra, composed and conducted by Glen Roven.

2010s: Return to film and stage Edit

 
Close at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival

In December 2010, Close began filming Albert Nobbs in Dublin. She had previously won an Obie in 1982 for her role in the play on stage. She had been working on the project, in which she appeared alongside 101 Dalmatians co-star Mark Williams, for almost twenty years, and aside from starring in it, she co-wrote the script and produced the film.[47] Close stated it became more important for her to make the film in order to stimulate discussion on transgender issues, commenting, "There came a point where I asked, 'Am I willing to live the rest of my life having given up on this?' And I said, 'No I won't.' Some people will change their point of view, and those who are either too old, or too blinkered, to accept the beauty of difference will just have to 'die off'."[48] In the film, Close played the title role of Albert Nobbs, a woman living as a man in 19th century Ireland after being sexually assaulted as a young girl.

While the film overall received mixed reviews, Close's performance received critical acclaim, as it was noted for being the most subtle and introverted of her career to that point and a departure from her previous roles. When asked during the film's awards campaign about the fact of not having an Oscar, Close said: "I remember being astounded that I met some people who were really kind of almost hyper-ventilating as to whether they were going to win or not, and I have never understood that. Because if you just do the simple math, the amount of people who are in our two unions, the amount of people who in our profession are out of work at any given time, the amount of movies that are made every year, and then you're one of five [nominees]. How could you possibly think of yourself as a loser?"[49]

 
Close at the French premiere of Albert Nobbs in 2012

She provided the voice of the "Giant" in the Summer 2012 production of the musical Into the Woods at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The production also featured Amy Adams as The Baker's Wife and Donna Murphy as The Witch.[50] In 2014, she starred in a production of the Pirates of Penzance for the Public Theater in New York, playing the role of Ruth. This production featured Kevin Kline, Martin Short and Anika Noni Rose. In October 2014, Close returned to Broadway in the starring role of Agnes in Pam MacKinnon's revival of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance at the John Golden Theatre.[51] Her co-stars were John Lithgow as Tobias, Martha Plimpton as Julia and Lindsay Duncan as Claire. The production grossed $884,596 over eight preview performances during the week ending October 25, setting a new house record at the Golden Theatre. The production received mixed reviews, although the cast was praised.[52] After her television series Damages ended, Close returned to film in 2014, in which she played Nova Prime Rael in the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn.[53][54] She also appeared in the independent movies 5 to 7 (2014) and Low Down (2014). In 2015, Close made a cameo on Louis C.K.'s Louie on FX, in the season five episode "Sleepover" alongside John Lithgow, Michael Cera, and Matthew Broderick.[55]

In 2016, she appeared in The Great Gilly Hopkins and starred in the British zombie horror drama The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) as Dr. Caldwell, a scientist researching a cure to save humanity. In April 2016, she returned as Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard in an English National Opera production in the West End in London.[56] Close was met with rave reviews after returning to this same role twenty-three years later. Both The Times and The Daily Telegraph gave the production five stars and praised her performance.[57] During the production Close was forced to cancel three shows due to a chest infection. She was hospitalized but later recovered and finished the remaining shows.[58] Close won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical Performance, and was nominated for her first Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.[59][60] That same year, she was inducted into American Theater Hall of Fame for her work on the stage.[61]

The ENO London production of Sunset Boulevard transferred to the Palace Theatre on Broadway, with Close reprising her role. It opened on February 9, 2017, in a limited run, selling tickets through June 25, 2017. The production featured a 40-piece orchestra, the largest in Broadway history.[62][63][64] Close in particular was lauded by critics for her new incarnation of Norma Desmond. As The New York Times called it "one of the great stage performances of this century."[65] Variety, Parade, The Guardian and Entertainment Weekly also gave the new production positive reviews.[66][67][68] That same year, Close starred in a half hour comedy pilot for Amazon, titled Sea Oak. The pilot premiered online with viewers voting to choose if it wanted Amazon to produce the series. Although it received favorable reviews it was not picked up.[69] Also in 2017, she was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Theatre World Awards.[70] In 2017, Close appeared alongside Noomi Rapace and Willem Dafoe in What Happened to Monday, a science fiction thriller produced by Netflix.[71] Also that year, she was reunited with actors John Malkovich (her co-star in Dangerous Liaisons) and Patrick Stewart (co-star in The Lion in Winter) in the romantic comedy The Wilde Wedding, and co-starred in Crooked House, a film adaptation of the novel by Agatha Christie.

Close garnered widespread critical acclaim for her performance in the 2018 drama The Wife, which had first premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[72][73] An adaptation of Meg Wolitzer's novel of the same name, the film stars Close as Joan Castleman, who questions her life choices as she travels with her husband to Stockholm, where he is set to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.[74] The film also features Close's daughter, Annie Starke, as a younger version of Castleman. Close won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress. She received her seventh Academy Award nomination, her fourth nomination in the Best Actress category, which has made her the most nominated actress without a win. She was widely considered to be the frontrunner to win the Oscar—which would be the first of her career—but ultimately lost to Olivia Colman for The Favourite.[75] In addition, Close received a nomination, her second overall, for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, which she also lost to Colman. Also in 2018, Close made a return to the stage, where, from September to December, she featured in the Off-Broadway play, Mother of the Maid, at the Public Theater in New York City.[76]

2020s: Continued film work and further acclaim Edit

In 2020, Close starred in Netflix's film adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy, reuniting with Ron Howard and starring alongside Amy Adams.[77] While the film, which was released for streaming on Netflix on November 24, 2020, received mixed-to-negative critical reviews,[78] Close received acclaim for her performance. Richard Roeper praised Close for her "masterful, screen-commanding, pitch-perfect performance",[79] while Peter Travers at ABC News called her "simply sensational"[80] and Owen Gleiberman at Variety wrote that "as long as Close is acting up an award-worthy storm (her performance is actually quite meticulous), "Hillbilly Elegy" is never less than alive".[81] For the role, she received the San Francisco International Film Festival's Award for Acting and another Academy Award, Golden Globe, and SAG Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.[82][83][84] Close also received a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actress for Hillbilly Elegy, making her the third performer—after James Coco for Only When I Laugh and Amy Irving for Yentl—to receive both an Oscar nomination and a Razzie nomination for the same performance.[85]

Also in 2020, Close co-starred with Mila Kunis in the drama Four Good Days, directed by Rodrigo García and presented at the Sundance Film Festival.[86] In 2021, Close served as an executive producer alongside Emma Stone for Cruella, a Disney live-action spin-off/prequel of One Hundred and One Dalmatians, directed by Craig Gillespie. Stone plays the younger version of Cruella de Vil (the titular character whom Close portrayed in the 1996 live-action adaptation and its 2000 sequel).[87][88] The same year, Close appeared opposite Mahershala Ali in the Apple TV+ drama film Swan Song.[89] In 2022, she starred in season two of the Apple TV+ thriller series Tehran. Close learned Persian for her role in Tehran.[90]

Upcoming projects Edit

Close is set to reprise her stage role of Norma Desmond in a film adaptation of the musical Sunset Boulevard, though the film remains in development.[91][92][93] She will also be starring in the upcoming film Brothers, alongside Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage.[94] In 2022, it was announced that Close will star alongside Andra Day and Mo'Nique in an upcoming exorcism drama The Deliverance directed by Lee Daniels for Netflix and slated for release in 2023.[95] Close was also cast alongside Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, and Kyle Chandler in the action-comedy Back in Action, also for Netflix.[96] In March 2023, it was announced that Close stars in the upcoming film The Summer Book, based on the novel by Tove Jansson, which will directed by Charlie McDowell.[97]

Reception, acting style, and legacy Edit

 
Close at the 65th Annual Peabody Awards in 2006

Close is regarded as an extraordinarily versatile actress with an immersive acting style and a considerable range.[98][99] Vanity Fair remarked how Close is "long considered one of the great actresses of our time."[100] James Lipton described her as an actor who "can find an outstanding number of layers in a role or a single moment; she is a supple actor who performs subtle feats." Close was also professionally trained by acting coach Harold Guskin, who also mentored Kevin Kline, Bridget Fonda, and James Gandolfini. Working with Guskin, Close learned several important lessons, which she said she's applied to her career as well as her life. One such lesson, she claims, was to "read the lines off the page" and remembering to breathe. Close states, "You have to maintain a certain openness, and if you don't maintain that, you lose something vital as an actor. It's how we're wired, and it's not a bad thing."[101] Close says that she went to every rehearsal in order to master her acting skills.[102][103]

"I love the chemistry that can be created onstage between the actors and the audience. It's molecular even, the energies that can go back and forth. I started in theater, and when I first went into movies, I felt that my energy was going to blow out the camera."

— Close on acting[104]

On method acting, Close claims that while she found it an interesting technique, it was not her preferred style.[105] Although Close does extensive research and preparation for her roles, she also relies less on the technicality of a performance saying, "Good acting I think is like being a magician, in that you make people believe; because it's only when they believe that they are moved. And I want people to get emotionally involved. I think technique is important but it isn't everything. You can have a great technical actor who'll leave people cold. That's not my idea of great acting. As audience, I don't want to be aware of acting."[106] Longtime collaborator and playwright Christopher Hampton describes Close as an actress who can very easily convey "a sense of strength and intelligence." Hampton worked on Sunset Boulevard and the stage production of Dangerous Liaisons, later casting Close in the movie version of the latter production.[107] "Glenn is often described as having a glacial or distant quality about her, but in person she's the absolute opposite: warm and intimate," says actor Iain Glen, who co-starred with her in the 2002 stage production of A Streetcar Named Desire. "She was able to bring strength to the role, she was able to completely access that vulnerability. There was a real softness to her."[107]

However, Close is consistently praised for her roles as the villain or antagonist in her performances.[108] Her character in Fatal Attraction was ranked number 7 on AFI's 100 years...100 heroes and villains list.[109] Regarding her role in the series Damages, The New York Times remarked, "There is no actor dead or alive as scary as a smiling Glenn Close."[110] Journalist Christopher Hooton also praised her, saying, "Christopher Walken, Glenn Close, Al Pacino, and many others have a surprising danger in them. They're a little scary to be around, because you feel they might jump you or blow up at you at any time. They are ticking time bombs."[111] Film historian Cari Beauchamp has stated, "When you look at the top 10 actresses of the past 80 years, since sound came in, first you have Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn and Meryl Streep – but I think Glenn Close is definitely in that list. It's a combination of her guts, in the roles she chooses, and her perseverance. We're talking about 30 years of nominated performances."[112]

On January 12, 2009, Close was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, in front of the Roosevelt Hotel.[113] As of 2018, films featuring Close have grossed over $1.3 billion in North America.[114] She is also regarded as a gay icon, after having played numerous campy roles on screen and stage.[115][116] She was named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2019.[117]

Personal life Edit

Relationships and family Edit

Close has been married three times, with each marriage ending in divorce. Her first marriage at age 22 — which Close has described as "kind of an arranged marriage" — ended before she attended college.[118] This marriage (from 1969 to 1971) was to Cabot Wade, a guitarist and songwriter with whom she had performed during her time at Up with People.[119] From 1979 to 1983, she lived with actor Len Cariou.[120] She was married to grocery heir James Marlas from 1984 to 1987.[119] Later, Close began a relationship with producer John Starke, whom she had met on the set of The World According to Garp.[119] Their daughter, Annie Starke, was born in 1988 and is an actress.[121] Close and Starke separated in 1991.[119] In 1995, Close was engaged to carpenter Steve Beers, who had worked on Sunset Boulevard; the two never married, and their relationship ended in 1999.[119] In February 2006, Close married executive and venture capitalist David Evans Shaw in Maine,[119][122] but they divorced in August 2015.[123]

Business ventures and assets Edit

As of 2016, Close primarily resides in Bedford Hills, New York, and also owns a condo in the West Village.[124] She also owns properties in Wellington, Florida, and Bozeman, Montana.[125] In the early 1990s she owned a coffee shop in Bozeman but sold it in 2006.[126] In 2011 Close sold her apartment in The Beresford for $10.2 million.[127] She also runs a 1,000 acre ranch in Wyoming.[128]

Close is the president of Trillium Productions Inc.[129][130] Her company has produced films like Albert Nobbs, Sarah, Plain and Tall, and South Pacific. With Barbra Streisand she produced the TV film Serving in Silence (1995), for which both were nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie.

In 2007 she co-founded FetchDog, a dog accessories catalog and Internet site. Part of her work was publishing blogs in which she interviewed other celebrities about their relationships with their dogs. She sold the business in 2012.[131][132]

Interests and views Edit

Close was born into a Democratic family.[133] Her political donations have mostly been made in support of Democratic politicians, including Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, John Edwards, Angus King, and Barack Obama.[134] Close also spoke at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.[135][136] She voted for Obama in the 2008 presidential election and attended his inauguration.[137][138] In a 2016 interview with Andrew Marr for the BBC, Close criticized then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling his campaign "terribly frightening."[139] She reiterated her sentiments about Trump in 2017, stating that "he doesn't stand for anything I believe in."[140]

Close keeps all of her costumes after completing films and rents them out to exhibits.[141][142] She lent one of the dresses she wore in Dangerous Liaisons to Madonna for her 1990 VMA performance of "Vogue".[143][144] In 2017, she donated her entire costume collection to Indiana University Bloomington.[145]

Close is a New York Mets fan, and has sung the national anthem at Shea Stadium and Citi Field numerous times since 1986.[146][147]

Due to her upbringing, Close has stated that she is a spiritual but irreligious person.[148]

Activism Edit

Philanthropy Edit

Close has campaigned for several issues such as women's rights, same-sex marriage, and mental health. In 1989 she attended pro-choice marches in Washington, D.C., with Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda.[149] In 1998, Close was a part of a star-studded cast that performed The Vagina Monologues at a benefit. It raised $250,000 in a single evening with proceeds going to the effort to stop violence against women.[150][151] She was honored with a GLAAD Media Award in 2002 for promoting equal rights among the LGBT community.[152] She volunteered and produced a documentary for "Puppies Behind Bars", an organization that provides service dogs for wounded war veterans.[153][154]

Close is also a trustee of The Wildlife Conservation Society[155] and volunteers at Fountain House in New York City, a facility dedicated to the recovery of those suffering from mental illness.[156] She is a founding member of the Panthera Conservation Advisory Committee. Panthera is an international nonprofit whose sole mission is conservation of the world's 36 species of wild cats.[157] Close has also been a longtime supporter of late friend Christopher Reeve's foundation.[158][159] She is also a member of the CuriosityStream Advisory Board.[160]

Mental health initiatives Edit

 
Close attending a mental health advocacy meeting at the office of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow in 2013

Close was a founder and is chairperson of Bring Change to Mind,[161] a US campaign to eradicate the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness, supporting her sister Jessie who has bipolar disorder.[162] She contributed chapters to her sister's 2015 book about mental illness, Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness.[163] In 2010, Close announced to the public that she had her DNA sequenced in order to publicize her family's history of mental illness.[164] During the month of July 2013, Close put over 380 designer items up for auction on eBay from the wardrobe of her Damages character Patty Hewes. All proceeds were raised to go to her charity Bring Change to Mind. Close had director and friend Ron Howard direct the foundation's first PSA. John Mayer also lent his song "Say" for the advert.[165]

In 2013, Close delivered an address at the White House urging passage of the Excellence in Mental-Health Act, which was written to expand treatment for the mentally ill and to provide access to mental-health services. The bill was signed into law by President Barack Obama in April 2014, and will provide $1.1 billion in funding to help strengthen the mental-health-care system in the US.[166] She was awarded the WebMD Health Hero award in 2015 for her contributions to mental-health initiatives.[167] On June 16, 2016, Close donated $75,000 to the Mental-Health Association of Central Florida in order to fund counseling and other assistance to victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.[168] She frequently promotes her charitable causes on her Instagram account.[169]

Acting credits and awards Edit

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Glenn Close born March 19 1947 is an American actress In a career spanning over four decades she has garnered numerous accolades including three Tony Awards three Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards She has been nominated eight times for an Academy Award sharing the record for most nominations in acting categories without a win with Peter O Toole In 2016 she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame and in 2019 Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world Glenn CloseClose in 2014Born 1947 03 19 March 19 1947 age 76 Greenwich Connecticut U S Alma materCollege of William amp Mary BA OccupationActressYears active1974 presentWorksFull listSpousesCabot Wade m 1969 div 1971 wbr James Marlas m 1984 div 1987 wbr David Shaw m 2006 div 2015 wbr Partner s Len Cariou 1979 1983 John Starke 1987 1991 Steve Beers 1995 1999 ChildrenAnnie StarkeParentWilliam Close father AwardsFull listClose began her professional career on the stage in 1974 with Love for Love She received her first Tony Award nomination for her role in Barnum and later went on to win three competitive Tony Awards for her roles in the plays The Real Thing 1983 and Death and the Maiden 1992 and the musical Sunset Boulevard 1995 She returned to the Broadway stage in a 2014 revival of A Delicate Balance She reprised her role as Norma Desmond in a West End and Broadway revival in 2016 and 2017 respectively She has also hosted the Tony Awards twice in 1992 and 1995 Often regarded as one of the greatest film actors never to have won an Academy Award Close received eight such nominations for her roles in The World According to Garp 1982 The Big Chill 1983 The Natural 1984 Fatal Attraction 1987 Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Albert Nobbs 2011 The Wife 2017 and Hillbilly Elegy 2020 She has also starred in Jagged Edge 1985 Reversal of Fortune 1990 Hamlet 1990 The House of the Spirits 1993 The Paper 1994 Mars Attacks 1996 and Air Force One 1997 She also portrayed Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians 1996 and its sequel 102 Dalmatians 2000 For her work on television she won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the television film Serving in Silence The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story 1995 For her portrayal of Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Showtime television film The Lion in Winter 2003 she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Miniseries or Television Film From 2007 to 2012 Close starred as Patty Hewes in the drama series Damages for which she received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Close has been married thrice and has a daughter from her relationship with producer John Starke She is the president of Trillium Productions and has co founded the website FetchDog She has made political donations in support of Democratic politicians and is vocal on issues such as women s rights same sex marriage and mental health Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 1970s Early work 2 2 1980s Breakthrough and rise to prominence 2 3 1990s Established actress 2 4 2000s Focus on television 2 5 2010s Return to film and stage 2 6 2020s Continued film work and further acclaim 2 6 1 Upcoming projects 3 Reception acting style and legacy 4 Personal life 4 1 Relationships and family 4 2 Business ventures and assets 4 3 Interests and views 5 Activism 5 1 Philanthropy 5 2 Mental health initiatives 6 Acting credits and awards 7 References 8 External linksEarly life and education EditGlenn Close was born on March 19 1947 in Greenwich Connecticut to socialite Elizabeth Mary Hester Bettine Moore and William Taliaferro Close 1 a doctor who operated a clinic in the Belgian Congo and served as a personal physician to its dictator Mobutu Sese Seko 2 She has two sisters Tina and Jessie and two brothers Alexander nicknamed Sandy and Tambu Misoki whom Close s parents adopted while living in the Congo 3 During her childhood Close lived with her parents in a stone cottage on her maternal grandfather s estate in Greenwich Close began honing her acting abilities in her early years I have no doubt that the days I spent running free in the evocative Connecticut countryside with an unfettered imagination playing whatever character our games demanded is one of the reasons that acting has always seemed so natural to me 4 Although Close has an affluent background she has stated that her family chose not to participate in WASP society She would also avoid mentioning her birthplace the wealthy town Greenwich whenever asked because she did not want people to think she was a dilettante who didn t have to work 5 When Close was seven years old her parents joined the Moral Re Armament MRA a movement in which her family remained involved for fifteen years During this period Close s family lived in communal centers She has described MRA as a cult that dictated every aspect of her life from the clothes that had to be worn to what she was allowed to say Close also spent time in Switzerland when studying at St George s School and attended Rosemary Hall now Choate Rosemary Hall graduating in 1965 6 She traveled for several years in the mid to late 1960s with the nonprofit encouragement singing group Up With People During her time in Up With People Close organized a small singing group called the Green Glenn Singers consisting of herself Kathe Green Jennie Dorn and Vee Entwistle The group s stated mission was to write and sing songs which would give people a purpose and inspire them to live the way they were meant to live 7 When she was 22 Close broke away from MRA 8 She once stated that her desire to become an actress allowed her to leave the group adding I have long ago forgiven my parents for any of this They had their reasons for doing what they did and I understand them It had terrible effects on their kids but that s the way it is We all try to survive right And I think what actually saved me more than anything was my desire to be an actress 9 She attended The College of William amp Mary double majoring in theater and anthropology 10 During her senior year of college Close became inspired to pursue a career in acting after watching an interview of Katharine Hepburn on The Dick Cavett Show 11 It was in the college s theater department that Close began to train as a serious actor under Howard Scammon William and Mary s long time professor of theater During her years at school in Williamsburg she also starred in the summer time outdoor drama The Common Glory written by Pulitzer Prize author Paul Green 12 She was elected to membership in the honor society of Phi Beta Kappa 13 Through the years Close has returned to William amp Mary to lecture and to visit the theater department In 1989 Close was the commencement speaker at William amp Mary and received an honorary doctor of arts degree Through her appearance on the first episode of the seventh season of Finding Your Roots she came to find out that she is related to Princess Diana through her 7 times great grandparents is also distantly related to fellow actor Clint Eastwood and that some of her ancestors were slaveholders 14 She also has a tangential connection to Marjorie Post who was once married to her grandfather Edward Bennett Close Career Edit1970s Early work Edit Close started her professional career on the stage in 1974 at age 27 13 In her senior year of college she called her school s theater department to be nominated for a series of auditions through the University Resident Theatre Association and TCG 13 Eventually she was given a callback and hired for one season to do three plays at the Helen Hayes Theatre one of those plays being Love for Love directed by Hal Prince 15 She made her television debut in 1975 with a small role in the anthology series Great Performances From September 1978 to April 1979 Glenn appeared on Broadway in The Crucifer Of Blood playing the part of Irene St Claire with Paxton Whitehead and Dwight Schultz 16 In 1979 she filmed the television movies Orphan Train and Too Far to Go The latter film included Blythe Danner and Michael Moriarty in the cast and Close played Moriarty s lover 1980s Breakthrough and rise to prominence Edit The 1980s proved to be Close s breakthrough in Hollywood In 1980 director George Roy Hill discovered Close on Broadway and asked her to audition with Robin Williams for a role in The World According to Garp which would become her first film role as well as her first Academy Award nominated performance 17 She played Robin Williams s mother despite being just four years older The following year she played Sarah Cooper in The Big Chill a character that director Lawrence Kasdan said he specifically wrote for her The movie received positive reviews and was a financial success Close became the third actor to receive a Tony Emmy and Oscar Academy Award nomination all in the same calendar year after the release of The Big Chill Also in 1980 she received her first Tony Award nomination for her performance in the musical Barnum In 1984 Close was given a part in Robert Redford s baseball drama The Natural and although it was a small supporting role she earned a third consecutive Oscar nomination Close to this day credits her nomination to cinematographer Caleb Deschanel stating That hat was designed so the sunlight would come through We waited for a certain time of day so the sun was shining through the back of the stadium And he had a lens that muted the people around me It was an incredibly well thought out shot And I honestly think that s the reason I got nominated 18 Close also starred opposite Robert Duvall in the drama The Stone Boy 1984 a film about a family coping after their youngest child accidentally kills his older brother in a hunting accident She continued to appear in television films in the following years beginning with The Elephant Man and in 1984 she starred in the critically acclaimed drama Something About Amelia a television film about a family destroyed by sexual abuse She won her first Tony Award in 1984 for The Real Thing directed by Mike Nichols Eventually Close began to seek different roles to play because she did not want to be typecast as a motherly figure 19 She starred in the 1985 romantic comedy Maxie alongside Mandy Patinkin Close was given favorable reviews and even received her second Golden Globe Award nomination but the movie was critically panned and under performed at the box office 20 21 In 1985 Close starred in the legal thriller Jagged Edge opposite Jeff Bridges Initially Jane Fonda was attached to the role but was replaced with Close when she requested changes in the script Producer Martin Ransohoff was against the casting of Close because he said she was too ugly for the part Close eventually heard about this and said she didn t want Ransohoff on set while she was making her scenes Director Richard Marquand stood by her side and sent Ransohoff away Infuriated Ransohoff went to the studio heads trying to get Close and Marquand fired from the picture The studio refused stating they were pleased with their work in the film 22 Jagged Edge received mixed to positive reviews and grossed 40 million on a 15 million budget 23 In 1987 Close played the disturbed book editor Alex Forrest in the psychological thriller Fatal Attraction The film became a huge box office success the highest grossing film worldwide of that year The film propelled Close to international stardom and the character of Alex Forrest is considered one of her most iconic roles the phrase bunny boiler has even been added to the dictionary referring to a scene from the movie During the re shoot of the ending Close suffered a concussion from one of the takes when her head smashed against a mirror After being rushed to the hospital she discovered much to her horror that she was actually a few weeks pregnant with her daughter Close stated in an interview that Fatal Attraction was really the first part that took me away from the Jenny Fields Sarah Coopers good nurturing women roles I did more preparation for that film than I ve ever done 19 Close received her fourth Oscar nomination for this role 24 and also won the People s Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Actress citation needed She played a scheming aristocrat the Marquise de Merteuil in 1988 s period romantic drama Dangerous Liaisons 13 Close earned stellar reviews for this performance and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress In addition she received her first BAFTA Award nomination 25 Also in 1988 she appeared alongside Keith Carradine in Stones for Ibarra a television film adapted from the book written by Harriet Doerr and produced by the Hallmark company Close s final film role of the decade was Immediate Family 1989 a drama about a married couple seeking to adopt a child Producer Lawrence Kasdan had Close star in the film as he directed her previously in The Big Chill 1990s Established actress Edit nbsp Close at the 1992 Venice Film FestivalIn 1990 Close went on to play the role of Sunny von Bulow opposite Jeremy Irons in Reversal of Fortune to critical acclaim The film drew some controversy since it dealt with the Claus von Bulow murder trial while the real Sunny von Bulow was still in a vegetative state Sunny s children publicly criticized the movie 26 27 In the same year Close played Gertrude in Franco Zeffirelli s film adaption of Hamlet It was the first Shakespeare role that Close had ever attempted on screen she appeared in 1975 in a stage production of King Lear in Milwaukee Close would later go on to join the cast of The House of the Spirits reuniting her with Jeremy Irons She also had a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg s Hook 1991 as a pirate In 1991 she starred in the highly rated Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie Sarah Plain and Tall as well as its two sequels In 1992 Close starred in Meeting Venus for which she received critical acclaim and won Best Actress Golden Ciak at the Venice Film Festival In the same year Close became a trustee emeritus of The Sundance Institute 28 She also portrayed the title subject of the fact based made for TV movie Serving in Silence The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story in 1995 for which she won her first Primetime Emmy Award Additionally she has also provided the voice of Mona Simpson from The Simpsons since 1995 29 Entertainment Weekly named Close one of the 16 best Simpsons guest stars 30 Close has also hosted Saturday Night Live twice in 1989 and in 1992 31 32 In 1992 she won her second Tony Award for Death and the Maiden 13 nbsp Close as Norma Desmond for the musical Sunset Boulevard in 1995One of her most notable roles on stage was Norma Desmond in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of Sunset Boulevard for which Close won her third Tony Award playing the role on Broadway in 1993 94 13 For her role Close was met with critical acclaim David Richards of The New York Times wrote in 1994 that Glenn is giving one of those legendary performances people will be talking about years from now The actress takes breathtaking risks venturing so far out on a limb at times that you fear it will snap It doesn t 33 She would later re team with the show s director Trevor Nunn in London for his Royal National Theatre revival of A Streetcar Named Desire in 2002 34 Close appeared in the newsroom comedy drama The Paper 1994 directed by her good friend Ron Howard and in 1996 she acted alongside the cast of Tim Burton s alien invasion satire Mars Attacks 1996 That same year she portrayed the sinister Cruella de Vil in the Disney live action hit of 101 Dalmatians Her role as Cruella de Vil was universally praised and earned her a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Comedy or Musical The film was also a commercial success grossing 320 6 million in theaters against a 75 million budget As per Close s contract she is allowed to keep any costumes from her films Much to their dismay the producers attempted to make copies of Close s wardrobe due to the expensive materials being used but she rejected their suggestion and kept the originals 35 The following year Close appeared in another box office hit with Air Force One 1997 playing the trustworthy vice president to Harrison Ford s president Ford stated in an interview that the role of the vice president was already written for a woman and that he personally chose Close for the role after meeting her at a birthday party for then president Bill Clinton 36 Close would later star in the war film Paradise Road 1997 as a choir conductor of the women imprisoned by the Japanese in World War II In 1999 Close provided the voice of Kala in Disney s animated film Tarzan She later went on to receive great reviews for her comedic role as Camille Dixon in Cookie s Fortune 1999 37 2000s Focus on television Edit Close began to appear in television movies rather than doing theatrical films in the early 2000s She returned as Cruella de Vil in 102 Dalmatians 2000 Although the film received mixed reviews it performed well at the box office Close later filmed The Safety of Objects which premiered in 2001 a movie about four suburban families dealing with maladies This was Kristen Stewart s first film role and Close and Stewart would later reunite in the 2015 film Anesthesia Close starred in Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her in the same year this would be one of many future collaborations with director Rodrigo Garcia In 2004 she played Claire Wellington an uptight socialite in the comedy The Stepford Wives opposite Nicole Kidman and Christopher Walken She provided the voice of the Blue Fairy in the English version of Pinocchio 2002 and Granny in the animated film Hoodwinked 2005 Close continued to do smaller films like Le Divorce 2003 and The Chumscrubber 2005 In 2005 she reunited with director Rodrigo Garcia to do Nine Lives he would later direct Close in the film Albert Nobbs 2011 In the same year she starred in the film Heights 2005 an independent drama centered on the lives of five New Yorkers Close s performance was lauded by critics 38 39 nbsp Close at an event for The Shield in 2005In 2001 she starred in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein s classic musical South Pacific as Nellie Forbush on ABC She guest starred on Will and Grace in 2002 portraying a satirical version of Annie Leibovitz which earned her an Emmy nomination for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series In 2003 Close played Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Showtime produced film The Lion in Winter Close won a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance In 2005 Close joined the FX crime series The Shield in which she played Monica Rawling a no nonsense precinct captain which became her first TV role in a series Close stated that she made the right move because television was in a golden era and the quality of some programs had already risen to the standards of film 40 John Landgraf CEO of FX stated that network was the first to bring a female movie star of Glenn Close s stature to television He also credits her collaboration with the network with promoting roles for women on television as well as influencing other film actors to switch to the small screen 41 42 In 2007 she appeared in the same film as her previous co star Meryl Streep in the ensemble drama Evening This would be Close s final theatrical film role of the decade since she began to star in her own television series Damages 2007 Close was asked about her contributions to independent films to which she responded I love the casts that gather around a good piece of writing certainly not for the money but because it is good and challenging Sometimes I ve taken a role for one scene that I thought was phenomenal Also my presence can help them get money so it s I think a way for me to give back 43 Shortly after her stint on The Shield Close was approached by FX executives who pitched a television series for her to star in Also in 2007 Close began a five season run playing the ruthless and brilliant lawyer Patty Hewes on Damages Her portrayal of this character was met with rave reviews and a plethora of award nominations in addition she went on to win two consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 44 Close s win also made her the first Best Actress winner in a drama series at the Emmy s for a cable show Throughout the show s run she became one of the highest paid actresses on cable earning 200 000 per episode 45 Close stated that her role of Patty Hewes was the role of her life She also kept in contact with her co star Rose Byrne and the two have become friends After the series ended Close stated that she would not return to television in a regular role but that she was open to do a miniseries or guest spot 46 In 2008 Close performed at Carnegie Hall narrating the violin concerto The Runaway Bunny a concerto for reader violin and orchestra composed and conducted by Glen Roven 2010s Return to film and stage Edit nbsp Close at the 2010 Cannes Film FestivalIn December 2010 Close began filming Albert Nobbs in Dublin She had previously won an Obie in 1982 for her role in the play on stage She had been working on the project in which she appeared alongside 101 Dalmatians co star Mark Williams for almost twenty years and aside from starring in it she co wrote the script and produced the film 47 Close stated it became more important for her to make the film in order to stimulate discussion on transgender issues commenting There came a point where I asked Am I willing to live the rest of my life having given up on this And I said No I won t Some people will change their point of view and those who are either too old or too blinkered to accept the beauty of difference will just have to die off 48 In the film Close played the title role of Albert Nobbs a woman living as a man in 19th century Ireland after being sexually assaulted as a young girl While the film overall received mixed reviews Close s performance received critical acclaim as it was noted for being the most subtle and introverted of her career to that point and a departure from her previous roles When asked during the film s awards campaign about the fact of not having an Oscar Close said I remember being astounded that I met some people who were really kind of almost hyper ventilating as to whether they were going to win or not and I have never understood that Because if you just do the simple math the amount of people who are in our two unions the amount of people who in our profession are out of work at any given time the amount of movies that are made every year and then you re one of five nominees How could you possibly think of yourself as a loser 49 nbsp Close at the French premiere of Albert Nobbs in 2012She provided the voice of the Giant in the Summer 2012 production of the musical Into the Woods at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park The production also featured Amy Adams as The Baker s Wife and Donna Murphy as The Witch 50 In 2014 she starred in a production of the Pirates of Penzance for the Public Theater in New York playing the role of Ruth This production featured Kevin Kline Martin Short and Anika Noni Rose In October 2014 Close returned to Broadway in the starring role of Agnes in Pam MacKinnon s revival of Edward Albee s A Delicate Balance at the John Golden Theatre 51 Her co stars were John Lithgow as Tobias Martha Plimpton as Julia and Lindsay Duncan as Claire The production grossed 884 596 over eight preview performances during the week ending October 25 setting a new house record at the Golden Theatre The production received mixed reviews although the cast was praised 52 After her television series Damages ended Close returned to film in 2014 in which she played Nova Prime Rael in the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy directed by James Gunn 53 54 She also appeared in the independent movies 5 to 7 2014 and Low Down 2014 In 2015 Close made a cameo on Louis C K s Louie on FX in the season five episode Sleepover alongside John Lithgow Michael Cera and Matthew Broderick 55 In 2016 she appeared in The Great Gilly Hopkins and starred in the British zombie horror drama The Girl with All the Gifts 2016 as Dr Caldwell a scientist researching a cure to save humanity In April 2016 she returned as Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard in an English National Opera production in the West End in London 56 Close was met with rave reviews after returning to this same role twenty three years later Both The Times and The Daily Telegraph gave the production five stars and praised her performance 57 During the production Close was forced to cancel three shows due to a chest infection She was hospitalized but later recovered and finished the remaining shows 58 Close won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical Performance and was nominated for her first Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical 59 60 That same year she was inducted into American Theater Hall of Fame for her work on the stage 61 The ENO London production of Sunset Boulevard transferred to the Palace Theatre on Broadway with Close reprising her role It opened on February 9 2017 in a limited run selling tickets through June 25 2017 The production featured a 40 piece orchestra the largest in Broadway history 62 63 64 Close in particular was lauded by critics for her new incarnation of Norma Desmond As The New York Times called it one of the great stage performances of this century 65 Variety Parade The Guardian and Entertainment Weekly also gave the new production positive reviews 66 67 68 That same year Close starred in a half hour comedy pilot for Amazon titled Sea Oak The pilot premiered online with viewers voting to choose if it wanted Amazon to produce the series Although it received favorable reviews it was not picked up 69 Also in 2017 she was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Theatre World Awards 70 In 2017 Close appeared alongside Noomi Rapace and Willem Dafoe in What Happened to Monday a science fiction thriller produced by Netflix 71 Also that year she was reunited with actors John Malkovich her co star in Dangerous Liaisons and Patrick Stewart co star in The Lion in Winter in the romantic comedy The Wilde Wedding and co starred in Crooked House a film adaptation of the novel by Agatha Christie Close garnered widespread critical acclaim for her performance in the 2018 drama The Wife which had first premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival 72 73 An adaptation of Meg Wolitzer s novel of the same name the film stars Close as Joan Castleman who questions her life choices as she travels with her husband to Stockholm where he is set to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature 74 The film also features Close s daughter Annie Starke as a younger version of Castleman Close won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and the Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Actress She received her seventh Academy Award nomination her fourth nomination in the Best Actress category which has made her the most nominated actress without a win She was widely considered to be the frontrunner to win the Oscar which would be the first of her career but ultimately lost to Olivia Colman for The Favourite 75 In addition Close received a nomination her second overall for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role which she also lost to Colman Also in 2018 Close made a return to the stage where from September to December she featured in the Off Broadway play Mother of the Maid at the Public Theater in New York City 76 2020s Continued film work and further acclaim Edit In 2020 Close starred in Netflix s film adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy reuniting with Ron Howard and starring alongside Amy Adams 77 While the film which was released for streaming on Netflix on November 24 2020 received mixed to negative critical reviews 78 Close received acclaim for her performance Richard Roeper praised Close for her masterful screen commanding pitch perfect performance 79 while Peter Travers at ABC News called her simply sensational 80 and Owen Gleiberman at Variety wrote that as long as Close is acting up an award worthy storm her performance is actually quite meticulous Hillbilly Elegy is never less than alive 81 For the role she received the San Francisco International Film Festival s Award for Acting and another Academy Award Golden Globe and SAG Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress 82 83 84 Close also received a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actress for Hillbilly Elegy making her the third performer after James Coco for Only When I Laugh and Amy Irving for Yentl to receive both an Oscar nomination and a Razzie nomination for the same performance 85 Also in 2020 Close co starred with Mila Kunis in the drama Four Good Days directed by Rodrigo Garcia and presented at the Sundance Film Festival 86 In 2021 Close served as an executive producer alongside Emma Stone for Cruella a Disney live action spin off prequel of One Hundred and One Dalmatians directed by Craig Gillespie Stone plays the younger version of Cruella de Vil the titular character whom Close portrayed in the 1996 live action adaptation and its 2000 sequel 87 88 The same year Close appeared opposite Mahershala Ali in the Apple TV drama film Swan Song 89 In 2022 she starred in season two of the Apple TV thriller series Tehran Close learned Persian for her role in Tehran 90 Upcoming projects Edit Close is set to reprise her stage role of Norma Desmond in a film adaptation of the musical Sunset Boulevard though the film remains in development 91 92 93 She will also be starring in the upcoming film Brothers alongside Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage 94 In 2022 it was announced that Close will star alongside Andra Day and Mo Nique in an upcoming exorcism drama The Deliverance directed by Lee Daniels for Netflix and slated for release in 2023 95 Close was also cast alongside Jamie Foxx Cameron Diaz and Kyle Chandler in the action comedy Back in Action also for Netflix 96 In March 2023 it was announced that Close stars in the upcoming film The Summer Book based on the novel by Tove Jansson which will directed by Charlie McDowell 97 Reception acting style and legacy Edit nbsp Close at the 65th Annual Peabody Awards in 2006Close is regarded as an extraordinarily versatile actress with an immersive acting style and a considerable range 98 99 Vanity Fair remarked how Close is long considered one of the great actresses of our time 100 James Lipton described her as an actor who can find an outstanding number of layers in a role or a single moment she is a supple actor who performs subtle feats Close was also professionally trained by acting coach Harold Guskin who also mentored Kevin Kline Bridget Fonda and James Gandolfini Working with Guskin Close learned several important lessons which she said she s applied to her career as well as her life One such lesson she claims was to read the lines off the page and remembering to breathe Close states You have to maintain a certain openness and if you don t maintain that you lose something vital as an actor It s how we re wired and it s not a bad thing 101 Close says that she went to every rehearsal in order to master her acting skills 102 103 I love the chemistry that can be created onstage between the actors and the audience It s molecular even the energies that can go back and forth I started in theater and when I first went into movies I felt that my energy was going to blow out the camera Close on acting 104 On method acting Close claims that while she found it an interesting technique it was not her preferred style 105 Although Close does extensive research and preparation for her roles she also relies less on the technicality of a performance saying Good acting I think is like being a magician in that you make people believe because it s only when they believe that they are moved And I want people to get emotionally involved I think technique is important but it isn t everything You can have a great technical actor who ll leave people cold That s not my idea of great acting As audience I don t want to be aware of acting 106 Longtime collaborator and playwright Christopher Hampton describes Close as an actress who can very easily convey a sense of strength and intelligence Hampton worked on Sunset Boulevard and the stage production of Dangerous Liaisons later casting Close in the movie version of the latter production 107 Glenn is often described as having a glacial or distant quality about her but in person she s the absolute opposite warm and intimate says actor Iain Glen who co starred with her in the 2002 stage production of A Streetcar Named Desire She was able to bring strength to the role she was able to completely access that vulnerability There was a real softness to her 107 However Close is consistently praised for her roles as the villain or antagonist in her performances 108 Her character in Fatal Attraction was ranked number 7 on AFI s 100 years 100 heroes and villains list 109 Regarding her role in the series Damages The New York Times remarked There is no actor dead or alive as scary as a smiling Glenn Close 110 Journalist Christopher Hooton also praised her saying Christopher Walken Glenn Close Al Pacino and many others have a surprising danger in them They re a little scary to be around because you feel they might jump you or blow up at you at any time They are ticking time bombs 111 Film historian Cari Beauchamp has stated When you look at the top 10 actresses of the past 80 years since sound came in first you have Bette Davis Katharine Hepburn and Meryl Streep but I think Glenn Close is definitely in that list It s a combination of her guts in the roles she chooses and her perseverance We re talking about 30 years of nominated performances 112 On January 12 2009 Close was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Roosevelt Hotel 113 As of 2018 update films featuring Close have grossed over 1 3 billion in North America 114 She is also regarded as a gay icon after having played numerous campy roles on screen and stage 115 116 She was named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2019 117 Personal life EditRelationships and family Edit Close has been married three times with each marriage ending in divorce Her first marriage at age 22 which Close has described as kind of an arranged marriage ended before she attended college 118 This marriage from 1969 to 1971 was to Cabot Wade a guitarist and songwriter with whom she had performed during her time at Up with People 119 From 1979 to 1983 she lived with actor Len Cariou 120 She was married to grocery heir James Marlas from 1984 to 1987 119 Later Close began a relationship with producer John Starke whom she had met on the set of The World According to Garp 119 Their daughter Annie Starke was born in 1988 and is an actress 121 Close and Starke separated in 1991 119 In 1995 Close was engaged to carpenter Steve Beers who had worked on Sunset Boulevard the two never married and their relationship ended in 1999 119 In February 2006 Close married executive and venture capitalist David Evans Shaw in Maine 119 122 but they divorced in August 2015 123 Business ventures and assets Edit As of 2016 Close primarily resides in Bedford Hills New York and also owns a condo in the West Village 124 She also owns properties in Wellington Florida and Bozeman Montana 125 In the early 1990s she owned a coffee shop in Bozeman but sold it in 2006 126 In 2011 Close sold her apartment in The Beresford for 10 2 million 127 She also runs a 1 000 acre ranch in Wyoming 128 Close is the president of Trillium Productions Inc 129 130 Her company has produced films like Albert Nobbs Sarah Plain and Tall and South Pacific With Barbra Streisand she produced the TV film Serving in Silence 1995 for which both were nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie In 2007 she co founded FetchDog a dog accessories catalog and Internet site Part of her work was publishing blogs in which she interviewed other celebrities about their relationships with their dogs She sold the business in 2012 131 132 Interests and views Edit Close was born into a Democratic family 133 Her political donations have mostly been made in support of Democratic politicians including Hillary Clinton Howard Dean John Edwards Angus King and Barack Obama 134 Close also spoke at the 2004 Democratic National Convention 135 136 She voted for Obama in the 2008 presidential election and attended his inauguration 137 138 In a 2016 interview with Andrew Marr for the BBC Close criticized then presidential candidate Donald Trump calling his campaign terribly frightening 139 She reiterated her sentiments about Trump in 2017 stating that he doesn t stand for anything I believe in 140 Close keeps all of her costumes after completing films and rents them out to exhibits 141 142 She lent one of the dresses she wore in Dangerous Liaisons to Madonna for her 1990 VMA performance of Vogue 143 144 In 2017 she donated her entire costume collection to Indiana University Bloomington 145 Close is a New York Mets fan and has sung the national anthem at Shea Stadium and Citi Field numerous times since 1986 146 147 Due to her upbringing Close has stated that she is a spiritual but irreligious person 148 Activism EditPhilanthropy Edit Close has campaigned for several issues such as women s rights same sex marriage and mental health In 1989 she attended pro choice marches in Washington D C with Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda 149 In 1998 Close was a part of a star studded cast that performed The Vagina Monologues at a benefit It raised 250 000 in a single evening with proceeds going to the effort to stop violence against women 150 151 She was honored with a GLAAD Media Award in 2002 for promoting equal rights among the LGBT community 152 She volunteered and produced a documentary for Puppies Behind Bars an organization that provides service dogs for wounded war veterans 153 154 Close is also a trustee of The Wildlife Conservation Society 155 and volunteers at Fountain House in New York City a facility dedicated to the recovery of those suffering from mental illness 156 She is a founding member of the Panthera Conservation Advisory Committee Panthera is an international nonprofit whose sole mission is conservation of the world s 36 species of wild cats 157 Close has also been a longtime supporter of late friend Christopher Reeve s foundation 158 159 She is also a member of the CuriosityStream Advisory Board 160 Mental health initiatives Edit nbsp Close attending a mental health advocacy meeting at the office of U S Senator Debbie Stabenow in 2013Close was a founder and is chairperson of Bring Change to Mind 161 a US campaign to eradicate the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness supporting her sister Jessie who has bipolar disorder 162 She contributed chapters to her sister s 2015 book about mental illness Resilience Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness 163 In 2010 Close announced to the public that she had her DNA sequenced in order to publicize her family s history of mental illness 164 During the month of July 2013 Close put over 380 designer items up for auction on eBay from the wardrobe of her Damages character Patty Hewes All proceeds were raised to go to her charity Bring Change to Mind Close had director and friend Ron Howard direct the foundation s first PSA John Mayer also lent his song Say for the advert 165 In 2013 Close delivered an address at the White House urging passage of the Excellence in Mental Health Act which was written to expand treatment for the mentally ill and to provide access to mental health services The bill was signed into law by President Barack Obama in April 2014 and will provide 1 1 billion in funding to help strengthen the mental health care system in the US 166 She was awarded the WebMD Health Hero award in 2015 for her contributions to mental health initiatives 167 On June 16 2016 Close donated 75 000 to the Mental Health Association of Central Florida in order to fund counseling and other assistance to victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting 168 She frequently promotes her charitable causes on her Instagram account 169 Acting credits and awards EditMain articles Glenn Close on screen and stage and List of awards and nominations received by Glenn CloseReferences Edit Roberts Gary Boyd 2010 Notable Kin Additional Noted American Cousin A Five Year Update Numbers 326 350 New England Historic Genealogical Society Founded 1845 Archived from the original on October 16 2014 Retrieved December 7 2010 Simpson Dan November 29 2006 Conscience and the Congo Pittsburgh Post Gazette Archived from the original on August 23 2011 Retrieved July 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