Glenn Close on screen and stage
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Glenn Close is an American actress, screenwriter and film producer with an extensive career in film, television, and stage. She began her professional career on stage in 1974 with Love for Love and was mostly a New York stage actress until the early 1980s. Her work included Broadway productions of Barnum in 1980 and The Real Thing in 1983, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film debut came in The World According to Garp (1982), which was followed by supporting roles in the films The Big Chill (1983) and The Natural (1984); all three earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Close went on to establish herself as a Hollywood leading lady with roles in Fatal Attraction (1987) and Dangerous Liaisons (1988), both of which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Close won two more Tony Awards for Death and the Maiden in 1992 and Sunset Boulevard in 1995. She won her first Primetime Emmy Award for the 1995 television drama film Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, and she continued a successful film career with starring roles in Reversal of Fortune (1990) and Air Force One (1997), among others, while being also well known for her portrayal as the villainous Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996) and the sequel 102 Dalmatians (2000). Further television work came for Close in the 2000s, with her portrayal of Eleanor of Aquitaine in the 2003 television film The Lion in Winter earning her a Golden Globe Award. From 2007 to 2012, Close starred as Patty Hewes in the drama series Damages, which won her a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She returned to the Broadway stage in a 2014 revival of A Delicate Balance.[1] During this period, she received two additional Best Actress Academy Award nominations for Albert Nobbs (2011) and The Wife (2017), winning a third Golden Globe for the latter. In 2020, she starred in Hillbilly Elegy and received her fourth Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, her eight nomination overall, making her one of the five most-nominated actresses in Academy history.
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | Jenny Fields | |
| 1983 | The Big Chill | Sarah Cooper | |
| 1984 | The Natural | Iris Gaines | |
| The Stone Boy | Ruth Hillerman | ||
| Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Jane Porter | Voice, uncredited | |
| 1985 | Jagged Edge | Theodosia "Teddy" Barnes | |
| Maxie | Jan Cheyney / Maxie Malone | ||
| 1987 | Fatal Attraction | Alexandra "Alex" Forrest | |
| 1988 | Dangerous Liaisons | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil | |
| Light Years | Queen Ambisextra | Voice | |
| 1989 | Immediate Family | Linda Spector | |
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Martha "Sunny" von Bülow | |
| Hamlet | Queen Gertrude | ||
| 1991 | Hook | Gutless | Cameo |
| Meeting Venus | Karin Anderson | ||
| 1993 | The House of the Spirits | Ferula Trueba | |
| 1994 | The Paper | Alicia Clark | |
| 1996 | Mary Reilly | Mrs. Farraday | |
| 101 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil | ||
| Mars Attacks! | First Lady Marsha Dale | ||
| 1997 | Paradise Road | Adrienne Pargiter | |
| Air Force One | Vice President Kathryn Bennett | ||
| In & Out | Herself | Cameo | |
| 1999 | Cookie's Fortune | Camille Dixon | |
| Tarzan | Kala | Voice | |
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Cruella de Vil | |
| Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Dr. Elaine Keener | ||
| 2001 | The Safety of Objects | Esther Gold | |
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Olivia Pace | |
| Pinocchio | The Blue Fairy | Voice | |
| 2004 | Heights | Diana | |
| The Stepford Wives | Claire Wellington | ||
| 2005 | Tarzan II | Kala | Voice, direct-to-DVD |
| The Chumscrubber | Carrie Johnson | ||
| Nine Lives | Maggie | ||
| 2006 | Hoodwinked! | Granny | Voice |
| 2007 | Evening | Mrs. Wittenborn | |
| 2011 | Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil | Granny | Voice |
| Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs | Also writer and producer | |
| 2014 | Low Down | Gram | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | Nova Prime Irani Rael | ||
| 2015 | 5 to 7 | Arlene | |
| Anesthesia | Marcia Zarrow | ||
| The Great Gilly Hopkins | Nonnie Hopkins | ||
| 2016 | Warcraft | Alodi | Uncredited cameo |
| The Girl with All the Gifts | Dr. Caroline Caldwell | ||
| 2017 | What Happened to Monday | Nicolette Cayman | |
| The Wilde Wedding | Eve Wilde | Also executive producer | |
| The Wife | Joan Castleman | ||
| Crooked House | Lady Edith | ||
| Father Figures | Helen Baxter | ||
| 2020 | Four Good Days | Deb | |
| Hillbilly Elegy | Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance | ||
| 2021 | Cruella | Cruella de Vil | Executive producer |
| Swan Song | Dr. Scott | ||
| 2023 | Heart of Stone | King of Diamonds | Cameo |
| 2024 | The Deliverance | Morgan | Post-production |
| Back in Action | TBA | Post-production[2] | |
| TBD | Brothers | TBA | Post-production[3] |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Great Performances | Neighbor | Episode: "The Rules of the Game" |
| 1979 | Too Far to Go | Rebecca Kuehn | Television film |
| Orphan Train | Jessica | ||
| 1982 | The Elephant Man | Princess Alexandra | |
| 1984 | Something About Amelia | Gail Bennett | |
| 1988 | Stones for Ibarra | Sara Everton | |
| 1989–1992 | Saturday Night Live | Herself (host) | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Sarah Wheaton | Television film, also executive producer |
| 1993 | Skylark | Sarah Witting | |
| 1995 | Serving in Silence | Margarethe Cammermeyer | |
| Inside the Actors Studio | Herself | Season 2, episode 4 | |
| 1995–2021 | The Simpsons | Mona Simpson (voice) | 11 episodes |
| 1996–1998 | The Little Lulu Show | Mrs. Van Snobbe Mrs. Hoggenswallow |
Voice; 9 episodes |
| 1997 | In the Gloaming | Janet | Television film |
| 1999 | Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | Sarah Witting | Television film, also executive producer |
| 2000 | Baby | Adult Sophie | Television film, narrator, also executive producer |
| 2001 | The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | Arvella Whipple | Television film, also executive producer |
| South Pacific | Nellie Forbush | ||
| 2002 | Will & Grace | Fanny Lieber | Episode: "Hocus Focus" |
| 2003 | Brush with Fate | Cornelia Engelbrecht | Television film |
| The Lion in Winter[4] | Eleanor of Aquitaine | ||
| 2004 | The West Wing | Evelyn Baker Lang | Episode: "The Supremes" |
| Strip Search | Karen Moore | Television film | |
| 2005 | The Shield | Captain Monica Rawling | Main role; 13 episodes (season 4) |
| 2007–2012 | Damages[5] | Patricia "Patty" Hewes | Main role; 59 episodes |
| 2015 | Louie | Woman | Episode: "Sleepover" |
| 2016 | Family Guy | Herself (voice) | Episode: "A Lot Going on Upstairs" |
| 2017 | Sea Oak | Aunt Bernie | Pilot. also executive producer |
| 2018–2019 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Mothership (voice) | 22 episodes |
| 2020 | Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time | Herself - Clue Giver / Video Clue Presenter | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window |
Woman in the seat 2A | Episode: "Episode 8"; Cameo[6] |
| Tehran | Marjan Montazeri | Main role; season 2 | |
| 2024 | The New Look | Carmel Snow | 3 episodes |
Documentaries[edit]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | American Experience | Executive producer |
| 1990 | Divine Garbo | Host |
| 1992 | Broken Hearts, Broken Homes | Executive producer |
| 1999 | The Lady with the Torch | Host |
| 2003 | In Search of the Jaguar | Narrator |
| What I Want My Words to Do to You | ||
| A Closer Walk | ||
| 2007 | Gabon: The Last Eden | |
| 2009 | Home | |
| 2010 | Pax | Executive producer and director |
| 2011 | Not My Life | Narrator |
| 2012 | Love, Marilyn | |
| 2015 | Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw | |
| 2016 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Herself |
| 2021 | The Me You Can't See |
Stage[edit]
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Love for Love | Angelica | Broadway play (New Phoenix Rep at Helen Hayes Theatre) |
| The Rules of the Game | Neighbour | ||
| The Member of the Wedding | Janice | ||
| 1976 | Rex | Princess Mary | Broadway musical (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre) |
| 1977 | The Crazy Locomotive | Sophia Tenser / Jeanne Cackleson[7] | Off-Broadway (Chelsea Theater Center) |
| Uncommon Women and Others | Leilah[8] | Off-Broadway | |
| 1978 | The Crucifer of Blood | Irene St. Claire | Broadway play (Helen Hayes Theatre) |
| 1979 | Wine Untouched | Off-Broadway | |
| The Winter Dancers | Kettle[9] | ||
| 1980 | Barnum | Chairy Barnum | Broadway musical (St. James Theatre) |
| 1981 | Uncle Vanya | Elena | Yale Repertory Theatre |
| 1982 | The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs | Off-Broadway |
| 1983 | The Real Thing | Annie | Broadway play (Plymouth Theatre) |
| 1985 | For No Good Reason/Childhood | Off-Broadway | |
| Joan of Arc at the Stake | Concert[10] | ||
| Benefactors | Jane | Broadway play (Brooks Atkinson Theatre) | |
| 1991 | Brooklyn Laundry | Los Angeles | |
| 1992 | Death and the Maiden | Paulina Salas | Broadway play (Brooks Atkinson Theatre) |
| 1993 | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles (musical) |
| 1994 | Broadway musical (Minskoff Theatre) | ||
| 2002 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | London (National Theatre) |
| 2003 | The Play What I Wrote | Mystery Guest Star | Broadway musical (Lyceum Theatre) |
| 2006 | Busker Alley | Dame Libby St. Albans | Off-Broadway musical (one-performance benefit concert) |
| 2010 | The Normal Heart | Dr. Emma Brookner | Walter Kerr Theatre (one-performance benefit concert) |
| 2012 | Into the Woods | The Giant (pre-recorded voice) | Delacorte Theater |
| 2014 | A Delicate Balance | Agnes | Broadway play (John Golden Theatre) |
| 2016 | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | West End (London Coliseum) |
| 2017 | Broadway Revival (Palace Theatre) | ||
| 2018 | Mother of the Maid | Isabelle Romée | The Public Theater |
Commercials[edit]
| Year | Organization | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Booking.com | Tina Fey Books Whoever She Wants to Be | [11] |
Video game[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Quest for the Code | Chalktisha | Voice |
Theme park attractions[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind | Nova Prime Irani Rael | Epcot |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "What Play Can Come Along Next Season That Will Be More Star-Studded Than A Delicate Balance?".
- ^ Kroll, Justin (November 15, 2022). "Kyle Chandler And Glenn Close Join Cameron Diaz And Jamie Foxx In Netflix's Back In Action". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ Davis, Clayton (August 29, 2022). "Brendan Fraser's 12 Best Performances: From 'The Mummy' to 'Encino Man'". Variety. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
- ^ Patterson, John; McLean, Gareth (May 20, 2006). "Feature: The golden age of TV". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ MAKERS. "Glenn Close". MAKERS. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ Thoman, Lauren (January 28, 2022). "The End of The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window Explained". Looper. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
- ^ "The Crazy Locomotive". www.iobdb.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
- ^ "Uncommon Women and Others". www.iobdb.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
- ^ "The Winter Dancers". www.iobdb.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
- ^ Holland, Bernard (May 5, 1985). "CONCERT: 'JOAN OF ARC' BY HONEGGER". The New York Times. New York City. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Tina Fey Reunites With '30 Rock' Co-Stars in Booking.com Super Bowl Ad". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 10, 2024.