Glenn Close

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Glenn Close
Close (right) and Jim Dale in 2006 performing Busker Alley
Years active1975–present
Spouse(s)Cabot Wade (1969-1971)
James Marlas (1984-1987)
David E. (Evans) Shaw (2006-present)
AwardsNBR Award for Best Supporting Actress
1982 The World According to Garp

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American film and stage actress and singer, perhaps best known for her role as a deranged stalker in Fatal Attraction (1987). Close has won an Emmy Award, three Tony Awards, and two Golden Globes; she has further been nominated for five Academy Awards, eight Emmys, and nine Golden Globes.

Biography

Early life

Close was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, the daughter of Bettine (née Moore) and William Taliaferro Close,[1] a doctor who operated a clinic in the Belgian Congo and served as a personal physician to President Mobutu Sese Seko.[2] Her parents came from prominent families; her paternal grandfather, Edward Bennett Close, a stockbroker and director of the American Hospital Association,[3] was first married to Post Cereals' heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, making Glenn Close a relative of screenwriter/director Preston Sturges and actress Dina Merrill. Close is also a second cousin once removed of Brooke Shields. Shields's great-grandmother Mary Elsie Moore (wife of Don Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi) was Close's great-aunt, a sister of Close's maternal grandfather, Charles Arthur Moore.

Close attended Choate Rosemary Hall, an elite boarding school in Connecticut, and later the College of William and Mary; where she was elected to membership in the honor society of Phi Beta Kappa.

Career

Close has had a lengthy career as a versatile actress and performer. Close is remembered for her chilling roles as the scheming aristocrat The Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons and as the psychotic book editor Alex in Fatal Attraction. She has been nominated for five Academy Awards, for Best Actress in Dangerous Liaisons and Fatal Attraction, and for Best Supporting Actress in The Natural, The Big Chill, and The World According to Garp. She played the role of Sunny von Bülow in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune to critical acclaim.

In the 1990s, Close took on challenging roles on television as well. She starred in the highly rated presentation of the 1991 Hallmark Hall of Fame drama Sarah, Plain and Tall (and its two sequels) and also in the made-for-TV movie Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995); from these roles she was nominated for 8 Emmys (winning one) and 9 Golden Globes (winning one in 2005 and 2007). She also appeared in the newsroom comedy-drama The Paper (1994), the alien invasion satire Mars Attacks! (1996, as The First Lady), the Disney hit 101 Dalmatians (1996, as the sinister Cruella de Vil) and it sequel 102 Dalmatians (2000) and the blockbuster Air Force One (1997), as the trustworthy vice-president to Harrison Ford's president. In 2001, she starred in an elaborate production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical South Pacific. In 2005, Close joined the FX crime series The Shield, in which she played a no-nonsense precinct captain. Her appearance on the cop drama was such a success that she is now starring in a new hit series of her own for 2007, Damages (also on FX) instead of continuing her character on The Shield.

Close has had an extensive career performing in many Broadway musicals. One of her most notable roles on stage was Norma Desmond in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of Sunset Boulevard, for which Close won a Tony award playing the role on Broadway in 1994. Close was also a guest star, at the Andrew Lloyd Webber fiftieth birthday party celebration, in the Royal Albert Hall in 1998. She appeared as Norma Desmond and performed songs from Sunset Boulevard. Close is being considered to reprise the role of Norma Desmond in the 2008 film Sunset Boulevard, based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. The film has not started production.[4] In addition to Sunset Boulevard, Close also won Tony Awards in 1984 for The Real Thing and in 1992 for Death and the Maiden.

Personal life

In February 2006, Close married her longtime boyfriend David E. (Evans) Shaw. They reside in Scarborough, Maine. The actress was previously married to Cabot Wade (1969–1971) and James Marlas (1984–1987). She has one child, Annie Maude Starke (born April 26, 1988), from her previous relationship with John Starke that ended in 1991. Annie is currently attending Hamilton College, a private, liberal arts institution in upstate New York.

She has donated money to election campaigns of many Democratic politicians, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Howard Dean and John Edwards.[5]

Stage productions

Broadway and Off-Broadway Musicals

Broadway Plays

Off-Broadway

Filmography

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) She dubbed Andie MacDowell's performance
1985 Maxie Jan / Maxie
Jagged Edge Teddy Barnes
1987 Fatal Attraction Alex Forrest
1988 Dangerous Liaisons Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Light Years Queen Ambisextra (voice) Film's original, French title: Gandahar
1989 Immediate Family Linda Spector
1990 Hamlet Queen Gertrude
Reversal of Fortune Sunny von Bulow
1991 Hook Boo Box Pirate cameo appearance
Meeting Venus Karin Anderson
1993 The House of the Spirits Ferula Trueba
1994 The Paper Alicia Clark
1996 Mars Attacks! First Lady Marsha Dale
101 Dalmatians Cruella de Vil
Mary Reilly Mrs. Farraday
1997 In & Out Herself cameo appearance
Air Force One Vice President Kathryn Bennett
Paradise Road Adrienne Pargiter
1999 Tarzan Kala (voice)
Cookie's Fortune Camille Dixon
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
Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio Blue Fairy (voice)
2004 Heights Diana
The Stepford Wives Claire Wellington
2005 The Chumscrubber Carrie Johnson
Nine Lives Maggie
2006 Hoodwinked! Granny (voice)
2007 Evening Mrs. Wittenborn
2008 Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil Granny (voice)

Documentaries

  • Divine Garbo (1990)
  • The Lady With The Torch (1999)
  • Welcome To Hollywood (2001)
  • What I Want My Words To Do To You: Voices From Inside A Women's Maximum Security Prison (2003)
  • A Closer Walk (2003)
  • Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2007)

Television credits

Year Title Role Notes
1975 The Rules of the Game Neighbor
1979 Too Far to Go Rebecca Kuehn
Orphan Train Jessica
1982 The Elephant Man Princess Alexandra
1984 Something About Ameila Gail Bennett
1988 Stones for Ibarra Sara Everton
1990 She'll Take Romance
1991 Sarah, Plain and Tall Sarah Wheaton
1993 Skylark Sarah Witting
1995 Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
The Simpsons (1995-2008) Mona Simpson
1997 In the Gloaming Janet
1999 Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End Sarah Witting
2000 Baby Adult Sophie (narrator)
2001 The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Arvella Whipple
South Pacific Nellie Forbush
2002 Will and Grace Fanny Lieber
2003 Brush with Fate Cornelia Engelbrecht
The Lion in Winter Eleanor of Aquitaine
2004 Strip Search Karen Moore
The West Wing Evelyn Baker Lang
2005 The Shield Captain Monica Rawling
2007 Damages Patty Hewes

Awards

Oscars

Emmy Awards

  • 1995: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie - Serving in Silence (WIN)
  • 2002: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Will & Grace
  • 2005: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - The Shield

Golden Globes

  • 2004: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie - The Lion in Winter (WIN)
  • 2005: Best Actress in a Drama Series - The Shield
  • 2008: Best Actress in a Drama Series - Damages (WIN)

Tony Awards

Screen Actors Guild Award

  • 2005: Outstanding Actress, Television - The Lion in Winter (WIN)
  • 2008: Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, Television (Nomination) - Damages

Other

  • 1988: People's Choice Award - Favorite Motion Picture Actress
  • 1992: Golden Camera/ Germany - Best International Actress
  • 2008: Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service - outstanding achievement in the dramatic arts (WIN)

References

  1. ^ New England Historic Genealogical Society
  2. ^ Conscience and the Congo
  3. ^ Glenn Close Biography - Yahoo! Movies
  4. ^ Meryl Streep competes for Sunset Boulevard - Telegraph
  5. ^ Opensecrets.org

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