Glenda Veronica Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning over five decades on screen and stage, she has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for eight Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Grammy Awards. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.
Glenda Veronica Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning over five decades on screen and stage, she has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for eight Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Grammy Awards. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.
Close received eight Academy Award nominations for playing a feminist mother in The World According to Garp (1982), a baby boomer in The Big Chill (1983), a love interest in The Natural (1984), a psychotic ex-lover in Fatal Attraction (1987), a cunning aristocrat in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), an English butler in Albert Nobbs (2011), a troubled wife in The Wife (2017), and an eccentric grandmother in Hillbilly Elegy (2020). Her other films include Reversal of Fortune (1990), The Paper (1994), and Mars Attacks! (1996), Air Force One (1997), and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Close also portrayed Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996) and its 2000 sequel and voiced Kala in Tarzan (1999).
In television, Close received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role in the film Something About Amelia (1984) and later won three—Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying Margarethe Cammermeyer in the NBC film Serving in Silence (1995) and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series twice consecutively for playing Patty Hewes in Damages (2007–2012).
On stage, Close made her Broadway debut in the play Love for Love (1974). She later won three Tony Awards, two for Best Actress in a Play for her roles in the plays The Real Thing (1983) and Death and the Maiden (1992), and one for Best Actress in a Musical for the musical Sunset Boulevard (1995). She was Tony-nominated for Barnum (1980). She returned to the Broadway stage in a 2014 revival of A Delicate Balance. In 2016, she returned to Sunset Boulevard on the West End stage, earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical nomination.
Close is the president of Trillium Productions and co-founder of the website FetchDog. She has made political donations in support of Democratic politicians. She is vocal on issues such as women's rights, same-sex marriage, and mental health. Married three times, she has one daughter, Annie Starke, from her relationship with producer John Starke.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Character:Drusilla Sickle
Release Date:18/11/2026
The Black Ball
Character:
Release Date:02/10/2026
Animal Farm
Character:Frieda Pilkington (voice)
Release Date:01/05/2026
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Character:Martha Delacroix
Release Date:26/11/2025
Glenn Close: A Feminist Force
Character:Self - (archive footage)
Release Date:14/04/2025
Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation
Character:Self
Release Date:06/04/2025
The Summer Book
Character:Grandmother
Release Date:31/01/2025
Back in Action
Character:Ginny
Release Date:15/01/2025
Brothers
Character:Cath Munger
Release Date:10/10/2024
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Character:Self
Release Date:21/09/2024
The Deliverance
Character:Alberta Jackson
Release Date:16/08/2024
A Look Through His Lens
Character:Self
Release Date:06/01/2024
Heart of Stone
Character:King of Diamonds
Release Date:09/08/2023
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/05/2023
Swan Song
Character:Dr. Eve Scott
Release Date:17/12/2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/08/2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2021
Show of Titles
Character:"Dance a Little Closer" Performer
Release Date:13/06/2021
Four Good Days
Character:Deb
Release Date:30/04/2021
Baba Yaga
Character:Chief (voice)
Release Date:14/01/2021
Hillbilly Elegy
Character:Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance
Release Date:09/11/2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Character:Cruella de Vil
Release Date:30/10/2020
537 Votes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/10/2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Character:Roy Cohn
Release Date:08/10/2020
The Lavender Scare
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:07/06/2019
Let's Dance
Character:Segment: "Night Shift"
Release Date:06/12/2018
The Wife
Character:Joan Castleman
Release Date:02/08/2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
Character:Self
Release Date:28/03/2018
Father Figures
Character:Helen Baxter
Release Date:21/12/2017
The Wilde Wedding
Character:Eve Wilde
Release Date:15/09/2017
Crooked House
Character:Lady Edith de Haviland
Release Date:06/09/2017
What Happened to Monday
Character:Nicolette Cayman
Release Date:18/08/2017
The Girl with All the Gifts
Character:Dr. Caroline Caldwell
Release Date:23/09/2016
Warcraft
Character:Alodi (uncredited)
Release Date:25/05/2016
Anesthesia
Character:Marcia Zarrow
Release Date:08/01/2016
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Character:Nonnie Hopkins
Release Date:05/10/2015
Guardians of the Galaxy
Character:Nova Prime
Release Date:30/07/2014
5 to 7
Character:Arlene Bloom
Release Date:19/04/2014
Low Down
Character:Gram
Release Date:19/01/2014
Six by Sondheim
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/12/2013
Love, Marilyn
Character:Self
Release Date:30/05/2013
Casting By
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
Albert Nobbs
Character:Albert Nobbs
Release Date:21/12/2011
Discovering Hamlet
Character:Gertrude (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/2011
Not My Life
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:28/10/2011
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
Character:Granny (voice)
Release Date:29/04/2011
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Character:Self
Release Date:17/10/2009
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
Character:Self - Hostess
Release Date:01/01/2009
Gates of the Arctic
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:29/05/2008
Evening
Character:Mrs. Wittenborn
Release Date:09/06/2007
Gabon The Last Eden
Character:Narrator
Release Date:11/05/2007
Hoodwinked!
Character:Granny (voice)
Release Date:16/12/2005
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/2005
Nine Lives
Character:Maggie
Release Date:02/09/2005
Heights
Character:Diana
Release Date:15/07/2005
Tarzan II
Character:Kala (voice)
Release Date:13/06/2005
The Chumscrubber
Character:Carrie Johnson
Release Date:08/06/2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/2005
The Stepford Wives
Character:Claire Wellington
Release Date:10/06/2004
Strip Search
Character:Karen Moore
Release Date:27/04/2004
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
Character:Self
Release Date:20/04/2004
The Lion in Winter
Character:Eleanor of Aquitaine
Release Date:26/12/2003
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Character:Self
Release Date:16/12/2003
In Search of the Jaguar
Character:Narrator
Release Date:26/11/2003
Le Divorce
Character:Olivia Pace
Release Date:08/08/2003
Brush with Fate
Character:Cornelia Engelbrecht
Release Date:01/01/2003
The Safety of Objects
Character:Esther Gold
Release Date:25/10/2002
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/2002
South Pacific
Character:Nellie Forbush
Release Date:26/03/2001
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Character:Arvella Whipple
Release Date:20/01/2001
Welcome to Hollywood
Character:Glenn Close
Release Date:27/10/2000
Baby
Character:Adult Sophie (Voice)
Release Date:08/10/2000
102 Dalmatians
Character:Cruella de Vil
Release Date:07/10/2000
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Character:Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
Release Date:27/05/2000
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
Character:Sarah Witting
Release Date:20/11/1999
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Character:Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:26/10/1999
Tarzan
Character:Kala (voice)
Release Date:17/06/1999
Cookie's Fortune
Character:Camille Dixon
Release Date:24/03/1999
The Big Chill: A Reunion
Character:Self
Release Date:26/01/1999
The Lady with the Torch
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:08/01/1999
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
Character:Self - Performer
Release Date:06/06/1998
In & Out
Character:Glenn Close
Release Date:10/09/1997
Air Force One
Character:Kathryn Bennett
Release Date:25/07/1997
In the Gloaming
Character:Janet
Release Date:20/04/1997
Paradise Road
Character:Adrienne Pargiter
Release Date:11/02/1997
Mars Attacks!
Character:Marsha Dale
Release Date:13/12/1996
101 Dalmatians
Character:Cruella de Vil
Release Date:27/11/1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Character:Self
Release Date:17/03/1996
Mary Reilly
Character:Mrs. Farraday
Release Date:23/02/1996
Anne Frank Remembered
Character:Diary Readings (voice)
Release Date:08/06/1995
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Character:Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
Release Date:23/01/1995
The Paper
Character:Alicia Clark
Release Date:18/03/1994
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Character:Self(segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Release Date:29/10/1993
The House of the Spirits
Character:Ferula Trueba
Release Date:21/10/1993
Skylark
Character:Sarah Witting
Release Date:07/02/1993
Lincoln
Character:Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
Release Date:26/12/1992
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Character:Self
Release Date:10/06/1992
Meeting Venus
Character:Karin Anderson
Release Date:18/09/1991
Hook
Character:Gutless
Release Date:10/04/1991
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Character:Sarah Wheaton
Release Date:03/02/1991
Hamlet
Character:Gertrude
Release Date:19/12/1990
The Divine Garbo
Character:Self - Host / Narrator
Release Date:03/12/1990
Reversal of Fortune
Character:Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
Release Date:19/10/1990
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/1990
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/1989
Immediate Family
Character:Linda Spector
Release Date:27/10/1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Character:Self
Release Date:24/09/1989
Dangerous Liaisons
Character:Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Release Date:21/12/1988
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:26/05/1988
Stones for Ibarra
Character:Sara Everton
Release Date:29/01/1988
Electric Blue 29
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1988
Fatal Attraction
Character:Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
Release Date:18/09/1987
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:06/09/1987
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1987
An Amazin' Era
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/1986
Jagged Edge
Character:Teddy Barnes
Release Date:04/10/1985
Maxie
Character:Jan / Maxie
Release Date:27/09/1985
The Natural
Character:Iris Gaines
Release Date:11/05/1984
The Stone Boy
Character:Ruth Hillerman
Release Date:04/04/1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Character:Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:30/03/1984
Something About Amelia
Character:Gail Bennett
Release Date:09/01/1984
The Big Chill
Character:Sarah Cooper
Release Date:30/09/1983
The World According to Garp
Character:Jenny Fields
Release Date:23/07/1982
The Elephant Man
Character:Princess Alexandra
Release Date:04/01/1982
Orphan Train
Character:Jessica
Release Date:22/12/1979
Too Far to Go
Character:Rebecca Kuehn
Release Date:12/03/1979
The Rules of the Game
Character:Neighbor
Release Date:30/04/1975
Television Appearances
All's Fair
Character:Dina Standish
Hollywood Squares
Character:Self
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Character:The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited)
Tehran
Character:Marjan Montazeri
Celebrity IOU
Character:Self
Desus & Mero
Character:Self
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Character:Mother (voice)
Marcians
Character:Self - Interviewee
Sea Oak
Character:Aunt Bernie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
Finding Your Roots
Character:Self
C à vous
Character:Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self - Guest
Damages
Character:Patty Hewes
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
The Shield
Character:Captain Monica Rawling
The West Wing
Character:Evelyn Baker Lang
Family Guy
Character:Glenn Close (voice)
Will & Grace
Character:Fannie Lieber
The View
Character:Self
Leute heute
Character:Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Character:Self - Guest
MADtv
Character:Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Ellen
Character:Glenn Close
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
Pebble Mill
Character:Self
The Simpsons
Character:Mona Simpson (voice)
American Experience
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
This Morning
Character:Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
Character:Self
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
Please Turn the Page
Character:Self
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Great Performances
Character:Neighbor
Great Performances
Character:Self - Host
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Character:Self (archive footage)
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Host/Performer/Winner
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Audience Member
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Host
Tony Awards
Character:Hillary Clinton
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Winner
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Host/Winner
The Oscars
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Sara Everton
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Sarah Wheaton
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Sarah
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Cornelia Englebrecht
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter/Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
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