Cast
Glenn Close
Acting
Cast
Glenn Close
Known for
Acting
Born
1947-03-19
From
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Also known as Glenda Veronica Close
Biography
Glenda Veronica Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning over five decades on screen and stage, she has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for eight Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Grammy Awards. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. Close received eight Academy Award nominations for playing a feminist mother in The World According to Garp (1982), a baby boomer in The Big Chill (1983), a love interest in The Natural (1984), a psychotic ex-lover 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.
★7.2
MOVIE2025
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Martha Delacroix
★7.9
MOVIE2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Nova Prime
★7.4
MOVIE1999
Tarzan
as Kala (voice)
★7.1
MOVIE2017
What Happened to Monday
as Nicolette Cayman
★6.8
MOVIE1991
Hook
as Gutless
★6.4
MOVIE2016
Warcraft
as Alodi (uncredited)
MOVIE2026
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as Drusilla Sickle
★5.9
MOVIE1996
101 Dalmatians
as Cruella de Vil
★6.4
MOVIE1996
Mars Attacks!
as Marsha Dale
★6.3
MOVIE2005
Hoodwinked!
as Granny (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE2025
Back in Action
as Ginny
★6.5
MOVIE2026
Animal Farm
as Frieda Pilkington (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE2023
Heart of Stone
as King of Diamonds
★6.5
MOVIE1997
Air Force One
as Kathryn Bennett
★6.6
MOVIE2016
The Girl with All the Gifts
as Dr. Caroline Caldwell
★6.8
MOVIE1987
Fatal Attraction
as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
★6.4
MOVIE2017
Crooked House
as Lady Edith de Haviland
MOVIE2026
La Bola Negra
as Isabelle Durand
★5.1
MOVIE2011
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
as Granny (voice)
★5.5
MOVIE2000
102 Dalmatians
as Cruella de Vil
★6.0
MOVIE2024
The Deliverance
as Alberta Jackson
★5.1
MOVIE2017
The Wilde Wedding
as Eve Wilde
★5.9
MOVIE2024
Brothers
as Cath Munger
★7.2
MOVIE1988
Dangerous Liaisons
as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
★4.1
MOVIE2000
Welcome to Hollywood
as Glenn Close
★6.9
MOVIE1984
The Natural
as Iris Gaines
★6.9
MOVIE1993
The House of the Spirits
as Ferula Trueba
★6.7
MOVIE2020
Hillbilly Elegy
as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance
★5.7
MOVIE2004
The Stepford Wives
as Claire Wellington
★6.1
MOVIE2005
Tarzan II
as Kala (voice)
★5.8
MOVIE2017
Father Figures
as Helen Baxter
★6.5
MOVIE1997
In & Out
as Glenn Close
★6.8
MOVIE1983
The Big Chill
as Sarah Cooper
★6.4
MOVIE1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE2011
Albert Nobbs
as Albert Nobbs
★7.1
MOVIE2021
Swan Song
as Dr. Eve Scott
★5.7
MOVIE2016
Anesthesia
as Marcia Zarrow
★7.6
MOVIE2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
★7.1
MOVIE2017
The Wife
as Joan Castleman
★6.3
MOVIE1985
Jagged Edge
as Teddy Barnes
★6.6
MOVIE1990
Reversal of Fortune
as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
★5.8
MOVIE1996
Mary Reilly
as Mrs. Farraday
★6.6
MOVIE2015
The Great Gilly Hopkins
as Nonnie Hopkins
★6.8
MOVIE2021
Four Good Days
as Deb
★6.0
MOVIE1997
In the Gloaming
as Janet
★7.1
MOVIE2013
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE1994
The Paper
as Alicia Clark
★6.6
MOVIE2013
Love, Marilyn
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE1997
Paradise Road
as Adrienne Pargiter
★6.7
MOVIE1982
The World According to Garp
as Jenny Fields
★7.1
MOVIE2014
5 to 7
as Arlene Bloom
★7.1
MOVIE2020
537 Votes
as Self (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE2002
The Safety of Objects
as Esther Gold
★5.8
MOVIE2007
Evening
as Mrs. Wittenborn
★6.1
MOVIE2005
Nine Lives
as Maggie
★7.3
MOVIE2025
The Summer Book
as Grandmother
MOVIE2021
Show of Titles
as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer
★6.6
MOVIE1990
Hamlet
as Gertrude
★10.0
MOVIE2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
★7.6
MOVIE1995
Anne Frank Remembered
as Diary Readings (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2005
The Chumscrubber
as Carrie Johnson
★5.0
MOVIE2003
Le Divorce
as Olivia Pace
★5.8
MOVIE2000
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
★6.1
MOVIE2018
Let's Dance
as Segment: "Night Shift"
★6.9
MOVIE2012
Casting By
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE2003
The Lion in Winter
as Eleanor of Aquitaine
★5.9
MOVIE1989
Immediate Family
as Linda Spector
★7.8
MOVIE1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE2023
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1984
The Stone Boy
as Ruth Hillerman
★6.4
MOVIE1999
Cookie's Fortune
as Camille Dixon
★6.2
MOVIE2004
Strip Search
as Karen Moore
MOVIETBA
Encore
as Marie
★8.1
MOVIE2024
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
as Self
MOVIE2021
Baba Yaga
as Chief (voice)
MOVIE1999
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE1999
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE2019
The Lavender Scare
as Narrator (voice)
★5.5
MOVIE2014
Low Down
as Gram
★5.6
MOVIE1984
Something About Amelia
as Gail Bennett
MOVIE2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE2011
Discovering Hamlet
as Gertrude (archive footage)
★4.5
MOVIE2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive)
★5.6
MOVIE2001
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Arvella Whipple
★9.5
MOVIE2005
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE1991
Sarah, Plain and Tall
as Sarah Wheaton
★6.3
MOVIE1999
The Big Chill: A Reunion
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2003
Brush with Fate
as Cornelia Engelbrecht
★7.3
MOVIE1992
Lincoln
as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE1992
Blast 'Em
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIETBA
Sunset Boulevard
as Norma Desmond
★8.0
MOVIE1975
The Rules of the Game
as Neighbor
★9.0
MOVIE2002
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2001
South Pacific
as Nellie Forbush
★5.0
MOVIE1985
Maxie
as Jan / Maxie
★6.2
MOVIE2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
★5.9
MOVIE1982
The Elephant Man
as Princess Alexandra
★9.0
MOVIE1992
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2007
Gabon The Last Eden
as Narrator
★3.5
MOVIE1979
Too Far to Go
as Rebecca Kuehn
★8.0
MOVIE2003
In Search of the Jaguar
as Narrator
★6.3
MOVIE2005
Heights
as Diana
★5.9
MOVIE1991
Meeting Venus
as Karin Anderson
MOVIE2025
Glenn Close: A Feminist Force
as Self - (archive footage)
★8.5
MOVIE2009
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE1995
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
as Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
★8.0
MOVIE2000
Baby
as Adult Sophie (Voice)
★7.5
MOVIE1999
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
as Sarah Witting
MOVIE1987
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
as Self - Narrator
★9.0
MOVIE1988
Stones for Ibarra
as Sara Everton
★7.1
MOVIE2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Cruella de Vil
★7.8
MOVIE2003
What I Want My Words to Do to You
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE2018
The Green Fog
★7.6
MOVIE1998
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
as Self - Performer
★5.9
MOVIE1979
Orphan Train
as Jessica
MOVIE2008
Gates of the Arctic
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1988
Electric Blue 29
as (archive footage)
MOVIE2024
A Look Through His Lens
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1988
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Narrator (voice)
★10.0
MOVIE1990
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as Self
MOVIETBA
The Plague Monkeys
as Narrator
★10.0
MOVIE1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Roy Cohn
MOVIE1987
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
as Narrator (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE2025
Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation
as Self
MOVIE1986
An Amazin' Era
as Self
MOVIE1990
The Divine Garbo
as Self - Host / Narrator
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Skylark
as Sarah Witting
★10.0
MOVIE1999
The Lady with the Torch
as Self - Host
MOVIE2011
Not My Life
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1989
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
as Self
MOVIE2004
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
as Self
MOVIE2009
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
as Self - Hostess