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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as Kala (voice)
as Gutless
as Cruella de Vil
as Kathryn Bennett
as Ferula Trueba
as Karen Moore
as Granny (voice)
as Marsha Dale
as Olivia Pace
as Adrienne Pargiter
as Cruella de Vil
as Linda Spector
as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
as Sarah Witting
as Gertrude
as Camille Dixon
as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
as Claire Wellington
as Alberta Jackson
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as Mona Simpson (voice)
13 episodes
as Glenn Close (voice)
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Marjan Montazeri
8 episodes
as Evelyn Baker Lang
1 episodes
as Self - Host
2 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Nominee
5 episodes
as Self - Presenter
6 episodes
as Self (archive footage)
2 episodes
as Self - Host/Performer/Winner
1 episodes
as Self - Audience Member
1 episodes
as Self - Host
2 episodes
as Self
3 episodes
as Captain Monica Rawling
13 episodes
as Fannie Lieber
1 episodes
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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