Glenn Close

Actress | Producer | Director

Eight time Academy Award-nominated actress Glenn Close was born and raised in Greenwich, ...

Born: March 19, 1947

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Filmography

Known For

Fatal Attraction Alex Forrest (1987)
Actress

Hillbilly Elegy Mamaw (2020)
The Great Work Begins. Scenes from Angels in America Roy Cohn (2020)
Baba Yaga Chief (2020)
Four Good Days Deb (2020)
The Simpsons Mona Simpson (1995-2019)
3Below: Tales of Arcadia Mother (2018-2019)
Anthem: Homunculus Maeve McKay (2019)
Let's Dance Cleaner Lady (segment "Night Shift") (2018)
Father Figures Helen (2017)
Sea Oak Bernie (2017)
Crooked House Lady Edith de Haviland (2017)
The Wife Joan Castleman (2017)
The Wilde Wedding Eve (2017)
What Happened to Monday Nicolette Cayman (2017)
The Girl with All the Gifts Dr. Caroline Caldwell (2016)
Warcraft Alodi (2016)
Family Guy Glenn Close (2016)
The Great Gilly Hopkins Nonnie (2015)
Louie Woman (2015)
Anesthesia Marcia (2015)
Guardians of the Galaxy Nova Prime (2014)
5 to 7 Arlene Bloom (2014)
Low Down Gram (2014)
Damages Patty Hewes (2007-2012)
Touch of Evil The Vamp (2011)
Albert Nobbs Albert Nobbs (2011)
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil Granny (2011)
Evening Mrs. Wittenborn (2007)
George and Martha Washington: A 40 Year Romance Narrator (2006)
Hoodwinked Granny (2005)
The Shield Monica Rawling (2005)
Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins Kala (2005)
The Chumscrubber Mrs. Johnson (2005)
Nine Lives Maggie (2005)
Heights Diana (2005)
The Stepford Wives Claire Wellington (2004)
Strip Search Karen Moore (2004)
The West Wing Chief Justice Evelyn Baker Lang (2004)
Freedom: A History of US Mary Antin (2003)
The Lion in Winter Eleanor (2003)
The Divorce Olivia Pace (2003)
Brush with Fate Cornelia Engelbrecht (2003)
Tarzan DVD Read-Along Kala (2002)
Pinocchio Blue Fairy (2002)
Will & Grace Fannie Lieber (2002)
The Safety of Objects Esther Gold (2001)
South Pacific Nellie Forbush (2001)
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Arvella Whipple (2001)
102 Dalmatians Cruella de Vil (2000)
Baby Adult Sophie (2000)
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca") (2000)
Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End Sarah (1999)
Tarzan Kala (1999)
Cookie's Fortune Camille Dixon (1999)
Welcome to Hollywood Glenn Close (1998)
Ellen Glenn Close (1998)
In & Out Glenn Close (1997)
Air Force One Vice President Kathryn Bennett (1997)
In the Gloaming Janet (1997)
Paradise Road Adrienne Pargiter (1997)
Mars Attacks! First Lady Marsha Dale (1996)
101 Dalmatians Cruella DeVil (1996)
Mary Reilly Mrs. Farraday (1996)
Serving in Silence: the Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer (1995)
The Paper Alicia Clark (1994)
The House of the Spirits Ferula (1993)
Skylark Sarah Witting (1993)
Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln (1992)
Hook Gutless (1991)
Meeting Venus Karin Anderson (1991)
Sesame Street: Monster in the Mirror Glenn Close (1991)
Sarah, Plain and Tall Sarah Wheaton (1991)
Hamlet Gertrude (1990)
Reversal of Fortune Sunny von Bulow (1990)
Immediate Family Linda Spector (1989)
Dangerous Liaisons Marquise de Merteuil (1988)
Stones for Ibarra Sara Everton (1988)
Gandahar Ambisextra (1987)
Fatal Attraction Alex Forrest (1987)
Voices of America: Hands Across America Glenn Close (1986)
Maxie Jan / Maxie (1985)
Jagged Edge Teddy Barnes (1985)
The Natural Iris Gaines (1984)
The Stone Boy Ruth Hillerman (1984)
Something About Amelia Gail Bennett (1984)
The Big Chill Sarah (1983)
The World According to Garp Jenny Fields (1982)
The Elephant Man Princess Alexandra (1982)
Orphan Train Jessica (1979)
Too Far to Go Rebecca (1979)
Great Performances Neighbor (1975)
Actress

Tehran Marjan Montazeri (2020)
Producer

Cruella (2021)
Sea Oak (2017)
The Wilde Wedding (2017)
Albert Nobbs (2011)
Pax (2010)
South Pacific (2001)
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001)
Baby (2000)
Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End (1999)
Journey (1995)
Serving in Silence: the Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
Skylark (1993)
Broken Hearts, Broken Homes (1992)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
Producer

American Experience (1988)
Soundtrack

The 93rd Oscars (2021)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014-2017)
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2011)
Albert Nobbs (2011)
Wieners (2008)
South Pacific (2001)
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins (1999)
Tarzan (1999)
Great Performances (1993-1998)
The Simpsons (1995)
The 49th Annual Tony Awards (1995)
The Best of Disney Music: A Legacy in Song - Part II (1993)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)
Maxie (1985)
Soundtrack

Carnival of the Animals (1984)
Director

Pax (2010)
Writer

Albert Nobbs (2011)
Archive footage

Entertainment Tonight (2008-2021)
The Ben Shapiro Show (2021)
Disclosure (2020)
Giving Voice (2020)
Les Chroniques du Mea (2019)
Panorama (2019)
The Movies (2019)
Celebrity Page (2019)
You Don't Nomi (2019)
Politics Live (2019)
Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn (2018)
Hell's Club Part 2. Another Night (2017)
Meryl Streep: Shut the F*ck Up (2017)
Access Hollywood (2017)
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
The Green Fog (2017)
Cinema 3 (2016)
The Insider (2014)
Inside Edition (2014)
And the Oscar Goes to... (2014)
Six by Sondheim (2013)
American Masters (2013)
Shakespeare Uncovered (2012)
Special Collector's Edition (2010-2012)
Gente (2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
The Tents (2012)
59 Festival de Cine de San Sebastián - Gala de clausura (2011)
The Graham Norton Show (2008)
Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007)
Rove Live (2007)
El camino de Antonio Banderas (2006)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005)
Corazón de... (2005)
Cinema mil (2005)
Retrosexual: the 80's (2004)
Broadway: the American Musical (2004)
101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004)
Die Geschichte des erotischen Films (2004)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
Alles komt terug (2001)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999)
The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live (1998)
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998)
The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997)
Archive footage

The Simpsons (1995)
All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
Additional Crew

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

Paternal niece of Edward B. Close Jr. of Littleton, Colorado.

I love the chemistry that can be created onstage between the actors and the audience. It's molecular even, the energies that can go back and forth. I started in theater. and when I first went into movies I felt that my energy was going to blow out ...