- Born
- Nickname
- Glennie
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Eight time Academy Award-nominated actress Glenn Close was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Mary H. "Bettine" (Moore) and William Taliaferro Close (William Close), a prominent doctor. Both of her parents were from upper-class families.
Glenn was a noted Broadway performer when she was cast in her award-winning role as Jenny Fields in The World According to Garp (1982) alongside Robin Williams. For this role, a breakthrough in film for Close, she later went on to receive an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The following year she was cast in the hit comedy The Big Chill (1983) for which she received a second Oscar Nomination, once again for Supporting Actress in the role of Sarah Cooper. In her third film, Close portrayed Iris Gaines a former lover of baseball player Roy Hobbs portrayed by Robert Redford, in one of the greatest sports films of all time, The Natural (1984). For a third time, Close was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Close went on to star in films like The Stone Boy (1984), Maxie (1985) and Jagged Edge (1985). In 1987 Close was cast in the box office hit Fatal Attraction (1987) for which she portrayed deranged stalker Alex Forrest alongside costars Michael Douglas and Anne Archer. For this role she was nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress. The following year Close starred in the Oscar Winning Drama Dangerous Liaisons (1988) for which she portrayed one of the most classic roles of all time as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil, starring alongside John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer. For this role she was nominated once again for the Academy Award and BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress. Close was favorite to win the coveted statue but lost to Jodie Foster for The Accused (1988). Close had her claim to fame in the 1980s. Close starred on the hit Drama series Damages (2007) for which she has won a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy Awards. In her career Close has been Oscar nominated eight times, won three Tonys, an Obie, three Emmys, two Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild Award.- IMDb mini biography by: SomebodyinJersey and NAB
- SpousesDavid Shaw(February 3, 2006 - August 18, 2015) (divorced)James Constantine Marlas(September 1, 1984 - February 27, 1987) (divorced)Cabot Wade(November 22, 1969 - October 2, 1971) (divorced)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesTina Close(Sibling)Alexander D. Close(Sibling)Jessie Close(Sibling)Tambu Misoki(Sibling)Rory Westaway Albu(Grandchild)
- Immersive acting style
- Often portrays scheming women
- Often plays career-driven women
- Her notable angular features
- Blue-green eyes
- Keeps all her costumes after filming finishes.
- A relatively late starter for a film actress, Glenn was already 35-years-old when she made her debut in The World According to Garp (1982).
- During a re-shoot of Fatal Attraction (1987), suffered a concussion from one of the takes when her head smashed against a mirror. After being rushed to the hospital, she discovered that she was actually a few weeks pregnant with her daughter; actress Annie Starke.
- Is an "EGOT" Nominee, which means that she has been nominated for an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. She has won 3 Tonys from 4 nominations, as well as 3 Emmys from 14 nominations. She is an 8 time Oscar nominee, as well as a 3 time Grammy nominee, but has yet to win either award.
- Her family has been in Greenwich for twelve generations and her family was one of the four that founded the town in the late 17th Century.
- I've often been mistaken for Meryl Streep, although never on Oscar night.
- I never wanted to be a man. I feel sorry for them.
- It's gotten out of control. It's taking bigger and bigger names to make smaller and smaller films. I worry that important films without a big name attached won't get made at all.
- [on her 1984 Tony win for playing Annie in "The Real Thing"] It was the cherry on the cake for one of the great experiences of my career.
- 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 the camera.
- Damages (2007) - $200,000 /episode
- The Shield (2002) - $100,000 /episode
- 101 Dalmatians (1996) - $4,000,000
- The Paper (1994) - $2,000,000
- Reversal of Fortune (1990) - $3,000,000
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