Trivia

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.

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.

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.

Ended her 18 year feud with Patti LuPone at the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors, where they both paid tribute to Broadway legend Barbara Cook. LuPone was set to star as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, but was fired by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Close replaced her and went on to win a Tony Award for her performance.

Founder and chairperson of BringChange2Mind, a US campaign to eradicate the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness; her sister Jessie has bipolar disorder.

Her chilling performance as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987) was ranked #7 on the American Film Institute's villains list of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.

Daughter of Dr. William Close. Dr. Close was the personal physician and close friend of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire. Besides being his private physician, he was appointed chief doctor of the national army and helped control the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic that affected Zaire in 1976. He later become a leading researcher on the AIDS virus.

With her sister, Jessie Close (who is bipolar), appeared in a commercial for BringChange2Mind.org (which works for mental illness). (2009)

Lives in Manhattan's renowned Beresford apartment building, northwest corner of 81st St. and Central Park West, which is also the residence of Jerry Seinfeld, Diana Ross, and other celebrities.

Mother to Annie Starke by her relationship with producer John H. Starke.

Is tied with the late Peter O'Toole for having the most Oscar nominations (8) without a win.

In 1984, became the third actor to receive an Oscar, Emmy and Tony nomination in the same calendar year (for The Big Chill, Something About Amelia, and The Real Thing respectively).

Says she is often mistaken for her good friend Meryl Streep.

Her performance as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987) is ranked #36 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and A Man for All Seasons (1966) are her favorite movies.

Was hired to dub all of Andie MacDowell's dialogue in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), because the former model had such a heavy southern accent.

When Glenn was age 13, her father opened a clinic in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) and ran it for 16 years. During most of that time, the Close children lived alternately in Africa and at boarding schools in Switzerland.

Close's grandfather, Edward Bennett Close, was once married to Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post cereal fortune and mother to actress Dina Merrill.

On June 16, 2016, Close donated $75,000 to the Mental Health Association of Central Florida, in order to give counselling and help to victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.

She is allergic to tobacco. Throughout the filming of 101 Dalmatians, Close had to smoke over 200 herbal cigarettes.

Chosen by Andrew Lloyd Webber to replace Patti LuPone in 'Sunset Boulevard' before its arrival on Broadway in 1994.

Returned to work 2 months after giving birth to her daughter Annie Starke in order to begin filming Dangerous Liaisons (1988).

Graduated from the College of William and Mary with a BA in drama and anthropology, in 1974.

Was the fourth choice to play the role of Alex in Fatal Attraction (1987). Other candidates were Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey, Judy Davis and Miranda Richardson. (Sharon Stone also auditioned for the role, but was passed over).

Her good friend Giorgio Armani once sent her a trunk-load of underwear after finding out she had gone commando to his shop opening. Close later admitted that the airline had lost her luggage and that it was not intentional.

Is an avid dog lover and writes a blog called lively licks for Fetchdog.com. Glenn owns two Montana terriers named Bill and Jake.

Months after the film Mary Reilly (1996)'s production team had disbanded, the producers called back the stars to shoot three alternative endings. For one of them, she was flown back to London on the Concorde for only one day of work.

In 2014, Glenn Close revealed in an Hollywood Reporter interview that when she was seven years old, her father and the whole family joined an ultraconservative religious cult called "the Moral Re-Armament" (MRA). The cult, led by an anti-intellectual evangelical fundamentalist Pennsylvania reverend named Frank Buchman, had been founded during the 1930s to oppose the prospect of America entering the war against Naziism. Close said that while in the cult, "you basically weren't allowed to do anything, or you were made to feel guilty about any unnatural desire. If you talk to anybody who was in a group that basically dictates how you're supposed to live and what you're supposed to say and how you're supposed to feel, from the time you're 7 till the time you're 22, it has a profound impact on you. It's something you have to [consciously overcome] because all of your trigger points are [wrong]." As a young adult, she performed in the group "Up With People," the cult's traveling performance offshoot organization that was designed as a right-wing counterpoint to the hippie movement, until she broke away from both the MRA and Up With People in 1970.

Winner of three Tony Awards for her work on Broadway.

Is a prominent spokesperson for the "Puppies Behind Bars" program, an organization that provides young dogs to designated correctional facilities for training by inmates.

The longest she has gone without an Oscar nomination is 23 years, between Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and Albert Nobbs (2011).

Her husband, David Shaw, is a biotechnology entrepreneur, heading a company that makes medical devices and diagnostic tools for veterinarians.

Gregory Peck, Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem are her favorite actors.

Is an LGBT supporter, and throughout her career she has portrayed various lesbian, bisexual, and trans-gender characters. She won a GLAAD Media Award in 2002, and was nominated for an Oscar for playing the trans-gendered title character in Albert Nobbs (2011).

She and her costar in Fatal Attraction (1987), Michael Douglas, both attended prep schools in Connecticut. Close graduated from Rosemary Hall in Greenwich, and Douglas graduated from the Choate School in Wallingford. Later, the two schools merged, making them two of the most famous alumni of Choate Rosemary Hall.

Was originally cast as Madame Raquin in In Secret (2013) but was replaced by Jessica Lange before production began.

Taught actress Sara Rue to juggle backstage while on the set of "Barnum".

Does her own singing in every movie.

Received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Queen's University on June 13, 2013.

Was three months pregnant with her daughter Annie Starke when she completed re-shoots on Fatal Attraction (1987).

Lived in Switzerland for many years as a child. After her father, who was the personal doctor for Congolese dictator Mobuto Sese Seko, went missing for an entire year after a revolution within the African nation in the 1960s, she and her family returned to Connecticut.

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 12, 2009.

Although she played Mel Gibson's mother in Hamlet (1990), she is only nine years his senior in real life.

Good friends with actress Rose Byrne. Close and Byrne starred in the series Damages together.

Is a New York Mets fan and, in 2006, sang the national anthem at the Mets game that coincided with the Mets' 20th anniversary of their 1986 World Series win.

Is a half-first cousin many times removed of Catherine Parr, who was Queen of England and Ireland (1543-47), the last of King Henry VIII's six wives.

Has collaborated with Disney Pictures four times, the films include; Hook, Tarzan, 101 Dalmatians (and it's sequel) and Guardians of the Galaxy.

As of 2018, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Big Chill (1983), Fatal Attraction (1987) and Dangerous Liaisons (1988). Each time she has appeared in a Best Picture nominee, she was also Oscar nominated for her performance in the film.