Glenn Close
Biografía
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.
Filmografía
Los Juegos del Hambre: Amanecer en la cosecha
Drusilla Sickle (2026)
La bola negra
(2026)
Animal Farm
Frieda Pilkington (voice) (2026)
Puñales por la espalda: De entre los muertos
Martha Delacroix (2025)
Todas las de la ley
Dina Standish (2025)
El mundo según Glenn Close
Self - (archive footage) (2025)
Glenn Close, el arte de la transformación
Self (2025)
Memorias de un verano
Grandmother (2025)
Hollywood Squares
Self (2025)
De vuelta a la acción
Ginny (2025)
Hermanos
Cath Munger (2024)
Super/Man: La historia de Christopher Reeve
Self (2024)
La liberación
Alberta Jackson (2024)
A Look Through His Lens
Self (2024)
Agente Stone
King of Diamonds (2023)
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage) (2023)
La mujer de la casa de enfrente de la chica en la ventana
The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited) (2022)
El canto del cisne
Dr. Eve Scott (2021)
Boulevard: una historia de Hollywood
Self (archive footage) (2021)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self (2021)
Show of Titles
"Dance a Little Closer" Performer (2021)
Cuatro días
Deb (2021)
Baba Yaga
Chief (voice) (2021)
Hillbilly, una elegía rural
Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance (2020)
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Cruella de Vil (2020)
537 Votos
Self (archive footage) (2020)
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Roy Cohn (2020)
Teherán
Marjan Montazeri (2020)
Los gemelos reforman dos veces: Edición Celebrity
Self (2020)
The Lavender Scare
Narrator (voice) (2019)
Desus & Mero
Self (2019)
Los 3 de abajo: Cuentos de Arcadia
Mother (voice) (2018)
Let's Dance
Segment: "Night Shift" (2018)
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar
Self (2018)
Locura padre
Helen Baxter (2017)
Marcians
Self - Interviewee (2017)
Sea Oak
Aunt Bernie (2017)
Entre dos maridos
Eve Wilde (2017)
La casa torcida
Lady Edith de Haviland (2017)
Siete hermanas
Nicolette Cayman (2017)
La buena esposa
Joan Castleman (2017)
Melanie. La chica con todos los dones
Dr. Caroline Caldwell (2016)
Warcraft: El origen
Alodi (uncredited) (2016)
Anestesia
Marcia Zarrow (2016)
La gran Gilly Hopkins
Nonnie Hopkins (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest (2015)
Hollywood en primer plano
Self (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self (2014)
Guardianes de la galaxia
Nova Prime (2014)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self (2014)
5 a 7
Arlene Bloom (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self (2014)
Una vida al límite
Gram (2014)
Stephen Sondheim en seis canciones
Self (archive footage) (2013)
Love, Marilyn
Self (2013)
Casting By
Self (2012)
Finding Your Roots
Self (2012)
Final Cut: Ladies & Gentlemen
(archive footage) (2012)
Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs (2011)
Discovering Hamlet
Gertrude (archive footage) (2011)
Not My Life
Narrator (voice) (2011)
Las nuevas aventuras de Caperucita Roja
Granny (voice) (2011)
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Self (2009)
C à vous
Self (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest (2009)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest (2009)
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
Self - Hostess (2009)
Gates of the Arctic
Narrator (voice) (2008)
Daños y perjuicios
Patty Hewes (2007)
El atardecer
Mrs. Wittenborn (2007)
Gabon The Last Eden
Narrator (2007)
The Graham Norton Show
Self (2007)
La increíble pero cierta historia de Caperucita Roja
Granny (voice) (2005)
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Self (2005)
Nueve vidas
Maggie (2005)
En la cumbre
Diana (2005)
Tarzán 2
Kala (voice) (2005)
Kidnapped: Historia de un secuestro
Carrie Johnson (2005)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage) (2005)
Las mujeres perfectas
Claire Wellington (2004)
Seguridad máxima (En el nombre de todos)
Karen Moore (2004)
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
Self (2004)
El León en invierno
Eleanor of Aquitaine (2003)
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Self (2003)
In Search of the Jaguar
Narrator (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self (2003)
Le Divorce
Olivia Pace (2003)
La joven de azul jacinto
Cornelia Engelbrecht (2003)
La seguridad de los objetos
Esther Gold (2002)
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back
Self (2002)
The Shield: Al margen de la ley
Captain Monica Rawling (2002)
South Pacific
Nellie Forbush (2001)
La balada de Lucy Whipple
Arvella Whipple (2001)
Welcome to Hollywood
Glenn Close (2000)
Baby
Adult Sophie (Voice) (2000)
102 dálmatas
Cruella de Vil (2000)
Cosas que diría con sólo mirarla
Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca") (2000)
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
Sarah Witting (1999)
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Gina (archive footage) (uncredited) (1999)
El ala oeste de la Casa Blanca
Evelyn Baker Lang (1999)
Tarzán
Kala (voice) (1999)
La fortuna de Cookie
Camille Dixon (1999)
Padre de familia
Glenn Close (voice) (1999)
The Big Chill: A Reunion
Self (1999)
The Lady with the Torch
Self - Host (1999)
Will y Grace
Fannie Lieber (1998)
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
Self - Performer (1998)
In & Out (Dentro o fuera)
Glenn Close (1997)
The View
Self (1997)
Air Force One (El avión del presidente)
Kathryn Bennett (1997)
Leute heute
Self (1997)
Al caer la noche
Janet (1997)
Camino al paraíso
Adrienne Pargiter (1997)
Mars Attacks!
Marsha Dale (1996)
101 dálmatas (¡Más vivos que nunca!)
Cruella de Vil (1996)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest (1996)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self (1996)
El secreto de Mary Reilly
Mrs. Farraday (1996)
MADtv
Self (1995)
Anne Frank Remembered
Diary Readings (voice) (1995)
Juicio al honor
Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer (1995)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self (1994)
Ellen
Glenn Close (1994)
The Paper (Detrás de la noticia)
Alicia Clark (1994)
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror") (1993)
La casa de los espíritus
Ferula Trueba (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest (1993)
Skylark
Sarah Witting (1993)
Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln (voice) (1992)
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Self (1992)
Pebble Mill
Self (1991)
Cita con venus
Karin Anderson (1991)
Hook (El capitán Garfio)
Gutless (1991)
Sarah
Sarah Wheaton (1991)
Hamlet, el honor de la venganza
Gertrude (1990)
The Divine Garbo
Self - Host / Narrator (1990)
El misterio Von Bülow
Sunny von Bülow / Narrator (1990)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self (1990)
Los Simpson
Mona Simpson (voice) (1989)
An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated
Self (1989)
Immediate Family
Linda Spector (1989)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self (1989)
Las amistades peligrosas
Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil (1988)
American Experience
Self - Narrator (voice) (1988)
This Morning
Self - Guest (1988)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Narrator (voice) (1988)
Stones for Ibarra
Sara Everton (1988)
Electric Blue 29
(archive footage) (1988)
Atracción fatal
Alexandra "Alex" Forrest (1987)
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
Self - Narrator (1987)
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale
Narrator (voice) (1987)
An Amazin' Era
Self (1986)
Al filo de la sospecha
Teddy Barnes (1985)
Maxie
Jan / Maxie (1985)
El mejor
Iris Gaines (1984)
The Stone Boy
Ruth Hillerman (1984)
Greystoke: La leyenda de Tarzán
Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited) (1984)
Goldene Kamera
Self (1984)
Amelia, mi hija, mi amor
Gail Bennett (1984)
Reencuentro
Sarah Cooper (1983)
El mundo según Garp
Jenny Fields (1982)
The Elephant Man
Princess Alexandra (1982)
Wetten, dass..?
Self (1981)
Orphan Train
Jessica (1979)
Too Far to Go
Rebecca Kuehn (1979)
Bitte umblättern
Self (1977)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host (1975)
The Rules of the Game
Neighbor (1975)
Great Performances
Self - Host (1971)
The Oscars
Self (1953)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cornelia Englebrecht (1951)
Premios Globo de Oro
Self - Presenter (1944)
Standing By
Maud
Maud Oldcastle
Encore
Marie
Sunset Boulevard
Norma Desmond
The Plague Monkeys
Narrator