Glenn Close

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Glenn Close
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Glenn Close (right) and Jim Dale in 2006 performing Busker Alley
Born March 19 1947 (1947-03-19) (age 62)
Greenwich, Connecticut
Years active 1975 - present
Spouse(s) Cabot Wade (1969-1971)
James Marlas (1984-1987)
David Shaw (2006-)
Children Annie Maude Starke (born 1988)

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actress and singer. Close is an Emmy Award- winning TV movie actress, a three-time Tony Award-winning stage actress/singer and has been nominated for seven Emmys and seven Golden Globes.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Close was born in Greenwich, Connecticut to Bettine (née Moore) and William Taliaferro Close,[1] a doctor who operated a clinic in the Belgian Congo and served as a personal physician to President Mobutu Sese Seko.[2] Her parents came from prominent families; her paternal grandfather, Edward Bennett Close, a stockbroker and director of the American Hospital Association,[3] was first married to Post Cereals' heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, making Glenn Close a relative of screenwriter/director Preston Sturges and actress Dina Merrill. Close is also a second cousin once removed of Brooke Shields. Shields's great-grandmother Mary Elsie Moore (wife of Don Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi) was Close's great-aunt, a sister of Close's maternal grandfather, Charles Arthur Moore.

Close attended Choate Rosemary Hall, a private boarding school in Connecticut. Michael Douglas, her co-star in Fatal Attraction, also attended Choate Rosemary Hall. Glenn also attended the College of William and Mary and was elected to membership in the prestigious international honor society of Phi Beta Kappa.

[edit] Career

Close has had a lengthy career as a versatile actress and performer. Close is remembered for her chilling roles as the scheming aristocrat Madame de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons and as the psychotic book editor Alex in Fatal Attraction. She has been nominated for 5 Academy Awards, for Best Actress in Dangerous Liaisons and Fatal Attraction and for Best Supporting Actress in The Natural, The Big Chill and The World According to Garp. She played the role of Sunny von Bülow in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune to critical acclaim.

In the 1990s, Close took on challenging roles on television as well. She starred in the highly rated presentation of the 1991 Hallmark Hall of Fame drama Sarah, Plain and Tall (and its two sequels) and also in the made-for-TV movie Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995); from these roles she was nominated for 8 Emmys (winning one) and 7 Golden Globes (winning one 2005). She also appeared in the newsroom comedy-drama The Paper (1994), the alien invasion satire Mars Attacks! (1996, as The First Lady), the Disney hit 101 Dalmatians (1996, as the sinister Cruella de Vil) and it sequel 102 Dalmatians (2000) and the blockbuster Air Force One (1997), as the trustworthy vice-president to Harrison Ford's president. In 2001 she starred in an elaborate production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical South Pacific. In 2005, Close joined the FX crime series The Shield, in which she played a no-nonsense precinct captain. Her appearance on the cop drama was such a success that she is now starring in a new hit series of her own for 2007, Damages (also on FX) instead of continuing her character on the Shield.

Close has had an extensive career performing in many Broadway musicals. One of her most notable roles on stage was Norma Desmond in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of Sunset Boulevard where Close won a Tony award playing the role on Broadway in 1994. Close was also a guest star, at the Andrew Lloyd Webber fiftieth birthday party celebration, in the Royal Albert Hall in 1998. She appeared as Norma Desmond and performed songs from Sunset Boulevard. Close is being considered to reprise the role of Norma Desmond in the 2008 film Sunset Boulevard, based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. The film has not started production. [4]. In addition to Sunset Boulevard, Close also won Tony Awards in 1984 for The Real Thing and in 1992 for Death and the Maiden.[5].

[edit] Personal life

Close is a longtime baseball fan of the New York Mets and has sung the National Anthem before Mets games several times, including Game 1 of the 1986 World Series.[citation needed]

In February 2006, Close married her longtime boyfriend David Shaw. They reside in Maine. The actress was previously married to Cabot Wade (1969–1971) and James Marlas (1984–1987). She has one child, Annie Maude Starke (born April 26, 1988), from her previous relationship with John Starke that ended in 1991. Annie is currently attending the prestigious Hamilton College in upstate New York.[citation needed]

She has donated money to election campaigns of many Democratic politicians, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Howard Dean and John Edwards.[6]

[edit] Stage productions

[edit] Broadway and Off-Broadway Musicals

[edit] Broadway Plays

[edit] Off-Broadway

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1982 The World According to Garp Jenny Fields
1983 The Big Chill Sarah Cooper
1984 The Natural Iris Gaines
The Stone Boy Ruth Hillerman
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Jane Porter (voice) She dubbed Andie MacDowell's performance
1985 Maxie Jan / Maxie
Jagged Edge Teddy Barnes
1987 Fatal Attraction Alex Forrest
1988 Dangerous Liaisons Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Light Years Queen Ambisextra (voice) Film's original, French title: Gandahar
1989 Immediate Family Linda Spector
1990 Hamlet Queen Gertrude
Reversal of Fortune Sunny von Bulow
1991 Hook Boo Box Pirate cameo appearance
Meeting Venus Karin Anderson
1993 The House of the Spirits Ferula Trueba
1994 The Paper Alicia Clark
1996 Mars Attacks! First Lady Marsha Dale
101 Dalmatians Cruella de Vil
Mary Reilly Mrs. Farraday
1997 In & Out Herself cameo appearance
Air Force One Vice President Kathryn Bennett
Paradise Road Adrienne Pargiter
1999 Tarzan Kala (voice)
Cookie's Fortune Camille Dixon
2000 102 Dalmatians Cruella de Vil
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Dr. Elaine Keener
2001 The Safety of Objects Esther Gold
2003 Le Divorce Olivia Pace
Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio Blue Fairy (voice)
2004 Heights Diana
The Stepford Wives Claire Wellington
2005 The Chumscrubber Carrie Johnson
Nine Lives Maggie
Hoodwinked Granny (voice)
2007 Thérèse Raquin Madame pre-production
Evening Mrs. Wittenborn post-production
2008 Sunset Boulevard Norma Desmond rumored project

[edit] Documentaries

  • Divine Garbo (1990)
  • The Lady With The Torch (1999)
  • Welcome To Hollywood (2001)
  • What I Want My Words To Do To You: Voices From Inside A Women's Maximum Security Prison (2003)
  • A Closer Walk (2003)
  • Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age (2007)

[edit] Television credits

[edit] Awards

[edit] Oscars

[edit] Emmy Awards

  • 1995: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie - Serving in Silence (WIN)
  • 2002: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Will & Grace
  • 2005: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - The Shield

[edit] Golden Globes

[edit] Tony Awards

[edit] Other

  • 1988 Peoples Choice Award - Favorite Motion Picture Actress
  • 1992 Golden Camera/ Germany - Best International Actress
  • 2005 Screen Actors Guild Award/ Outstanding Actress, Television - The Lion in Winter

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.newenglandancestors.org/education/articles/NEXUS/_notable_kin_additional_noted_american_cousins_o_659_90804.asp?print=1
  2. ^ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06333/741921-374.stm
  3. ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019740/bio
  4. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/05/wsunset105.xml
  5. ^ http://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.cfm?nomname=Glenn%20Close
  6. ^ Opensecrets.org

[edit] External links

Awards
Preceded by
Jessica Tandy
for Foxfire 		Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
1984
for The Real Thing 		Succeeded by
Stockard Channing
for A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Preceded by
Mercedes Ruehl
for Lost in Yonkers 		Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
1992
for Death and the Maiden 		Succeeded by
Madeline Kahn
for The Sisters Rosensweig
Preceded by
Donna Murphy
for Passion 		Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical
1995
for Sunset Boulevard 		Succeeded by
Donna Murphy
for The King and I
Preceded by
Kirstie Alley
for David's Mother 		Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
1995
for Serving in Silence 		Succeeded by
Helen Mirren
for Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness
Preceded by
Meryl Streep
for Angels in America 		Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Movie
2004
for The Lion in Winter 		Succeeded by
S. Epatha Merkerson
for Lackawanna Blues
Preceded by
Meryl Streep
for Angels in America 		List of Golden Globe Awards: Mini-series, Best Actress
2005
for The Lion in Winter 		Succeeded by
S. Epatha Merkerson
for Lackawanna Blues
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