About
Glenn Close
Overview
Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning over five decades of 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 and three Grammy Awards. She is one of the few performers to be nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. In 2009, she received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2016, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.
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Known for
Acting |
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| 2025 | The Summer Book | Actor | Grandmother | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Back in Action | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2024 | Brothers | Actor | Cath | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2024 | The Deliverance | Actor | Alberta Jackson | 60 Fair |
| 2024 | A Look Through His Lens | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Heart of Stone | Actor | King of Diamonds | 65 Fair |
| 2023 | Tom Hanks: The Nomad | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | imagine... Stephen Frears: Director for Hire | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Swan Song | Actor | Dr. Eve Scott | 65 Fair |
| 2021 | Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Four Good Days | Actor | Deb | 61 Fair |
| 2021 | Baba Yaga | Actor | Chief (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Hillbilly Elegy | Actor | Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance | 64 Fair |
| 2020 | In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover | Actor | Cruella de Vil | 59 Average |
| 2020 | 537 Votes | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Actor | Roy Cohn | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Tehran | Actor | Marjan Montazeri | 73 Good |
| 2019 | The Lavender Scare | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Actor | Mother (voice) | 73 Good |
| 2018 | Let's Dance | Actor | Segment: "Night Shift" | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Wife | Actor | Joan Castleman | 67 Fair |
| 2018 | Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Father Figures | Actor | Helen Baxter | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Sea Oak | Actor | Aunt Bernie | 69 Fair |
| 2017 | The Wilde Wedding | Actor | Eve Wilde | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Crooked House | Actor | Lady Edith de Haviland | 62 Fair |
| 2017 | What Happened to Monday | Actor | Nicolette Cayman | 70 Good |
| 2016 | The Girl with All the Gifts | Actor | Dr. Caroline Caldwell | 64 Fair |
| 2016 | Warcraft | Actor | Alodi (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 2016 | Anesthesia | Actor | Marcia Zarrow | 58 Average |
| 2015 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Actor | Nonnie Hopkins | 61 Fair |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Actor | Nova Prime | 78 Good |
| 2014 | 5 to 7 | Actor | Arlene Bloom | 64 Fair |
| 2014 | Low Down | Actor | Gram | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Love, Marilyn | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Casting By | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | Actor | (archive footage) | 61 Fair |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Actor | Albert Nobbs | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | Touch of Evil | Actor | The Vamp | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Actor | Gertrude (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Not My Life | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil | Actor | Granny (voice) | 54 Average |
| 2009 | My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Home | Actor | Narrator (english voice) | 68 Fair |
| 2009 | Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries | Actor | Self - Hostess | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Gates of the Arctic | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Damages | Actor | Patty Hewes | 73 Good |
| 2007 | Evening | Actor | Mrs. Wittenborn | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Gabon The Last Eden | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Hoodwinked! | Actor | Granny (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 2005 | Hollywood's Greatest Villains | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Actor | Maggie | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Heights | Actor | Diana | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Tarzan II | Actor | Kala (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | The Chumscrubber | Actor | Carrie Johnson | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | The Stepford Wives | Actor | Claire Wellington | 57 Average |
| 2004 | Strip Search | Actor | Karen Moore | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | The Lion in Winter | Actor | Eleanor of Aquitaine | 59 Average |
| 2003 | What I Want My Words to Do to You | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2003 | In Search of the Jaguar | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Actor | Olivia Pace | 56 Average |
| 2003 | Brush with Fate | Actor | Cornelia Engelbrecht | 58 Average |
| 2002 | The Safety of Objects | Actor | Esther Gold | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Forever Fatal: Remembering 'Fatal Attraction' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2001 | South Pacific | Actor | Nellie Forbush | 58 Average |
| 2001 | The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | Actor | Arvella Whipple | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Baby | Actor | Adult Sophie (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Actor | Cruella de Vil | 56 Average |
| 2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Actor | Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca") | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | Actor | Sarah Witting | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler | Actor | Gina (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Tarzan | Actor | Kala (voice) | 72 Good |
| 1999 | Cookie's Fortune | Actor | Camille Dixon | 60 Fair |
| 1999 | The Big Chill: A Reunion | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The Lady with the Torch | Actor | Self - Host | N/A N/A |
| 1998 | Welcome to Hollywood | Actor | Glenn Close | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration | Actor | Self - Performer | 59 Average |
| 1997 | In & Out | Actor | Glenn Close (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1997 | Air Force One | Actor | Vice President Kathryn Bennett | 63 Fair |
| 1997 | In the Gloaming | Actor | Janet | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Paradise Road | Actor | Adrienne Pargiter | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Actor | Marsha Dale | 63 Fair |
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians | Actor | Cruella de Vil | 59 Average |
| 1996 | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Mary Reilly | Actor | Mrs. Farraday | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Anne Frank Remembered | Actor | Diary Readings (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Actor | Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer | 59 Average |
| 1994 | The Paper | Actor | Alicia Clark | 60 Fair |
| 1993 | The House of the Spirits | Actor | Ferula Trueba | 64 Fair |
| 1993 | Skylark | Actor | Sarah Witting | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Lincoln | Actor | Mary Todd Lincoln (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Meeting Venus | Actor | Karin Anderson | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Hook | Actor | Gutless | 67 Fair |
| 1991 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Actor | Sarah Wheaton | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Mel Gibson Goes Back to School | Actor | Gertrude (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Hamlet | Actor | Gertrude | 62 Fair |
| 1990 | The Divine Garbo | Actor | Self - Host / Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Actor | Sunny von Bülow / Narrator | 61 Fair |
| 1990 | Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Immediate Family | Actor | Linda Spector | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Dangerous Liaisons | Actor | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil | 68 Fair |
| 1988 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Stones for Ibarra | Actor | Sara Everton | N/A N/A |
| 1988 | Electric Blue 29 | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Fatal Attraction | Actor | Alexandra "Alex" Forrest | 66 Fair |
| 1987 | Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Jagged Edge | Actor | Teddy Barnes | 60 Fair |
| 1985 | Maxie | Actor | Jan / Maxie | 58 Average |
| 1984 | The Natural | Actor | Iris Gaines | 64 Fair |
| 1984 | The Stone Boy | Actor | Ruth Hillerman | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Something About Amelia | Actor | Gail Bennett | 58 Average |
| 1983 | The Big Chill | Actor | Sarah Cooper | 63 Fair |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | Actor | Jenny Fields | 62 Fair |
| 1982 | The Elephant Man | Actor | Princess Alexandra | 59 Average |
| 1979 | Orphan Train | Actor | Jessica | 59 Average |
| 1979 | Too Far to Go | Actor | Rebecca Kuehn | 58 Average |
| 1975 | The Rules of the Game | Actor | Neighbor | N/A N/A |
| Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Encore | Actor | Marie | N/A N/A |
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| Sunset Boulevard (Musical) | Actor | Norma Desmond | N/A N/A |
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| Standing By | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| All's Fair | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Writing | Screenplay | 60 Fair |
Production |
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| 2021 | Cruella | Production | Producer | 78 Good |
| 2017 | Sea Oak | Production | Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2017 | The Wilde Wedding | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
| 2001 | South Pacific | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 2001 | The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Baby | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Journey | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Skylark | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| Sunset Boulevard (Musical) | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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| All's Fair | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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