Glenn Close
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glenn Close, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Back in Action as Ginny
- 2024 · Brothers as Cath Munger
- 2024 · Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story as Self
- 2024 · The Deliverance as Alberta Jackson
- 2023 · Heart of Stone as King of Diamonds
- 2022 · The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window as The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited)
- 2021 · Swan Song as Dr. Eve Scott
- 2021 · Four Good Days as Deb
- 2020 · Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance
- 2020 · Tehran as Marjan Montazeri
- 2020 · Celebrity IOU as Self
- 2019 · Desus & Mero as Self
- 2018 · 3Below: Tales of Arcadia as Mother (voice)
- 2018 · The Wife as Joan Castleman
- 2017 · Father Figures as Helen Baxter
- 2017 · Marcians as Self - Interviewee
- 2017 · Crooked House as Lady Edith de Haviland
- 2017 · What Happened to Monday as Nicolette Cayman
- 2016 · The Girl with All the Gifts as Dr. Caroline Caldwell
- 2016 · Warcraft as Alodi (uncredited)
- 2015 · The Great Gilly Hopkins as Nonnie Hopkins
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Guardians of the Galaxy as Nova Prime
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- 2014 · 5 to 7 as Arlene Bloom
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2013 · Six by Sondheim as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2011 · Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs
- 2011 · Touch of Evil as The Vamp
- 2011 · Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil as Granny (voice)
- 2009 · C à vous as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2007 · Damages as Patty Hewes
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2005 · Hoodwinked! as Granny (voice)
- 2005 · Tarzan II as Kala (voice)
- 2004 · The Stepford Wives as Claire Wellington
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Olivia Pace
- 2002 · The Shield as Captain Monica Rawling
- 2000 · 102 Dalmatians as Cruella de Vil
- 1999 · The West Wing as Evelyn Baker Lang
- 1999 · Tarzan as Kala (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Glenn Close (voice)
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Fannie Lieber
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Air Force One as Kathryn Bennett
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1996 · Mars Attacks! as Marsha Dale
- 1996 · 101 Dalmatians as Cruella de Vil
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Ellen as Glenn Close
- 1993 · The House of the Spirits as Ferula Trueba
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1991 · Pebble Mill as Self
- 1991 · Hook as Gutless
- 1990 · Reversal of Fortune as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Mona Simpson (voice)
- 1988 · Dangerous Liaisons as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
- 1988 · American Experience as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · This Morning as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Fatal Attraction as Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1983 · The Big Chill as Sarah Cooper
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1977 · Please Turn the Page as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1971 · Great Performances as Neighbor
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self - Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self (archive footage)
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Host/Performer/Winner
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Audience Member
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Hillary Clinton
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sara Everton
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sarah Wheaton
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sarah
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Cornelia Englebrecht
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter/Winner
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as
- 2025 · Animal Farm as Muriel (voice)
- 2025 · The Summer Book as Grandmother
- 2021 · Boulevard! A Hollywood Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Show of Titles as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer
- 2020 · 537 Votes as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · The Wilde Wedding as Eve Wilde
- 2016 · Anesthesia as Marcia Zarrow
- 2014 · Low Down as Gram
- 2013 · Love, Marilyn as Self
- 2012 · Casting By as Self
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Discovering Hamlet as Gertrude (archive footage)
- 2011 · Not My Life as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Evening as Mrs. Wittenborn
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Maggie
- 2005 · Heights as Diana
- 2005 · The Chumscrubber as Carrie Johnson
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2003 · The Lion in Winter as Eleanor of Aquitaine
- 2002 · The Safety of Objects as Esther Gold
- 2001 · South Pacific as Nellie Forbush
- 1999 · SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1999 · Cookie's Fortune as Camille Dixon
- 1998 · Welcome to Hollywood as Glenn Close
- 1997 · In & Out as Glenn Close (uncredited)
- 1997 · In the Gloaming as Janet
- 1997 · Paradise Road as Adrienne Pargiter
- 1996 · The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful as Self
- 1996 · Mary Reilly as Mrs. Farraday
- 1995 · Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story as Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
- 1994 · The Paper as Alicia Clark
- 1992 · Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)
- 1992 · Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall as Self
- 1991 · Sarah, Plain and Tall as Sarah Wheaton
- 1990 · Hamlet as Gertrude
- 1989 · Immediate Family as Linda Spector
- 1989 · Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
- 1985 · Jagged Edge as Teddy Barnes
- 1984 · The Natural as Iris Gaines
- 1984 · The Stone Boy as Ruth Hillerman
- 1984 · Something About Amelia as Gail Bennett
- 1982 · The World According to Garp as Jenny Fields
- 1979 · Orphan Train as Jessica
- Future · All's Fair as Dina Standish
- Future · Standing By as
- 2025 · Glenn Close: The Art of Transformation as Self
- 2024 · A Look Through His Lens as Self
- 2023 · Tom Hanks: The Nomad as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2021 · Baba Yaga as Chief (voice)
- 2020 · In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover as Cruella de Vil
- 2020 · The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Roy Cohn
- 2019 · The Lavender Scare as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Let's Dance as Segment: "Night Shift"
- 2018 · Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar as Self
- 2017 · Sea Oak as Aunt Bernie
- 2009 · My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story as Self
- 2009 · Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries as Self - Hostess
- 2008 · Gates of the Arctic as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Gabon The Last Eden as Narrator
- 2005 · Hollywood's Greatest Villains as Self
- 2004 · Strip Search as Karen Moore
- 2004 · Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' as Self
- 2003 · What I Want My Words to Do to You as Self
- 2003 · In Search of the Jaguar as Narrator
- 2003 · Brush with Fate as Cornelia Engelbrecht
- 2002 · Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back as Self
- 2001 · The Ballad of Lucy Whipple as Arvella Whipple
- 2000 · Baby as Adult Sophie (voice)
- 2000 · Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
- 1999 · Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End as Sarah Witting
- 1999 · The Big Chill: A Reunion as Self
- 1999 · The Lady with the Torch as Self - Host
- 1998 · Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration as Self - Performer
- 1995 · Anne Frank Remembered as Diary Readings (voice)
- 1993 · Skylark as Sarah Witting
- 1991 · Meeting Venus as Karin Anderson
- 1991 · Mel Gibson Goes Back to School as Gertrude (archive footage)
- 1990 · The Divine Garbo as Self - Host / Narrator
- 1990 · Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music as Self
- 1989 · An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated as Self
- 1988 · The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · Stones for Ibarra as Sara Everton
- 1988 · Electric Blue 29 as (archive footage)
- 1987 · Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale as Narrator (voice)
- 1986 · An Amazin' Era as Self
- 1985 · Maxie as Jan / Maxie
- 1982 · The Elephant Man as Princess Alexandra
- 1979 · Too Far to Go as Rebecca Kuehn
- 1975 · The Rules of the Game as Neighbor
- Future · Encore as Marie