GLENN CLOSE
Name: Glenn Close.
Born. 19 March 1947 Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American film and stage actress and
singer, best recalled for her role as a deranged stalker in Fatal Attraction (1987).
Close has won an Emmy Award, three Tony Awards, and two Golden Globes; she has
further been nominated for five Academy Awards, eight Emmys, and nine Golden
Globes.
Close was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, to Bettine (née Moore) and William
Taliaferro Close, a doctor who operated a clinic in the Belgian Congo and
served as a personal physician to President Mobutu Sese Seko. Her parents
came from prominent families; her paternal grandfather, Edward Bennett Close, a
stockbroker and director of the American Hospital Association, 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,
and later the College of William and Mary; there she was elected to membership
in the honor society of Phi Beta Kappa.
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 five 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 9 Golden Globes (winning one 2005 and
2007). 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, for which 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. In addition to Sunset Boulevard, Close also won Tony Awards in
1984 for The Real Thing and in 1992 for Death and the Maiden.
Name: Glenn Close.
Born. 19 March 1947 Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American film and stage actress and
singer, best recalled for her role as a deranged stalker in Fatal Attraction (1987).
Close has won an Emmy Award, three Tony Awards, and two Golden Globes; she has
further been nominated for five Academy Awards, eight Emmys, and nine Golden
Globes.
Close was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, to Bettine (née Moore) and William
Taliaferro Close, a doctor who operated a clinic in the Belgian Congo and
served as a personal physician to President Mobutu Sese Seko. Her parents
came from prominent families; her paternal grandfather, Edward Bennett Close, a
stockbroker and director of the American Hospital Association, 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,
and later the College of William and Mary; there she was elected to membership
in the honor society of Phi Beta Kappa.
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 five 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 9 Golden Globes (winning one 2005 and
2007). 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, for which 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. In addition to Sunset Boulevard, Close also won Tony Awards in
1984 for The Real Thing and in 1992 for Death and the Maiden.