Profile
Glenn Close
Actress + Producer
Female
Born
Mar 19, 1947
Age
66
Hometown
Greenwich, Connec...
Alma Mater
College of Willia...
Glenn Close is an American film, television and stage actress. She got her start in supporting roles in The World According to Garp (1982), The Big Chill (1983 and The Natural which all earned her nominations for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.… Read More
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Stephen BeersDated 1995 - 1999
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John StarkeDated 1988 - 1991
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John H. StarkeMarried 1987 - 1991
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James MarlasMarried 1984 - 1987
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Cabot WadeMarried 1969 - 1971
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Glenn Close
Age 66
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Annie Maude StarkeDaughter, Age 25
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Glenn Close's Sister Writing Memoir About Mental IllnessHuffington Post - Apr 26, 2013
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Regina Weinreich: Kinky Boots: High Kicks For EveryoneHuffington Post - Apr 07, 2013
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Lloyd I. Sederer, Md: The Painted Bird: Stigma And Mental IllnessHuffington Post - Mar 19, 2013
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Glenn Close Style Evolution: Powerful Pant Suits Are The Name Of Her Game (Photos)The Huffington Post - Mar 18, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1947
Birth
Born on March 19, 1947.
TEENAGE
1965
18 Years Old
Close traveled for several years in the mid-to-late 1960s with an MRA singing group called Up With People, and attended Rosemary Hall (now Choate Rosemary Hall), graduating in 1965.
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TWENTIES
1974
27 Years Old
Close started her professional stage career in 1974, and her film work in 1982.
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THIRTIES
1984
37 Years Old
In 1984, Close starred in the critically acclaimed drama Something about Amelia, a Golden Globe-winning television movie about a family destroyed by sexual abuse.
1985
38 Years Old
Close received her first Grammy nomination (shared with Jeremy Irons) in 1985 for Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for The Real Thing.
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FORTIES
1987
40 Years Old
In 1987 she played the disturbed book editor Alex in Fatal Attraction, and in 1988 she played the scheming aristocrat The Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons.
1990
43 Years Old
She played the role of Sunny von Bülow in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune to critical acclaim.
In the 1990s, 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); for the latter role Close won her first Emmy.
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FIFTIES
1998
51 Years Old
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Close was also a guest star at the Andrew Lloyd Webber fiftieth birthday party celebration in the Royal Albert Hall in 1998.
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2001
54 Years Old
In 2001, she starred in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical South Pacific.
2005
58 Years Old
In 2005, Close joined the FX crime series The Shield, in which she played a no-nonsense precinct captain.
2006
59 Years Old
In February 2006, Close married her longtime boyfriend David E. (Evans) Shaw in Maine.
LATE ADULTHOOD
2007
60 Years Old
She starred in a series of her own for 2007, Damages (also on FX) instead of continuing her character on The Shield.
Close won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama series for her role in Damages.
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In December 2010, Close began filming Albert Nobbs in Dublin.
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On January 24, 2012, Close received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance, her first nomination since 1989, and her sixth Oscar nomination overall.
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