Glenn Close

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Profession: Actress

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Biography: Glenn Close began her acting career on stage in the 1970s and has gone on to win 3 Tony awards, the first for "The Real Thing (1983).

Close made her film debut in 1982 and soon became a Hollywood star. She was nominated for Academy Awards for "The Big Chill" (1983) and Robert Redford's "The Natural" (1984). Her most famous early role was in the thriller "Fatal Attraction" (1987) opposite Michael Douglas for which she was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress.

Other successful roles in film include "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988) with John Malkovich and as Cruella de Vil in the Disney film "101 Dalmatians" (1996) and its sequel. More recently Close received acclaim for her role in "The Wife" (2018) for which she won a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice award.

On TV Close starred in the TV cable series "Damages" for fives seasons, winning two Emmy awards.

Born: March 19, 1947
Birthplace: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Age: 77 years old

Generation: Baby Boomer
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Star Sign: Pisces

Married Life

2006-02-03 Academy Award-winning actress Glenn Close (58) weds David Evans Shaw in Maine

Historical Events

1976-03-25 Richard Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick, and Sherman Yellen's musical "Rex", starring Nicol Williamson and Glenn Close, opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater, NYC; runs for 48 performances
1976-09-05 Richard Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick, and Sherman Yellen's musical "Rex", starring Nicol Williamson and Glenn Close, closes at Lunt-Fontaine Theater, NYC, after 48 performances
1983-09-17 8th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Big Chill" directed by Lawrence Kasdan wins the People's Choice Award
1987-09-18 Film thriller "Fatal Attraction" directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close is released
1988-03-13 14th People's Choice Awards: Michael Douglas & Glenn Close win (Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Cybill Shepherd win (TV)
1992-03-17 Ariel Dorfman's stage drama "Death and the Maiden", starring Glenn Close, Richard Dreyfuss, and Gene Hackman, and directed by Mike Nichols, opens at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC; runs for 159 performances
1992-08-02 Ariel Dorfman's stage drama "Death and the Maiden", starring Glenn Close, Richard Dreyfuss, and Gene Hackman, and directed by Mike Nichols, closes at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC, after 159 performances
1997-03-22 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's musical "Sunset Boulevard", based on the film, and starring Glenn Close closes at Minskoff, NYC, after 977 performances and 7 Tony Awards
2008-09-21 60th Emmy Awards: Mad Men, 30 Rock, Bryan Cranston & Glenn Close win
2009-09-20 61st Emmy Awards: Mad Men, 30 Rock, Bryan Cranston & Glenn Close win
2019-01-06 76th Golden Globes: "The Americans", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Green Book", Glenn Close and Rami Malek among the winners