Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American film and stage actress and singer, perhaps best known 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. Image File history File links DaleClose. ... Jim Dale and Glenn Close in 2006 performing Busker Alley. ... Busker Alley was a musical by the Sherman Brothers, who wrote the scores to some of the Disney movies like Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book. ... is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Biography

Early life

Close was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, the daughter of Bettine (née Moore) and William Taliaferro Close,^[1] a doctor who operated a clinic in the Belgian Congo and served as a personal physician to President Mobutu Sese Seko.^[2] Her parents came from prominent families; her paternal grandfather, Edward Bennett Close, a stockbroker and director of the American Hospital Association,^[3] 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. Location in Connecticut Coordinates: , NECTA Region Settled 1640 Joined Connecticut 1656 Government  - Type Representative town meeting  - First selectman Peter Tesei  - Town administrator Edward Gomeau  - Town meeting moderator Thomas J. Byrne Area  - Total 174. ... Née redirects here. ... Motto: Travail et Progres (Work and Progress) The Belgian Congo Capital Léopoldville/Leopoldstad Political structure Colony Governor  - 1908-1910 Baron Wahis  - 1946-1951 Eugène Jacques Pierre Louis Jungers  - 1958-1960 Henri Arthur Adolf Marie Christopher Cornelis History  - Established 15 November, 1908  - Congolese independence 30 June, 1960 The Belgian... Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga (October 14, 1930 – September 7, 1997), known commonly as Mobutu, or Mobutu Sese Seko, born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, was the President of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) for 32 years (1965–1997), in which he rose to power... Founded in 1898, The American Hospital Association (AHA), located in Chicago, Illinois, is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. ... Post Cereals, formerly Postum Cereals was founded by C. W. Post. ... Majorie Merriwweather Post ca. ... Preston Sturges (August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated screenwriter and director born in Chicago. ... Dina Merrill on Life magazine January 11, 1960 Nedenia Marjorie Hutton (born December 9, 1925) is an American actress known as Dina Merrill. ... Brooke Christa Camille Shields[1] (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and supermodel. ... Prince Don Marino Torlonia (29 July 1861 - 5 March 1933), the 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, duke of Poli and Guadagnolo, was an Italian nobleman. ...

Close attended Choate Rosemary Hall, an elite boarding school in Connecticut, and later the College of William and Mary; where she was elected to membership in the honor society of Phi Beta Kappa. Choate Rosemary Hall Choate Rosemary Hall (commonly referred to as Choate) is a New England preparatory school for students (who call themselves Choaties) in grades 9-12, known as the third through sixth forms at the school. ... The College of William and Mary (also known as William & Mary, W&M or The College) is a small, selective, coeducational public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. ... The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an honor society which considers its mission to be fostering and recognizing excellence in undergraduate liberal arts and sciences. ...

Career

Close has had a lengthy career as a versatile actress and performer. Close is remembered for her chilling roles as the scheming aristocrat The Marquise 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. Dangerous Liaisons is a 1988 film directed by Stephen Frears. ... Fatal Attraction is a 1987 thriller about a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end and who becomes obsessed with him. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... Dangerous Liaisons is a 1988 film directed by Stephen Frears. ... Fatal Attraction is a 1987 thriller about a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end and who becomes obsessed with him. ... Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... The Natural is a 1952 novel about baseball written by Bernard Malamud. ... The Big Chill is a 1983 film that tells the story of several University of Michigan college friends who reunite after many years for the funeral of one of their friends who commits suicide. ... The World According to Garp is 1982 feature film directed by George Roy Hill based on the novel of the same title by John Irving. ... Martha Sharp Crawford von Bülow (born September 1, 1932 in Manassas, Virginia) is an American heiress and was a socialite and philanthropist. ... DVD cover for Reversal of Fortune. ...

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 in 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. Hallmark Hall of Fame is a long running anthology program on American television. ... Sarah, Plain and Tall is a childrens book written by Patricia MacLachlan, winner of the Newbery Medal and the basis for three television movies, starring Glenn Close and Christopher Walken. ... Margarethe Cammermeyer (born March 24, 1943) is a former colonel in the Washington National Guard and a gay rights activist. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... For other uses see The Paper (disambiguation) The Paper is a 1994 film directed by Ron Howard that stars Michael Keaton. ... This article is about the film. ... This article is about the 1996 film. ... Not to be confused with Cruella de Ville, a short-lived 1980s post-punk band. ... 102 Dalmatians is a 2000 live-action film, produced by The Walt Disney Company and starring Glenn Close as the villainous Cruella de Vil. ... Terrorist Egor Korshunov (Gary Oldman) confronts the President of the United States (Harrison Ford). ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... For the silent film actor, see Harrison Ford (silent film actor). ... Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right), with Irving Berlin (middle) and Helen Tamiris, watching auditions at the St. ... This article is about the stage musical. ... This article is about the TV series. ... Damages is an American legal drama television series. ... FX (for Fox eXtended Networks) is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporations Fox Entertainment Group. ...

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.^[4] In addition to Sunset Boulevard, Close also won Tony Awards in 1984 for The Real Thing and in 1992 for Death and the Maiden. A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Sunset Boulevard (1950 film). ... Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. ... Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Albert Hall redirects here. ... The Real Thing is a play by Tom Stoppard, first performed in 1982. ... Death and the Maiden (La muerte y la doncella) is a play by Ariel Dorfman, first published in 1991. ...

Personal life

In February 2006, Close married her longtime boyfriend David E. (Evans) Shaw. They reside in Scarborough, Maine. The actress was previously married to Cabot Wade (1969–1971) and James Marlas (1984–1987). She has one child, Annie Maude Starke (born April 26, 1988), from her previous relationship with John Starke that ended in 1991. Annie is currently attending Hamilton College, a private, liberal arts institution in upstate New York. Scarborough is a town in Cumberland County on the southern coast of Maine. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... For other colleges with the same name, see Hamilton College (disambiguation). ...

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Stage productions

Broadway and Off-Broadway Musicals

• Rex (Broadway, 1976), Richard Rodgers-Sheldon Harnick musical about Henry VIII
• Barnum (Chairy Barnum, Broadway, 1980), Cy Coleman musical about Phineas T. Barnum
• Sunset Boulevard (Norma Desmond, Broadway, 1994), Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the classic 1950 motion picture Sunset Boulevard
• Busker Alley (Off-Broadway, 2006, one-performance benefit concert), Sherman Brothers musical based on the 1938 movie St. Martin's Lane, directed by Tony Walton

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Broadway Plays

• Love for Love by William Congreve (New Phoenix Repertory Co. at the Helen Hayes Theatre, November 1974)
• The Rules of the Game by Luigi Pirandello (New Phoenix Repertory Co. at the Helen Hayes Theatre, December 1974)
• The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers (New Phoenix Repertory Co. at the Helen Hayes Theatre, December 1974)
• The Crucifer of Blood by Paul Giovanni (Helen Hayes Theatre, September 1978)
• The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard (Plymouth Theatre, December 1983)
• Benefactors by Michael Frayn (Brooks Atkinson Theatre, December 1985)
• Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman (Brooks Atkinson Theatre, February 1992)

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Off-Broadway

• The Crazy Locomotive by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Chelsea Theater Center, 1977)

• Uncommon Women and Others (1977}

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Filmography

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Documentaries

• Divine Garbo (1990)
• The Lady With The Torch (1999)
• Welcome To Hollywood (2001)
• What I Want My Words To Do To You: Voices From Inside A Women's Maximum Security Prison (2003)
• A Closer Walk (2003)
• Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age (2007)

Television credits

• The Rules of the Game (1975)
• Too Far to Go (1979)
• Orphan Train (1979)
• The Elephant Man (1982)
• Something About Ameila (1984)
• Stones for Ibarra (1988)
• She'll Take Romance (1990)
• Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
• Skylark (1993)
• Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
• The Simpsons (1989) (voice 1995–present)
• In the Gloaming (1997)
• Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (1999)
• Baby (2000) (narrator)
• The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001)
• South Pacific (2001)
• Will and Grace (2002)
• Brush with Fate (2003)
• The Lion in Winter (2003)
• Strip Search (2004)
• The West Wing (2004)
• The Shield (cast member in 2005)
• Damages (2007)

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Awards

Oscars

• 1983: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nomination)- The World According to Garp
• 1984: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nomination)- The Big Chill
• 1985: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nomination)- The Natural
• 1988: Best Actress in a Leading Role (nomination)- Fatal Attraction
• 1989: Best Actress in a Leading Role (nomination)- Dangerous Liaisons

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Emmy Awards

• 1995: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie - Serving in Silence (WIN)
• 2002: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Will & Grace
• 2005: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - The Shield

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Golden Globes

• 2004: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie - The Lion in Winter (WIN)
• 2005: Best Actress in a Drama Series - The Shield
• 2008: Best Actress in a Drama Series - Damages (WIN)

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Tony Awards

• 1984: Best Actress in a Play - The Real Thing (WIN)
• 1992: Best Actress in a Play - Death and the Maiden (WIN)
• 1995: Best Actress in a Musical - Sunset Boulevard (WIN)

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Screen Actors Guild Award

• 2005: Outstanding Actress, Television - The Lion in Winter (WIN)
• 2008: Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, Television (Nomination) - Damages

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Other

• 1988: People's Choice Award - Favorite Motion Picture Actress
• 1992: Golden Camera/ Germany - Best International Actress
• 2008: Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service - outstanding achievement in the dramatic arts (WIN)

References

• Napoleon, Davi. Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater Includes discussion of Des McAnuff's production of The Crazy Locomotive at the Chelsea Theater. Iowa State University Press.

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External links

• Glenn Close at the Internet Broadway Database
• Glenn Close at the Internet Movie Database
• Glenn Close biography at thespiannet
• Performance Working in the Theatre seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, April 1992
• Performance Working in the Theatre seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, April 1986
• TonyAwards.com Interview with Glenn Close