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Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947 in Greenwich,
Connecticut|Greenwich, Connecticut) is an United
States|American film and Theater|stage
actor|actress.

She was born into a society family and attended
Choate Rosemary Hall, an elite boarding school in
Connecticut, and the College of William and Mary,
becoming a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Her paternal grandfather, Edward Bennett Close, a
stockbroker, was first married to Post Cereals'
heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, which makes
Glenn Close a relative by marriage and/or blood to
screenwriter/director Preston Sturges and actress
Dina Merrill. She also is a distant cousin of the
actress and model Brooke Shields.

Close is remembered for her chilling roles as the
scheming aristocrat Madame de Merteuil in
Dangerous Liaisons and as the demented book editor
Alex in Fatal Attraction. She has been nominated
for 5 Academy Awards, for Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in Dangerous Liaisons and
Fatal Attraction and for Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress in The
Natural, The Big Chill (movie)|The Big Chill and
The World According to Garp.

In the 1990s, Close took on challenging roles on
U.S. 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 7 Golden Globes.  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 plays a
no-nonsense precinct captain. However, Close chose
to leave after just one season.

==Broadway productions==
===Musicals===
* Rex (1976) - Richard Rodgers musical about Henry
VIII of England|Henry VIII
* Barnum (musical)|Barnum (1980) - musical about
Phineas T. Barnum
* Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Boulevard
(1994) - Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the
classic 1950 movie Sunset Boulevard starring
Gloria Swanson in Close's role of faded screen
star Norma Desmond.

===Drama===
*Love for Love  (1974)
* The Crucifer of Blood (1978)
* The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing (1983) -
Tom Stoppard play
* Benefactors (1985)
* Death and the Maiden (play)|Death and the Maiden
(1992)

==Selected Filmography==
*Therese Raquin (2005 in film|2005)
*The Shield (2002 in television|2002) (TV series)
(2005 in television|2005)
*The Chumscrubber (2005 in film|2005)
*The Stepford Wives (2004 in film|2004)
*The Lion in Winter (2003 in film|2003)
(television movie|TV)
*Le Divorce (2003 in film|2003)
*Brush with Fate (2003 in film|2003) (television
movie|TV)
*South Pacific (2001 in film|2001) (television
movie|TV)
*102 Dalmatians (2000 in film|2000)
*Tarzan (1999 movie)|Tarzan (1999 in film|1999)
*Air Force One (movie)|Air Force One (1997 in
film|1997)
*Mars Attacks! (1996 in film|1996)
*101 Dalmatians (1996 in film|1996)
*The Paper (1994 in film|1994)
*The House of the Spirits (1993 in film|1993)
*Hook (movie)|Hook (1991 in film|1991)
*Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991 in film|1991)
(television movie|TV)
*Hamlet (1990 movie)|Hamlet (1990 in film|1990)
*Reversal of Fortune (1990 in film|1990)
*Dangerous Liaisons (1988 in film|1988)
*Gandahar (1988 in film|1988) (voice actor|voice)
*Fatal Attraction (1987 in film|1987)
*Jagged Edge (1985 in film|1985)
*The Natural (1984 in film|1984)
*The Big Chill (movie)|The Big Chill (1983 in
film|1982)
*The World According to Garp (1982 in film|1982)

==External link==
*imdb name|id=0000335|name=Glenn Close