Quick Facts
- NAME: Glenn Close
- OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
- BIRTH DATE: March 19, 1947 (Age: 64)
- EDUCATION: William and Mary
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Greenwich, Connecticut
- ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces
Best Known For
Actress Glenn Close is best known for her many Oscar-nominated roles, like the psychotic mistress in the 1987 movie Fatal Attraction.
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Synopsis
Actress Glenn Close is best known for her many Oscar-nominated roles, like the psychotic mistress in Fatal Attraction and, more recently, in an Emmy award winning role on FX's Damages. In her career Close has been Oscar nominated five times, won three Tonys, an Obie, three Emmys, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Profile
(born March 19, 1947, Greenwich, Conn., U.S.) U.S. actress. She made her Broadway debut in 1974 and later starred in Barnum (1980), The Real Thing (1984, Tony Award), and Death and the Maiden (1992, Tony Award). Her film debut in The World According to Garp (1982) was followed by roles in films such as The Natural (1984), Fatal Attraction (1987), and Dangerous Liaisons (1989). She also starred in the acclaimed television film Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991) and later returned to Broadway in Sunset Boulevard (1995, Tony Award).
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