Glenn Close
Seemingly born atop the Hollywood A-list, actress Glenn Close established herself as one of the finest performers of her generation - or any other, for that matter - with her first film, "The World According to Garp" (1982), for which she earned the first of several Oscar nominations. For the rest of the 1980s, Close quickly became a top leading lady who eventually achieved infamy with her portrayal of a psychotic woman avenging a lost affair in one of the decade's most notorious movies, "Fatal Attraction" (1987). Unlike most film stars, however, Close was more than happy to oscillate from the big screen to television to Broadway; often with even more critical and award success. She played Queen Gertrude to Mel Gibson's "Hamlet" (1990) and voiced Cruella de Vil in the animated classic, "101 Dalmatians" (1996). Close earned critical acclaim as well as Tony Awards for her work on Broadway in "Death and the Maiden" (1992) and the musical "Sunset Boulevard" (1994). Following quality turns in "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" (2000) and "Nine Lives" (2005), Close was Emmy-nominated for her portrayal of Capt. Monica Rawling on season four of "The Shield" (FX, 2002-08). But it was her performances as high-stakes litigator Patty Hewes on "Damages" (FX/Audience Network, 2007-2012) that proved to be her most significant small screen role. Regardless of the medium, Close remained one of Hollywood's premier actresses.
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Glenn Close
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Unknown (Character) | - | 2025 |
99% |
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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self | - | 2024 |
39% |
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Brothers | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
34% |
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The Deliverance | Alberta (Character) | - | 2024 |
75% | No Score Yet | The Summer Book | Grandmother (Character) | - | 2024 |
79% |
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Swan Song | Dr. Scott (Character) | - | 2021 |
75% |
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Cruella | Executive Producer | $86.1M | 2021 |
55% |
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Four Good Days | Deb (Character) | $828.7K | 2020 |
24% |
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Hillbilly Elegy | Mawmaw (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Quien @#*%$ es papá? | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
95% | No Score Yet | The Lavender Scare | Narrator | - | 2017 |
86% |
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The Wife | Joan Castleman (Character) | $9.6M | 2017 |
59% |
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What Happened to Monday | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
17% |
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Father Figures | Helen (Character) | $16.8M | 2017 |
57% |
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Crooked House | Lady Edith (Character) | - | 2017 |
21% |
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The Wilde Wedding | Eve Wilde (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Classy Broad | Self | - | 2016 |
86% |
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The Girl With All the Gifts | Dr. Caroline Caldwell (Character) | - | 2016 |
65% |
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The Great Gilly Hopkins | Nonnie (Character) | - | 2016 |
27% |
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Anesthesia | Marcia Zarrow (Character) | $22.4K | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw | Narrator | - | 2015 |
70% |
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5 to 7 | Arlene Bloom (Character) | $116.4K | 2014 |
50% |
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Low Down | Gram (Character) | $44.5K | 2014 |
92% |
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Guardians of the Galaxy | Nova Prime (Character) | $333.7M | 2014 |
56% |
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Albert Nobbs |
Albert Nobbs (Character), Screenwriter, Producer |
$70.4K | 2011 |
11% |
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Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil | Granny (Voice) | $10.1M | 2011 |
27% |
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Evening | Mrs. Wittenborn (Character) | $12.4M | 2007 |
37% |
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The Chumscrubber | Mrs. Johnson (Character) | $49.5K | 2005 |
76% |
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Nine Lives | Maggie (Character) | $478.3K | 2005 |
46% |
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Hoodwinked! | Granny (Voice) | $51.2M | 2005 |
63% |
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Heights | Diana (Character) | $1.2M | 2005 |
33% |
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Tarzan II | Kala (Voice) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Strip Search | Karen Moore (Character) | - | 2004 |
26% |
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The Stepford Wives | Claire Wellington (Character) | $59.5M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Brush With Fate | Cornelia Engelbrecht (Character) | - | 2003 |
35% |
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Le Divorce | Olivia Pace (Character) | $9.1M | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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A Closer Walk | Narrator | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lion in Winter | Queen Eleanor (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple |
Arvella Whipple (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2001 |
50% |
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The Safety of Objects | Esther Gold (Character) | $319.1K | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific | Nellie Forbush (Character) | - | 2001 |
76% |
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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Dr. Elaine Keener (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Baby |
Adult Sophie (Voice), Executive Producer |
- | 2000 |
30% |
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102 Dalmatians | Cruella De Vil (Character) | $66.9M | 2000 |
86% |
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Cookie's Fortune | Camille Dixon (Character) | - | 1999 |
89% |
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Tarzan | Kala (Voice) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End |
Sarah Witting (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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In the Gloaming | Janet (Character) | - | 1997 |
43% |
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Paradise Road | Adrienne Pargiter (Character) | $1.9M | 1997 |
79% |
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Air Force One | Vice President Kathryn Bennett (Character) | $172.7M | 1997 |
26% |
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Mary Reilly | Mrs. Farraday (Character) | $5.5M | 1996 |
56% |
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Mars Attacks! | First Lady Marsha Dale (Character) | $37.8M | 1996 |
39% |
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101 Dalmatians | Cruella De Vil (Character) | $136.2M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story |
Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 1995 |
97% |
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Anne Frank Remembered | Diary Readings (Character) | $1.0M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Journey | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
89% |
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The Paper | Alicia Clark, Managing Editor New York Sun (Character) | $36.6M | 1994 |
31% |
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The House of the Spirits | Férula Trueba (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Skylark | Sarah Witting (Character) | - | 1993 |
100% |
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Meeting Venus | Karin Anderson (Character) | $940.1K | 1991 |
80% |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall | Sarah Wheaton (Character) | - | 1991 |
76% |
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Hamlet | Gertrude (Character) | $18.2M | 1990 |
92% |
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Reversal of Fortune |
Sunny von Bülow/ |
$10.5M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I'll Take Romance | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
54% |
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Immediate Family | Linda Spector (Character) | $5.4M | 1989 |
94% |
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Dangerous Liaisons | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil (Character) | $32.7M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stones for Ibarra | Sara Everton (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Gandahar | Ambisextra (Voice) | - | 1988 |
74% |
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Fatal Attraction | Alex Forrest (Character) | $154.0M | 1987 |
81% |
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Jagged Edge | Teddy Barnes (Character) | $36.9M | 1985 |
0% |
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Maxie |
Jan/ |
$2.6M | 1985 |
67% |
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The Stone Boy | Ruth Hillerman (Character) | - | 1984 |
83% |
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The Natural | Iris Gaines (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Something About Amelia | Gail Bennett (Character) | - | 1984 |
69% |
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The Big Chill | Sarah (Character) | $57.0K | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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The Elephant Man | Princess Alexandra (Character) | - | 1982 |
71% |
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The World According to Garp | Jenny Fields (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Too Far to Go | Rebecca (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Orphan Train | Jessica (Character) | - | 1979 |
TV
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88% | 87% | Tehran | Marjan Montazeri (Character) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2017 2019-2020 2022 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Mother Simpson (Guest Voice) | 1995 2003 2008 2012 2014-2017 2019 2021 |
87% | 67% | The Me You Can't See | Self | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desus & Mero | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2019 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015 2017-2018 2020 |
No Score Yet | 90% | 3 Below: Tales of Arcadia | Mother (Voice) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2014 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2017 |
89% | 88% | Sea Oak | Aunt Bernie (Character) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Local Attraction | Carol (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy | Herself (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
93% | 95% | Louie | Woman (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2009 2011-2013 |
91% | 88% | Damages | Patty Hewes (Character) | 2007 2009-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
90% | 96% | The Shield | Captain Monica Rowling (Character) | 2005 |
81% | 95% | The West Wing | Chief Justice Evelyn Baker Lang (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Fannie Lieber (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1989 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tracey Ullman Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |