Glenn Close

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

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March 19 - 1947 - Greenwich - Connecticut - American - Film - Stage - Actress

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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 Brooke Shields.

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Choate Rosemary Hall - College of William and Mary - Phi Beta Kappa Society - Marjorie Merriweather Post - Preston Sturges - Dina Merrill - Brooke Shields

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Close is remembered for her chilling roles as the scheming aristocrat Madame de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons and as the psychotic book editor Alex in Fatal Attraction. She has been nominated for 5 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.

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Dangerous Liaisons - Fatal Attraction - Academy Awards - Best Actress - Best Supporting Actress - The Natural - The Big Chill - The World According to Garp

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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 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 played a no-nonsense precinct captain. However, Close chose to leave after just one season.

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1990s - 1991 - Hallmark Hall of Fame - Sarah, Plain and Tall - Margarethe Cammermeyer - Emmy - Golden Globe - 2001 - Rodgers and Hammerstein - South Pacific - 2005 - The Shield

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Recently, it was announced that Close will reprise the role of Norma Desmond in the 2006 film Sunset Boulevard, based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical of the same name. Close won a Tony award playing the role on Broadway in 1994.

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Norma Desmond - 2006 - Sunset Boulevard - Andrew Lloyd Webber - Musical of the same name - Tony award - Broadway - 1994

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