Born in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA — Mar 19 1947
Glenda Veronica Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning over five decades on screen and stage, she has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for eight Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Grammy Awards. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. Close received eight Academy Award nominations for playing a feminist mother in The World According to Garp (1982), a baby b…
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Mona Simpson (voice)

Glenn Close (voice)

Evelyn Baker Lang

Neighbor

Self - Narrator (voice)

Patty Hewes

Fannie Lieber

Captain Monica Rawling

Glenn Close

Self

Self

Marjan Montazeri

Production

Self - Interviewee

Martha Delacroix

Dina Standish

Self

Nova Prime

Kala (voice)

Gutless

Alodi (uncredited)

Mother (voice)

Self

Granny (voice)

Cruella de Vil

Marsha Dale

Nicolette Cayman

Kathryn Bennett

King of Diamonds

Ginny

The Woman in Seat 2A (uncredited)

Drusilla Sickle

Sara Everton

Cath Munger

Iris Gaines

Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil

Sarah Cooper

Alexandra "Alex" Forrest

Dr. Caroline Caldwell

Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance

Ferula Trueba

Frieda Pilkington (voice)

(archive footage)

Dr. Eve Scott

Kala (voice)

Claire Wellington

Granny (voice)

Joan Castleman

Alberta Jackson

Self

Maggie

Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)

Diana

Self

Aunt Bernie

Self

Alicia Clark

Gertrude

Mrs. Farraday

Glenn Close

Sunny von Bülow / Narrator

Cruella de Vil

Lady Edith de Haviland

Nonnie Hopkins

Esther Gold

Olivia Pace

Marcia Zarrow

Eve Wilde

Self

Teddy Barnes

Albert Nobbs

Adrienne Pargiter

Gram

Mrs. Wittenborn

Gail Bennett

"Dance a Little Closer" Performer

Carrie Johnson

Glenn Close

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Self

Deb

Gertrude (archive footage)

Self

Production

Jan / Maxie

Helen Baxter

Adult Sophie (Voice)

Self

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Grandmother

Jenny Fields

Nellie Forbush

Ruth Hillerman

Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")

Self (archive footage)
Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)

Segment: "Night Shift"

Janet

Gina (archive footage) (uncredited)

Karin Anderson


Sarah Witting

Linda Spector

Arlene Bloom

Karen Moore
Self

Rebecca Kuehn

Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer

Jessica

Self

Camille Dixon

Self (archive footage)

Roy Cohn
Marie

Self

Sarah Wheaton
Maud Oldcastle

Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")

Self

Cruella de Vil

Self

Self (archive footage)

Diary Readings (voice)

Self

Sarah Witting

Self

Self - Performer

Chief (voice)

Arvella Whipple

Norma Desmond

Narrator (voice)

Princess Alexandra

Sara Everton

Cornelia Engelbrecht

Self
Self

Neighbor

Narrator (voice)

Narrator (voice)

(archive footage)

Self

Self

Self

Self

Narrator (voice)
Self - Hostess
Narrator (voice)

Self - Host / Narrator

Self - (archive footage)

Narrator
Narrator

Self - Host
Narrator
Self - Narrator