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Biography

Raised in Africa, where her physician father operated a clinic. 1988 graduate of The College of William and Mary Marriages: James Marlas from 1984-1987…more

Born

3/19/1947, Greenwich, Connecticut

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Star (4)

Role
- Damages
  Patty Hewes
  - S 4: Ep 10 Failure Is Lonely
    9/14/11
  - S 4: Ep 9 There's A Whole Slew of Ladies With Bad Things To Say About The Taliban
    9/7/11
  - S 4: Ep 8 The War Will Go On Forever
    8/31/11
  - S 4: Ep 7 I'm Worried About My Dog
    8/24/11
  - S 4: Ep 6 Add That Little Hopper to Your Stew
    8/17/11
  - + 44 More Credits
- The Tony Awards
  Herself (Presenter)
  - S 1: Ep 62 62nd Annual Tony Awards
    6/15/08
- The Shield
  Captain Monica Rawling - (Season 4)
  - S 5: Ep 1 Extraction
    1/10/06
  - S 4: Ep 13 Ain't That A Shame
    6/14/05
  - S 4: Ep 12 Judas Priest
    6/7/05
  - S 4: Ep 11 A Thousand Deaths
    5/31/05
  - S 4: Ep 10 Back In The Hole
    5/24/05
  - + 9 More Credits
- Retrosexual: The '80s
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Hotties
    11/19/04
  - S 1: Ep 4 Turn Ons
    11/18/04
  - S 1: Ep 3 Taboos
    11/17/04
  - S 1: Ep 2 Teen Sex
    11/16/04
  - S 1: Ep 1 Sex Sells
    11/14/04
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 14: Ep 189 Show #2797
    8/3/07
  - S 6: Ep 143 Show #1208
    4/30/99
  - S 4: Ep 52 Show #0701
    11/20/96
  - S 2: Ep 135 Show #0354
    4/7/95
  - S 2: Ep 48 Show #0267
    11/10/94
  - + 1 More Credits
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 140 Show #1724
    12/11/92
  - S 11: Ep 50 Show #1634
    5/19/92
  - S 10: Ep 133 Show #1561
    11/26/91
  - S 9: Ep 142 Show #1409
    12/27/90
  - S 8: Ep 15 Show #1100
    2/21/89
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (44)

Role
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 1683 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 01/30/2012
    1/30/12
- Sidewalks Entertainment
  Herself / Guest
  - S 22: Ep 5 Close & Belafonte
    10/24/11
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 23: Ep 201 July 13, 2011
    7/13/11
  - S 22: Ep 90 January 25, 2010
    1/25/10
  - S 21: Ep 87 January 7, 2009
    1/7/09
  - S 20: Ep 1 September 3, 2007
    9/3/07
  - S 18: Ep 79 December 23, 2005
    12/23/05
  - + 2 More Credits
- TMZ
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 68 Episode #3.068
    11/24/09
  - S 2: Ep 14 Episode #2.014
    9/23/08
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Herself
  - S 16: Ep 2 Eddie Izzard, Glenn Close, William Shatner, Lily Allen.
    1/30/09
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 60: Ep 1 The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/08
  - S 56: Ep 1 The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/19/04
  - S 49: Ep 1 The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/14/97
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 57: Ep 181 September 8, 2008
    9/8/08
- The View
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 326 June 16, 2008
    6/16/08
  - S 7: Ep 193 Kidman/Midler
    6/10/04
- The Simpsons
  Mona Simpson
  - S 19: Ep 19 Mona Leaves-a
    5/11/08
- e-Talk Daily
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 101 January 16, 2008
    1/16/08
- The Graham Norton Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 8 Episode 27
    11/29/07
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 2456 Glenn Close, Michael Cera, Modest Mouse
    8/7/07
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 184 Glenn Close/Jeffrey Ross/Lily Allen
    7/23/07
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 57: Ep 1 The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/18/05
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 127 Glenn Close/Kevin Pollak/Tori Amos
    3/15/05
  - S 1: Ep 161 Glenn Close/Andy Richter/Angie Stone
    5/20/04
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 13: Ep 166 Show #2887
    3/2/05
- 20/20
  Herself
  - S 25: Ep 24 The Stepford Wives & The Brain
    5/28/04
- Tavis Smiley
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 94 Kareem Abdul-Jabar, Glenn Close
    5/21/04
- The West Wing
  Evelyn Baker Lang
  - S 5: Ep 17 The Supremes
    3/24/04
- The Simpsons
  Mona J. Simpson
  - S 15: Ep 2 My Mother the Carjacker
    11/9/03
  - S 7: Ep 10 The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
    12/3/95
  - S 7: Ep 8 Mother Simpson
    11/19/95
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Cornelia Englebrecht
  - S 52: Ep 2 Brush With Fate
    2/2/03
- Will & Grace
  Fannie Lieber
  - S 4: Ep 24 Hocus Focus
    5/2/02
- The Academy Awards
  Herself
  - S 74: Ep 1 The 74th Annual Academy Awards
    3/24/02
  - S 61: Ep 1 The 61st Annual Academy Awards
    3/29/89
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 131 Show #943
    3/20/01
  - S 5: Ep 54 Show #866
    11/17/00
  - S 4: Ep 51 Show #675
    11/17/99
  - S 3: Ep 185 Show #616
    6/15/99
  - S 1: Ep 186 Show #186
    4/10/97
  - + 1 More Credits
- Exclusive
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 0 10th December 2000
    12/10/00
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Sarah
  - S 49: Ep 1 Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
    11/21/99
- Saturday Night Live
  Gina
  - — Best of Adam Sandler
    11/9/99
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
  Cruella De Vil
  - S 2: Ep 5 101 Dalmatians
    11/1/98
- Saturday Night Live
  Wife
  - S 24: Ep 25 Bad Boys of SNL
    9/26/98
- Ellen
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 19 Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute (1)
    5/13/98
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 69: Ep 1 The 69th Annual Academy Awards
    3/24/97
  - S 66: Ep 1 The 66th Annual Academy Awards
    3/21/94
  - S 65: Ep 1 The 65th Annual Academy Awards
    3/29/93
  - S 63: Ep 1 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/91
  - S 62: Ep 1 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards
    3/26/90
  - + 2 More Credits
- Great Performances
  Performer
  - S 21: Ep 11 Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
    3/3/93
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 18: Ep 10 Glenn Close/The Black Crowes
    12/12/92
  - S 14: Ep 14 Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings
    2/25/89
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 22 Show #4433
    11/13/91
  - S 29: Ep 37 Show #4267
    12/17/90
- Pebble Mill
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    10/15/91
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Sarah Wheaton
  - S 40: Ep 2 Sarah, Plain and Tall
    2/3/91
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 78 January 15, 1991
    1/15/91
  - S 2: Ep 32 October 24, 1989
    10/24/89
- The Tracey Ullman Show
  Virginia Winslow
  - S 4: Ep 24 Best of... (90 min)
    5/26/90
  - S 4: Ep 16 Creative Differences / Jinx Haber Revisited / Tea
    2/18/90
- American Experience
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 6 Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
    11/8/88
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Sara Everton
  - S 37: Ep 3 Stones for Ibarra
    1/29/88
- Theatre in America
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Rules of the Game
    4/30/75
- Great Performances
  Neighbor
  - S 3: Ep 15 Rules of the Game
    4/30/75
- The Legend of Tarzan
  Kala
  - S 1: Ep 1 Tarzan
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Glenn Close
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The Simpsons
  Mona Simpson
  - S 23: Ep 16 How I Wet Your Mother
    3/11/12

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- Glenn has been nominated for 11 Emmys. In 2008, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Damages. In 2005, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for The Shield. In 2004, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Lion In Winter. In 2002, she was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Will and Grace. In 1997, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for In The Gloaming. In 1995, she was nominated for Outstanding Made for Television Movie and won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for Serving In Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story. In 1993, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for Skylark. In 1991, she was nominated for both Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Miniseries and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for Sarah, Plain and Tall. In 1984, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for Something About Amelia.
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- On January 13, 2008, Glenn Close won the Golden Globe Award in the "Actress in a Leading Role - Drama Series" category for her performance in Damages.
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- Glenn was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, Beauty over 60, in May 2007.
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- Glenn Close: The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with me.
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- Glenn Close: Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do.
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