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'''Glenn Close''' (born ], ]) is an American ]. '''Glenn Close''' (born ], ], ]) is an American ], consider to be one of the most succesfull actresses of our times.


Having done plenty of theatre work, on and off Broadway, Close emerged in ] in her mid 30s, making her big-screen debut in The World According to Garp in 1982. With her edgy, terrifying performance in Fatal Attraction, opposite ], brought Close international stardom and a reputation, followed with a series of stylish and intelligent films, as one of the most experienced and respected actresses in film today. She didn't disappoint when she reappeared a year later as the manipulative Marquise de Mertreuil in ].
In 1996 Close got to fulfill a dream by playing Disney's most notorious villain, Cruella DeVil, in the live-action remake of 101 Dalmations, a role she reprised in 2000 with the film's sequel, 102 Dalmations. More dramatic roles in the late 90s, such as Paradise Road and Cookie's Fortune, proved that Close could diversify her roles with uncanny ease.
With five Oscar nominations, three Tony Awards for her work on stage (The Real Thing, Death And The Maiden, Sunset Boulevard) and an Emmy Award for her television portrayal of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer in Serving In Silence, she is one of the most successful and versatile actresses in Hollywood.

Coming from a pure patrician-aristocratic american family of the 17teen century, she was born in ], a town her ancestors helped to create. Glenn Close grew up on a prosperous, 250-acre farm with her father, the famous Doctor William T. Close More, and her mother Tini Close. "I grew up on a wonderful piece of property in Connecticut, and my sister, Tina, was the leader of our gang -- Lily and Dougie Wagner, Tina, and I -- and we just pretended all summer on the shore, didn't watch that much television, played with puppets. was something that I had wanted to do from a very early age." When she was seven years old, the family sold their estate and moved to Mt. Kisco, New York, and joined a conservative evangelical organization known as Moral Re-Armament.The family's involvement in the group took them abroad to Switzerland and then to the Congo where Dr. Close was chief doctor for the Congolese Army. Her family eventually left the group and Close returned to Rosemary Hall, an exclusive girls' school, where she got her first taste of acting.
Shortly after graduating high school, she joined Up With People but found it to be too trite for her liking. Five years later she had a brief marriage to a rock guitarist before divorcing and continued her education at The College of William & Mary. It was here that Close dove into theatre work and began to pursue her lifelong goal of becoming an actress.

Close has been married twice, including to venture capitalist James Marlas, and has a child with producer John Starke. She has one daughter, Annie Maude Starke, and they live on a ranch in Bedford, New York.

Her father Dr. William Close More was a first cousin of the ], wife of Francis Xavier Shields, by this family side Glenn is a second cousin of ], the father of actress ].





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Revision as of 21:45, 26 June 2004

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947, Connecticut) is an American actress, consider to be one of the most succesfull actresses of our times.


Having done plenty of theatre work, on and off Broadway, Close emerged in Hollywood in her mid 30s, making her big-screen debut in The World According to Garp in 1982. With her edgy, terrifying performance in Fatal Attraction, opposite Michael Douglas, brought Close international stardom and a reputation, followed with a series of stylish and intelligent films, as one of the most experienced and respected actresses in film today. She didn't disappoint when she reappeared a year later as the manipulative Marquise de Mertreuil in Dangerous Liaisons. 

     In 1996 Close got to fulfill a dream by playing Disney's most notorious villain, Cruella DeVil, in the live-action remake of 101 Dalmations, a role she reprised in 2000 with the film's sequel, 102 Dalmations. More dramatic roles in the late 90s, such as Paradise Road and Cookie's Fortune, proved that Close could diversify her roles with uncanny ease. 
     With five Oscar nominations, three Tony Awards for her work on stage (The Real Thing, Death And The Maiden, Sunset Boulevard) and an Emmy Award for her television portrayal of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer in Serving In Silence, she is one of the most successful and versatile actresses in Hollywood.

Coming from a pure patrician-aristocratic american family of the 17teen century, she was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, a town her ancestors helped to create. Glenn Close grew up on a prosperous, 250-acre farm with her father, the famous Doctor William T. Close More, and her mother Tini Close. "I grew up on a wonderful piece of property in Connecticut, and my sister, Tina, was the leader of our gang -- Lily and Dougie Wagner, Tina, and I -- and we just pretended all summer on the shore, didn't watch that much television, played with puppets. was something that I had wanted to do from a very early age." When she was seven years old, the family sold their estate and moved to Mt. Kisco, New York, and joined a conservative evangelical organization known as Moral Re-Armament.The family's involvement in the group took them abroad to Switzerland and then to the Congo where Dr. Close was chief doctor for the Congolese Army. Her family eventually left the group and Close returned to Rosemary Hall, an exclusive girls' school, where she got her first taste of acting. 

     Shortly after graduating high school, she joined Up With People but found it to be too trite for her liking. Five years later she had a brief marriage to a rock guitarist before divorcing and continued her education at The College of William & Mary. It was here that Close dove into theatre work and began to pursue her lifelong goal of becoming an actress.

Close has been married twice, including to venture capitalist James Marlas, and has a child with producer John Starke. She has one daughter, Annie Maude Starke, and they live on a ranch in Bedford, New York.

Her father Dr. William Close More was a first cousin of the princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cessi, wife of Francis Xavier Shields, by this family side Glenn is a second cousin of Francis Alexander Shields, the father of actress Brooke Shields.




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