Birth Place: Greenwich, CT, USA
Throughout her long and varied career, Close has been consistently acclaimed for her versatility and is widely regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. She has won three Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and received six Academy Award nominations. Close began her professional stage career in 1974 in Love for Love, and was mostly a New York stage actress through the rest of the 1970s and early 1980s, appearing in both plays and musicals, including the Broadway productions of Barnum in 1980 and The Real Thing in 1983, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her first film role was in The World According to Garp (1982), which she followed up with supporting roles in The Big Chill (1983), and The Natural (1984); all three earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Glenn Close, Mother of the Maid
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Glenn Close has appeared on Broadway in 14 shows.
Glenn Close has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Glenn Close's first West End show was Sunset Boulevard which opened in 2016
Glenn Close has been nominated for several prestigious awards throughout her career, including Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for "Mother of the Maid," Best Actress in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for "Sunset Boulevard," John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater (Theatre World Awards) for "Sunset Boulevard," Outstanding Actress - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for "Sunset Boulevard," Best Actress - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for "Sunset Boulevard," Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for "Sunset Boulevard," Outstanding Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for "Death and the Maiden," Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for "Death and the Maiden," Death and the Maiden (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for "Death and the Maiden," Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for both "Death and the Maiden" and "The Real Thing," and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for "Barnum."
Glenn Close has won the following awards: - John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater (Theatre World Awards) for Sunset Boulevard - Outstanding Actress - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Sunset Boulevard - Best Actress - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Sunset Boulevard - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Sunset Boulevard - Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Death and the Maiden - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Death and the Maiden - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Real Thing
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