From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American film and stage actress and singer.
Credits
Filmography and awards
Documentary
Year
| Title
| Role
| Notes
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1990
| Divine Garbo
| Herself
| Greta Garbo documentary
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1999
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| Herself-host
| The 75th Anniversary of Columbia Pictures
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2001
| Welcome to Hollywood
| Herself
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2003
| What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison
| Herself
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2003
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| Narrator
| Robert Bilheimer film. AIDS epidemic.
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2007
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
| Herself
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2009
| Home
| Narrator
| Yann Arthus-Bertrand film.
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2011
| Pax
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| Director and executive producer
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Television
Year
| Title
| Role
| Notes/Awards
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1975
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| Neighbor
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1979
| Too Far to Go
| Rebecca Kuehn
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1979
| Orphan Train
| Jessica
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1982
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| Princess Alexandra
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1984
| Something About Amelia
| Gail Bennett
| Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film
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1988
| Stones for Ibarra
| Sara Everton
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1990
| She'll Take Romance
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1991
| Sarah, Plain and Tall
| Sarah Wheaton
| Also executive producer Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film
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1993
| Skylark
| Sarah Witting
| Also executive producer Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
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1995
| Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
| Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
| Also executive producer Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film
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1995
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| Mona Simpson
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1997
| In the Gloaming
| Janet
| CableACE Awardfor Guest Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
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1999
| Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
| Sarah Witting
| Also executive producer
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2000
| Baby
| Adult Sophie
| (narrator)
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2001
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| Arvella Whipple
| Also executive producer
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2001
| South Pacific
| Nellie Forbush
| Also executive producer
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2002
| Will and Grace
| Fanny Lieber
| Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series
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2003
| Brush with Fate
| Cornelia Engelbrecht
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2004
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| Eleanor of Aquitaine
| Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
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2004
| Strip Search
| Karen Moore
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2004
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| Evelyn Baker Lang
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2005
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| Captain Monica Rawling
| Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama
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2007– 2012
| Damages
| Patty Hewes
| Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama (2008) Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Female Lead in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series (2008, 2009) Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2009) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama (2010, 2013) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series (2010, 2012) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2007, 2008) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012) Nominated—Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2008, 2009)
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