Biography of Glenn Close

That temper, that career!

March 19, 1947
Glenn Close was born on 19 March of 1947 in Greenwich, Connecticut, the daughter of an aristocratic family. After moving to Africa, in the Belgian Congo, for work of the father (who is a surgeon), shuttles back and forth between the African continent and Europe, where he attended a boarding school in Switzerland. Up to twenty-two years is part of the Moral Re-Armament (Moral Rearmament) a sect of the far right who, he said, offers you the possibility to develop the capacity to act. In 1974 he graduated Glenn Close in Virginia before moving to New York, where, at the Broadway Theatre, he participated in numerous theatrical performances. In the 1980s, thanks to Broadway productions, nominated for a Tony Award for "Barnum", while off-Broadway play "the singular life of Albert Nobbs", which won an Obie Award. The recognition came in 1982, when the u.s. interpreter debuted at the cinema in "the world according to Garp" (based on the novel by John Irving), as a feminist nurse: his debut is withering, to the point that the role is worth an Oscar nomination.
In 1984 he won a Tony Award for the play "the real thing" and conquer a new Oscar nomination, this time for the film "the big chill". The following year, was again nominated for an Oscar, for "the best". It then directed by Richard Marquand in "double edged sword" and Paul Aaron in "Maxie"; the great international success comes at the end of the 1980s, with "fatal attraction", Adrian Lyne, and above all with "dangerous liaisons," by Stephen Frears. His character, Alex Forrest, is considered one of the bad guys in the movies of the last thirty years: over the years goes into popular culture, to the point of giving birth to the saying "bunny boiler" to refer to a violent and vengeful against a former (the expression derives from the scene where Forrest bakes her ex-daughter Bunny , starring Michael Douglas, in boiling water).
In 1990 Jeremy Irons starred in the movie "the mystery Von Bulow", while in "Meeting Venus" (film on the site "Rotten Tomatoes" gets 100% of the critics) plays the role of Karin Anderson. In 1993 he took part in "the House of the spirits", film by Billie August (in which he plays Splint Trueba) based on the novel by Isabel Allende, who gets a great response from the public, thanks to the stellar cast: alongside Glenn there is Jeremy Irons again, together with Antonio Banderas, Vanessa Redgrave, Winona Ryder and Meryl Streep. After winning an Emmy thanks to tv movie "Serving in silence: the Margarethe Cammermeyer story" (known in Italy as "silenced"), back to the movies in 1996 with "Mars Attacks!", Tim Burton movies that lend her face to Marsha Dale, First Lady of President (played by Jack Nicholson) and mother of a very young Natalie Portman.
During the same period, star of "101 Dalmatians-this time the magic is real", in the role of Cruella De vil: while the film box office grosses more than $ 320 million, the role of the terrible lady who endangers the lives of Dalmatian allows Glenn Close to get a Golden Globe nomination. The success earned overcomes the disappointment had from "Mary Reilly" movie that--despite the presence of John Malkovich and Julia Roberts--is little appreciated by critics and snubbed by the public. In 1997, the actress of Greenwich reads for Christopher Reeve in "the twilight". In the late 1990s, alongside Harrison Ford in "Air Force One"; then, after a brief appearance in "In & Out", is directed by Robert Altman in "Cookie's fortune" (with her are Chris O'Donnell and Julianne Moore), and double the Disney movie "Tarzan" lending his voice to the character of Kala. After taking part in the tv movie by Glenn Jordan "late winter", in 2000 participates in "the things I know about her" all-female film directed by Rodrigo Garcia; later, on stage at the Royal National Theatre with the famous "a streetcar named desire" by Tennessee Williams. Appears as a guest star in an episode of the sitcom "Will & Grace", alongside Debra Messing, and participates in the tv movie "the Vermeer-Brush with fate"; Double plus the blue fairy (played by Nicoletta Braschi) in the American version of "Pinocchio" directed by Roberto Benigni.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh in the play "The play what I wrote," by Eddie Braben, Sean Foley and Hamish McColl, on stage at the Lyceum Theatre, in 2004 is next to Bette Midler, Christopher Walken, Matthew Broderick and Nicole Kidman in "the perfect woman", a film that-though not loved by critics-exceeds one hundred million dollars of cash receipts; He also appears in an episode of the tv series "West Wing"-all the President's men. " Returned to work with Rodrigo Garcia in "9 lives", wins a Golden Globe thanks to the tv movie "The lion in winter": always on the small screen, she plays Monica Rawling, Captain of police, in the show "The Shield." After returning to the theater with "Busker Alley," a musical inspired by the movie "the pavements of the Metropolis", in 2007 back to recite with Vanessa Redgrave and Meryl Streep in "timeless love" (also starring Claire Danes and Natasha Richardson), while on television is the protagonist of the tv series "Damages," which will remain on the air until 2012: the role of the lawyer Patty Hewes will win two Emmys , a Golden Globe and Satellite Award.
After having supported Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election campaign, in 2011 Glenn Close finds himself behind the camera Rodrigo Garcia: for this film the actress, playing a woman who pretends to be male, gets nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe and an Oscar. The film sees her committed not only as an actress, but also as a producer and as the author of the lyrics to "Lay your head down", the theme song of the soundtrack, with music by Brian Byrne and performed by Sinead O'Connor. Also the song is rewarded, earning several awards.
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