ACTOR

Glenn Close

1947 - Today

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Glenda Veronica "Glenn" Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning over five decades of screen and stage, she has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for eight Academy Awards and three Grammy Awards. She is one of few artists to be nominated for the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. In 2009, she received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2016, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glenn Close has received more than 12,665,330 page views. Her biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Glenn Close is the 276th most popular actor (down from 244th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from United States (down from 450th in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Actor.

Glenn Close is most famous for her role as the lead character in the 1987 film Fatal Attraction.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Glenn Closes by language

Over the past year Glenn Close has had the most page views in the with 1,438,495 views, followed by German (154,648), and Spanish (144,908). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (344.94%), Simple English (251.05%), and Uzbek (140.00%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Glenn Close ranks 276 out of 13,578. Before her are Virna Lisi, David Carradine, George Lazenby, Kathy Bates, Silvana Mangano, and Michael Landon. After her are Demi Moore, Liza Minnelli, Vittorio Gassman, Kurt Russell, William Holden, and Christopher Reeve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Glenn Close ranks 32. Before her are O. J. Simpson, France Gall, Iggy Pop, Carlos Santana, Robert Kiyosaki, and Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi. After her are Farrah Fawcett, Herman Van Rompuy, Tom Clancy, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Gloria Gaynor, and Sam Neill.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Glenn Close ranks 510 out of 20,380. Before her are Jean Seberg (1938), Nancy Reagan (1921), David Carradine (1936), Donald A. Glaser (1926), Kathy Bates (1948), and Michael Landon (1936). After her are Demi Moore (1962), Liza Minnelli (1946), Katherine Johnson (1918), William P. Murphy (1892), Kurt Russell (1951), and Robert A. Heinlein (1907).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Glenn Close ranks 136. Before her are John Cazale (1935), Jean Seberg (1938), Nancy Reagan (1921), David Carradine (1936), Kathy Bates (1948), and Michael Landon (1936). After her are Demi Moore (1962), Liza Minnelli (1946), Kurt Russell (1951), William Holden (1918), Christopher Reeve (1952), and Michael Keaton (1951).

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Television and Movie Roles

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