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Glenn Close

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Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning over five decades on 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, three Grammy Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. Close gained early recognition for her work on the stage, with her Broadway debut in the play Love for Love (1974), before going on to win three Tony Awards, two for Best Actress in a Play for her roles in the plays The Real Thing (1983) and Death and the Maiden (1992), and one for Best Actress in a Musical, the musical Sunset Boulevard (1995). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2024). Glenn Close is the 174th most popular actor (up from 276th in 2024), the 417th most popular biography from United States (up from 510th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Actor.

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

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Glenn Close ranks 174 out of 13,578. Before her are Jeremy Irons, Geraldine Chaplin, Jet Li, Jim Carrey, Fernandel, and Jeanne Moreau. After her are Shirley MacLaine, Leonardo DiCaprio, Harvey Keitel, Gérard Philipe, Julie Andrews, and Stan Laurel.

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Among people born in 1947, Glenn Close ranks 26. Before her are Anwar Ibrahim, Paul Auster, Mohammad Najibullah, Carlos Santana, Iggy Pop, and Herman Van Rompuy. After her are Robert Kiyosaki, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Salman Rushdie, Takeshi Kitano, Gerd Binnig, and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Glenn Close ranks 417 out of 20,380. Before her are William Henry Harrison (1773), Arthur Compton (1892), Shaquille O'Neal (1972), Antony Blinken (1962), O. Henry (1862), and Tim Burton (1958). After her are Charles Greeley Abbot (1872), Shirley MacLaine (1934), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Barbara McClintock (1902), Ivanka Trump (1981), and Harvey Keitel (1939).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Glenn Close ranks 92. Before her are Gloria Stuart (1910), Dianne Wiest (1946), Lee Van Cleef (1925), Audie Murphy (1925), Jamie Foxx (1967), and Geraldine Chaplin (1944). After her are Shirley MacLaine (1934), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Harvey Keitel (1939), Martin Sheen (1940), Jack Lemmon (1925), and Bette Davis (1908).

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