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Glenn Close

1947 - Today

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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, two BAFTA Awards, and three Grammy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glenn Close has received more than 13,489,372 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.

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  • 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)

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

101 Dalmatians
Cruella de Vil
An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.
Nov 27o 19965.925 / 10
What Happened to Monday
Nicolette Cayman
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.
Aug 18o 20177.164 / 10
Mars Attacks!
Marsha Dale
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Dec 13o 19966.408 / 10