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Glenn Close
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Executive Producer, Actor
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March 19, 1947 in Greenwich, CT
Biography:With elegantly aristocratic features and a career marked by versatility and critical acclaim, "Glenn Close" is one of Hollywood's most celebrated actresses. Her acclaim is not limited to the film world, as she has also found great success in various television and stage productions, most notably "Andrew Lloyd Webber"'s Broadway musical version of Sunset Boulevard and in the acclaimed 1991 made-for-TV movie "Sarah, Plain and Tall" (which was successful enough to have two sequels, "Skylark" and Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End.

Born in Greenwich, CT, on March 19, 1947, Close grew up in Africa and Switzerland while her father, a doctor, maintained a clinic in the Belgian Congo. As a high school student at Greenwich's Rosemary Hall, the actress organized a touring rep-theater group and performed a number of folk-singing gigs. After graduating from the College of William and Mary, where she studied... Full Biography

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