Glenn Close
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Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale (the scheming Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), and deranged stalker Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987). She is also known for playing Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996), and its sequel 102 Dalmatians (2000). She has been more recently known for her Emmy winning role as Patty Hewes in the FX TV series Damages. She has been nominated five times for an Oscar, and once for a BAFTA Film Award, and has won three Tonys, an Obie, three Emmys, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glenn Close, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Four Good Days (2021)
As: Deb
A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.
Directed by: Rodrigo García
Stars: Mila Kunis | Stephen Root | Joshua Leonard | Glenn Close | Rebecca Field
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
As: Mamaw
Based on on the bestselling memoir by J.D. Vance, the pic is a modern exploration of the American Dream and follows three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member, a Yale Law student forced to return to his hometown.
Directed by: Ron Howard
Stars: Freida Pinto | Amy Adams | Gabriel Basso | Glenn Close | Haley Bennett
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)
As: Cruella De Ville
"In Search of the Sanderson Sisters" is a hilarious mockumentary to benefit The New York Restoration Project, starring "Hocus Pocus's" Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Directed by: Seanne Farmer | Kyra Elise Gardner
Stars: Doug Jones | Sarah Jessica Parker | Kathy Najimy | Glenn Close | Bette Midler
Let's Dance (2018)
As: Segment: "Night Shift"
Justin Peck, the New York City Ballet's resident choreographer, created a series of dances for 2018's best actors. The scenarios put everyday characters in familiar situations: packed into a subway car, stuck in a doctor's office, caught in downpour. But once they start moving, the actors turn our common experiences into welcome moments of enchantment.
Runtime: 10 min.
Directed by: Justin Peck
Stars: Emma Stone | Olivia Colman | Rachel Weisz | Julia Roberts | Ethan Hawke
The Wife (2018)
As: Joan Castleman
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Björn Runge
Stars: Jonathan Pryce | Christian Slater | Glenn Close | Max Irons | Harry Lloyd
The Wilde Wedding (2017)
As: Eve Wilde
After a whirlwind courtship, retired movie star Eve Wilde prepares to marry her fourth husband, the renowned English writer Harold Alcott. Sparks soon begin to fly when Eve's first ex and other guests arrive at her estate for a weekend get-together.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Damian Harris
Stars: John Malkovich | Patrick Stewart | Glenn Close | Minnie Driver | Grace Van Patten
Crooked House (2017)
As: Lady Edith de Haviland
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Stars: Terence Stamp | Glenn Close | Max Irons | Christina Hendricks | Stefanie Martini
What Happened to Monday (2017)
As: 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.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Tommy Wirkola
Stars: Marwan Kenzari | Willem Dafoe | Glenn Close | Christian Rubeck | Noomi Rapace
The Lavender Scare (2017)
As: Narrator (voice)
With the United States gripped in the panic of the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower deemed homosexuals to be "security risks" and ordered the immediate firing of any government employee discovered to be gay or lesbian. It triggered a vicious witch hunt that lasted forty years and ruined thousands of lives, while thrusting an unlikely hero into the forefront of what would become the modern ...
Runtime: 77 min.
Directed by: Josh Howard
Stars: David Hyde Pierce | Glenn Close | T.R. Knight | Joseph McCarthy | Joan Cassidy
Bastards (2016)
As: Helen Baxter
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Sher
Stars: Owen Wilson | J.K. Simmons | Ed Helms | Katt Williams | Terry Bradshaw
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
As: Dr. Caroline Caldwell
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Colm McCarthy
Stars: Gemma Arterton | Paddy Considine | Glenn Close | Fisayo Akinade | Sennia Nanua
Warcraft (2016)
As: Alodi
The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Duncan Jones
Stars: Travis Fimmel | Dominic Cooper | Ben Foster | Paula Patton | Robert Kazinsky
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2016)
As: Nonnie Hopkins
Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the beautiful and glamourous Courtney, might be out there waiting for her? When Gilly is sent to live with the Trotters, the weirdest family yet, she isn’t planning ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Stephen Herek
Stars: Octavia Spencer | Bill Cobbs | Kathy Bates | Glenn Close | Sophie Nélisse
Anesthesia (2015)
As: Marcia Zarrow
Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Tim Blake Nelson
Stars: Corey Stoll | Kristen Stewart | Tim Blake Nelson | Sam Waterston | Glenn Close
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story (2015)
As: Herself
Famous New Yorkers and the pooches they love are the focus of this refreshingly honest and endearing series of interviews that celebrates the meaningful connections people share with their pups. Gossip columnist Cindy Adams, playwright Edward Albee, designer Isaac Mizrahi, and actors Glenn Close, Edie Falco and Richard Gere are among the many celebs who pay tribute to their beloved canine companions.
Runtime: 52 min.
Directed by: Mark St. Germain
Stars: Richard Gere | Edie Falco | Richard Belzer | Glenn Close | Greg Louganis
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
As: Nova Prime
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: James Gunn
Stars: Vin Diesel | Zoe Saldana | Bradley Cooper | Chris Pratt | Dave Bautista
5 to 7 (2014)
As: Arlene Bloom
A young writer begins an affair with an older woman from France whose open marriage to a diplomat dictates that they can meet only between the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Victor Levin
Stars: Lambert Wilson | Anton Yelchin | Frank Langella | Olivia Thirlby | Bérénice Marlohe
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Rob Epstein | Jeffrey Friedman
Stars: Ellen Burstyn | Annette Bening | Billy Crystal | Anjelica Huston | Cher
Low Down (2014)
As: Gram
The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Jeff Preiss
Stars: John Hawkes | Peter Dinklage | Lena Headey | Elle Fanning | Glenn Close
Six by Sondheim (2013)
As: Herself (archive footage)
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Autumn de Wilde | James Lapine | Todd Haynes
Stars: America Ferrera | Darren Criss | Audra McDonald | Jeremy Jordan | Stephen Sondheim
Love, Marilyn (2012)
As: Herself
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Liz Garbus
Stars: Lindsay Lohan | Uma Thurman | Evan Rachel Wood | Elizabeth Banks | Ben Foster
Casting By (2012)
As: Herself
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmmaking.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Tom Donahue
Stars: Robert De Niro | Jeff Bridges | Robert Duvall | Clint Eastwood | Marion Dougherty
Albert Nobbs (2011)
As: Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Rodrigo García
Stars: Brendan Gleeson | Mia Wasikowska | Pauline Collins | Glenn Close | Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Touch of Evil (2011)
As: The Vamp
Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.
Runtime: 12 min.
Directed by: Alex Prager
Stars: Brad Pitt | Gary Oldman | Mia Wasikowska | Rooney Mara | Ryan Gosling
Not My Life (2011)
As: Narrator (voice)
Not My Life comprehensively depicts the cruel and dehumanizing practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale. Filmed on five continents, in a dozen countries, Not My Life takes viewers into a world where millions of children are exploited through an astonishing array of practices including forced labor, sex tourism, sexual exploitation, and child soldiering.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Richard Young | Robert Bilheimer
Stars: Glenn Close
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil (2011)
As: Granny (voice)
Red Riding Hood is training in the group of Sister Hoods, when she and the Wolf are called to examine the sudden mysterious disappearance of Hansel and Gretel.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Mike Disa
Stars: Bill Hader | Patrick Warburton | Joan Cusack | David Ogden Stiers | Hayden Panettiere
Home (2009)
As: Narrator (voice)
With aerial footage from 54 countries, HOME is a depiction of how the Earth's problems are all interlinked.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Stars: Jacques Gamblin | Salma Hayek | Glenn Close | Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries (2009)
As: Herself - Hostess
In this intimate glimpse at celebrated writer, activist and Buddhist priest Peter Matthiessen (The Snow Leopard), filmmaker Jeff Sewald explores the influences that have colored the author's life, work and beliefs. Interviews with Matthiessen, book excerpts, and anecdotes from novelist Jim Harrison, author Thomas McGuane, son Alex and others create a dynamic portrait of the two-time National Book Award ...
Directed by: Jeff Sewald
Stars: Glenn Close
Evening (2007)
As: Mrs. Wittenborn
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Lajos Koltai
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave | Patrick Wilson | Hugh Dancy | Claire Danes | Toni Collette
Gabon The Last Eden (2007)
As: Narrator
Surrounded by war-torn nations, the wilds of Gabon may be the last best hope for many of Africa's species.
Directed by: Stella Cha
Stars: Glenn Close
Hoodwinked! (2005)
As: Granny (voice)
The recipes of candies of the goody shops have been stolen by the Goody Bandit, and many animals are out of business. While the police are chasing the criminal, there is a mess at Granny's house evolving Little Red Hiding Hood, The Wolf, The Woodsman and Granny, disturbing the peace in the forest and they are all arrested by the impatient Chief Grizzly.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Tony Leech | Todd Edwards | Cory Edwards
Stars: Anne Hathaway | Patrick Warburton | James Belushi | David Ogden Stiers | Glenn Close
Tarzan II (2005)
As: Kala (voice)
Experience the beginning of the legend with Disney's Tarzan Ⅱ, a hilarious, all-new, animated motion picture loaded with laughs, irresistible new songs by Phil Collins, and the inspired voice talent of Glenn Close, George Carlin, and Emmy Award winner Brad Garrett. Before he was King of the Jungle, Tarzan was an awkward young kid just trying to fit in. When one of his missteps puts his family ...
Runtime: 72 min.
Directed by: Brian Smith
Stars: Ron Perlman | Brad Garrett | Estelle Harris | George Carlin | Harrison Chad
The Chumscrubber (2005)
As: Carrie Johnson
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. Everyone in town is too self consumed to worry about anything else than themselves. And everybody is on some form of drug just to get through their days.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Arie Posin
Stars: Camilla Belle | Glenn Close | Justin Chatwin | Jamie Bell | Kathi Copeland
Nine Lives (2005)
As: Maggie
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Rodrigo García
Stars: Robin Wright | Jason Isaacs | Amanda Seyfried | Elpidia Carrillo | Amy Brenneman
Heights (2005)
As: Diana
'Heights' follows five characters over 24 hours on a fall day in New York City. Isabel, a photographer, is having second thoughts about her upcoming marriage to Jonathan, a lawyer. On the same day, Isabel's mother Diana learns that her husband has a new lover and begins to re-think her life choices and her open marriage. Diana and Isabel's paths cross with Alec, a young actor, and with Peter, a journalist. ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Chris Terrio
Stars: Jesse Bradford | Elizabeth Banks | James Marsden | Glenn Close | John Light
Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005)
As: Herself
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Michael S. Emerson
Stars: James Earl Jones | Scott Glenn | John Carpenter | Glenn Close | Jonathan Kuntz
The Stepford Wives (2004)
As: Claire Wellington
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Frank Oz
Stars: Nicole Kidman | Christopher Walken | Matthew Broderick | Glenn Close | Bette Midler
The Lion in Winter (2004)
As: Eleanor of Aquitaine
King Henry II (Patrick Stewart) keeps his wife, Eleanor (Glenn Close) locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to overthrow him. With Eleanor out of the way he can have his dalliances with his young mistress (Yuliya Vysotskaya). Needless to say the queen is not pleased, although she still has affection for the king. Working through her sons, she plots the king's demise and the rise of her ...
Runtime: 167 min.
Directed by: Andrei Konchalovsky
Stars: Andrew Howard | Rafe Spall | Patrick Stewart | Glenn Close | Antal Konrád
Strip Search (2004)
As: Karen Moore
Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Glenn Close | Dean Winters | Ken Leung | Bruno Lastra
In Search of the Jaguar (2003)
As: Narrator
In the face of his own threatening illness, the greatest protector of jaguars is battling time and adversity to save these endangered cats. Venture deep into the wilds of Brazil, Belize, and Panama with biologist Alan Rabinowitz as he pursues these elusive predators—and fights to protect even more jaguar habitat than he already has. Narrated by actress Glenn Close.
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Kate Churchill
Stars: Glenn Close
Le Divorce (2003)
As: Olivia Pace
While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: James Ivory
Stars: Kate Hudson | Thierry Lhermitte | Naomi Watts | Marie-Christine Adam | Glenn Close
Brush with Fate (2003)
As: Cornelia Engelbrecht
A mystery hidden for generations. Now the truth will finally be revealed.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Brent Shields
Stars: Ellen Burstyn | Phyllida Law | Thomas Gibson | Glenn Close | Kelly Macdonald
South Pacific (2001)
As: Nellie Forbush
Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific is a 2001 television film, based on the musical South Pacific (1949). An ABC production, it was directed by Richard Pearce, and stars Glenn Close, Harry Connick, Jr., and Rade Šerbedžija (billed in U.S. as Rade Sherbedgia). It was also released on DVD.During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush (Glenn Close) and an ...
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Richard Pearce
Stars: Glenn Close | Jack Thompson | Harry Connick Jr. | Ilene Graff | Rade Serbedzija
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001)
As: Arvella Whipple
The adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Jeremy Kagan
Stars: Meat Loaf | Chloe Webb | Glenn Close | Bruce McGill | Jena Malone
The Safety of Objects (2001)
As: Esther Gold
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Rose Troche
Stars: Patricia Clarkson | Joshua Jackson | Dermot Mulroney | Glenn Close | Jessica Campbell
102 Dalmatians (2000)
As: Cruella de Vil
Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely alliance, the outrageous Waddlesworth... a parrot who thinks he's a Rottweiler... teams up with Oddball... an un-marked Dalmation puppy eager to earn her spots! Together they embark on a laugh-packed quest to outwit the ever-scheming Cruella De Vil
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Kevin Lima
Stars: Gérard Depardieu | Ioan Gruffudd | Glenn Close | Alice Evans | Tim McInnerny
Baby (2000)
As: Adult Sophie (voice)
A couple finds a baby on their doorstep with a note asking them to temporarily keep it. They take the baby in and care for it as if it were their own. But what if the baby's mom really returns to claim it?
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Robert Allan Ackerman
Stars: Keith Carradine | Alison Pill | Vincent Berry | Jean Stapleton | Farrah Fawcett
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
As: Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Dr. Elaine Keener, the sole caretaker for her aging mother, turns to tarot card reader Christine for spiritual aid. Christine grapples with her own angst due to her lover's debilitating illness. Meanwhile, a bank manager deals with an unwanted pregnancy, two sisters pursue ...
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Rodrigo García
Stars: Kathy Baker | Cameron Diaz | Calista Flockhart | Glenn Close | Holly Hunter
Sarah, Plain and Tall - Winter's End (1999)
As: Sarah Witting
The third installment of the Sarah trilogy provides a glorious and touching story of a family drawn together by adversity. On a cold winter day a stranger shows up at the farm. He is slow to reveal his identity. When they find out he is Jacobs father, John Witting, thought long ago dead, hard questions about the past are difficult to get answered.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Glenn A. Jordan
Stars: Christopher Walken | Jack Palance | Glenn Close | George Hearn | Lexi Randall
Tarzan (1999)
As: Kala (voice)
Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Chris Buck | Kevin Lima
Stars: Rosie O'Donnell | Glenn Close | Minnie Driver | Tony Goldwyn | Alex D. Linz
Cookie's Fortune (1999)
As: Camille Dixon
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Liv Tyler | Julianne Moore | Chris O'Donnell | Glenn Close | Patricia Neal
The Lady with the Torch (1999)
As: Herself
A short history of Columbia Pictures.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: David Heeley
Stars: Glenn Close
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
As: Glenn Close
A film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he tries to make it in Hollywood...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Tony Markes | Adam Rifkin
Stars: Peter Facinelli | Scott Wolf | Adam Rifkin | Jane Jenkins | Jou Jou Papailler
Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998)
As: Herself
British superstar composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is feted in this 50th birthday benefit gala produced by Lloyd Webber's own theatrical company at London's historic Royal Albert Hall. The tribute includes highlights from Lloyd Webber's blockbuster stage hits, including The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Evita, and Sunset Boulevard. An eclectic performing cast filmed live during the event features Tina Arena, ...
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: David Mallet
Stars: Antonio Banderas | Glenn Close | Elaine Paige | Kiri Te Kanawa | Tina Arena
In & Out (1997)
As: Herself
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Frank Oz
Stars: Kevin Kline | Matt Dillon | Joan Cusack | Debbie Reynolds | Tom Selleck
Air Force One (1997)
As: Vice President Kathryn Bennett
Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold his principles - and the integrity of the nation.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Stars: Gary Oldman | William H. Macy | Harrison Ford | Wendy Crewson | Glenn Close
In the Gloaming (1997)
As: Janet
Danny, dying of Aids, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's father and his sister.
Runtime: 67 min.
Directed by: Christopher Reeve
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg | David Strathairn | Bridget Fonda | Robert Sean Leonard | Glenn Close
Paradise Road (1997)
As: Adrienne Pargiter
Paradise Road is a 1997 film which tells the story of a group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women who are imprisoned in Sumatra during World War II. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and stars Glenn Close as beatific Adrienne Pargiter, Frances McDormand as the brash Dr. Verstak, Pauline Collins as missionary Margaret Drummond (based on missionary Margaret Dryburgh), Julianna Margulies ...
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Stars: Cate Blanchett | Pauline Collins | Julianna Margulies | Glenn Close | Frances McDormand
Mars Attacks! (1996)
As: First Lady Marsha Dale
'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy homage to science fiction films of the '50s and '60s.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Tim Burton
Stars: Pierce Brosnan | Annette Bening | Danny DeVito | Glenn Close | Jack Nicholson
101 Dalmatians (1996)
As: Cruella De Vil
The Live action adaptation of a Disney Classic. When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Stephen Herek
Stars: Jeff Daniels | Joely Richardson | Glenn Close | Joan Plowright | Hugh Laurie
Mary Reilly (1996)
As: Mrs. Farraday
A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Stars: John Malkovich | Michael Gambon | Julia Roberts | Glenn Close | George Cole
Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
As: Diary Readings (voice)
Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this academy award-winning documentary tells the story of the Frank family and presents the first fully-rounded portrait of their brash and free-spirited daughter Anne, perhaps the world's most famous victim of the Holocaust. Written by Dawn M. Barclift
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Jon Blair
Stars: Kenneth Branagh | Glenn Close
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
As: Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
After serving in the military for more than twenty years, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer (Glenn Close) had seen her share of battles. But nothing could prepare her for the fight ahead: an intensely personal struggle against the U.S. Army when she becomes the highest ranking officer ever to be discharged for being a lesbian. With the support ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Jeff Bleckner
Stars: Jan Rubeš | Wendy Makkena | Susan Barnes | Judy Davis | Glenn Close
The Paper (1994)
As: Alicia Clark
Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchetman Alicia Clark, Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Ron Howard
Stars: Michael Keaton | Randy Quaid | Robert Duvall | Marisa Tomei | Glenn Close
The House of the Spirits (1993)
As: Ferula Trueba
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: Bille August
Stars: Antonio Banderas | Winona Ryder | Jeremy Irons | Glenn Close | Meryl Streep
Skylark (1993)
As: Sarah Witting
Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Stars: Christopher Walken | Malgorzata Zajaczkowska | Glenn Close | Lexi Randall | Jon DeVries
Lincoln (1992)
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.
Runtime: 240 min.
Directed by: James A. Edgar | Peter W. Kunhardt
Stars: James Earl Jones | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Jason Robards | Glenn Close | Richard Widmark
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992)
As: Herself
This program features the music of Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim in a 1992 performance at Carnegie Hall. An American Musical Theatre writer for over 40 years, Stephen Sondheim has created the scores for hits such as Passion, Assassins, Bounce, Into The Woods, Sunday In The Park With George, Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd and Pacific Overtures. Featuring: Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, ...
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Scott Ellis
Stars: Liza Minnelli | Glenn Close | Betty Buckley | Bernadette Peters | Patti LuPone
Hook (1991)
As: Gutless
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland, could lead to a chance at redemption, in this family-oriented fantasy from director Steven Spielberg.
Runtime: 142 min.
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Bob Hoskins | Maggie Smith | Julia Roberts | Robin Williams | Dustin Hoffman
Meeting Venus (1991)
As: Karin Anderson
Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto. The much-anticipated production may never get off the ground, thanks to labor-management difficulties, intramural jealousies, and clashing egos. Amidst all this chaos, the mismatched Anderson and ...
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: István Szabó
Stars: Niels Arestrup | Johanna ter Steege | Glenn Close | Macha Méril | Erland Josephson
Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
As: Sarah Wheaton
The story is set in Kansas in the year 1910. Jacob Witting, a widowed farmer who is still saddened by the death of his wife during childbirth several years earlier, finds that the task of taking care of his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone. He advertises in the newspaper for a mail-order bride. Sarah, from Maine, travels out to become his wife. But Sarah grow
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Glenn A. Jordan
Stars: Christopher Walken | Malgorzata Zajaczkowska | Glenn Close | Lexi Randall | Jon DeVries
Hamlet (1990)
As: Gertrude
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Stars: Mel Gibson | Ian Holm | Paul Scofield | Glenn Close | Alan Bates
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
As: Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Stars: Ron Silver | Jeremy Irons | Glenn Close | Annabella Sciorra | Uta Hagen
The Divine Garbo (1990)
As: Herself - Host / Narrator
Profile of actress Greta Garbo, narrated by Glenn Close
Runtime: 47 min.
Directed by: Susan F. Walker
Stars: Glenn Close | Mauritz Stiller | John Gilbert | Greta Garbo | Aristotle Onassis
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)
As: Herself
A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away.
Runtime: 60 min.
Stars: Candice Bergen | Barbara Bush | Joe Raposo | Christopher Cerf | Marc Brugnoni
Immediate Family (1989)
As: Linda Spector
Linda and Michael, married for ten years, desperately want a baby and turn to an adoption agency which introduces them to Lucy, a teenage girl expecting her first baby. The three agree that Linda and Michael will adopt Lucy's baby and that Lucy will sign away custody. Things don't go quite to plan however..
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Stars: James Woods | Mary Stuart Masterson | Kevin Dillon | Glenn Close | Linda Darlow
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
As: Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Dangerous Liaisons is the film based on the novel of the same name by Choderlos de Laclos set in 18th century France. Marquise de Merteuil’s asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned in this love triangle drama.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Stars: Keanu Reeves | John Malkovich | Swoosie Kurtz | Michelle Pfeiffer | Glenn Close
Fatal Attraction (1987)
As: Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Stars: Michael Douglas | Anne Archer | Stuart Pankin | Glenn Close | Ellen Hamilton Latzen
Jagged Edge (1985)
As: Teddy Barnes
San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she hasn't handled a criminal case for many years. There's a certain chemistry between them and Teddy soon finds herself defending the man she loves.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Richard Marquand
Stars: Jeff Bridges | Lance Henriksen | Robert Loggia | Glenn Close | Peter Coyote
Maxie (1985)
As: Jan / Maxie
When Nick and Jan move into their new apartment in San Francisco, the batty landlady upstairs tells them about a girl who used to live there in the 20's: a brash young party girl named Maxie, who died in a car crash the morning before her big audition for a Hollywood studio. The trouble is, Maxie, or rather her ghost, hasn't left the house. Worse, she can take over Jan's body. And the ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Paul Aaron
Stars: Mandy Patinkin | Glenn Close | Michael Ensign | Barnard Hughes | Ruth Gordon
The Natural (1984)
As: Iris Gaines
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman.
Runtime: 138 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Robert Redford | Robert Duvall | Wilford Brimley | Kim Basinger | Glenn Close
The Stone Boy (1984)
As: Ruth Hillerman
One summer morning, 12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene wake at dawn to pick peas and perhaps shoot a wild duck on their family's Montana farm. In a nearby pasture, Arnold's gun fires accidentally. His brother is killed instantly. Isolated by emotions he can't comprehend, Arnold (Jason Presson) must now come to terms with his grieving family - including his angry father ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Christopher Cain
Stars: Dean Cain | Robert Duvall | Glenn Close | Jason Presson | Susan Rinell
Something About Amelia (1984)
As: Gail Bennett
The movie follows the Bennett family after Amelia tells her school counselor that her father has sexually abused her.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Randa Haines
Stars: Ted Danson | Glenn Close | Lane Smith | Roxana Zal | Olivia Cole
The Big Chill (1983)
As: Sarah Cooper
Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the weekend unfolds, the friends catch up with each other, play the music of their youth, reminisce, smoke marijuana, and pair off with each other.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Stars: Tom Berenger | Jeff Goldblum | William Hurt | Kevin Kline | Glenn Close
The World According to Garp (1982)
As: Jenny Fields
Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.
Runtime: 136 min.
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Stars: John Lithgow | Hume Cronyn | Robin Williams | Glenn Close | Mary Beth Hurt
The Elephant Man (1982)
As: Princess Alexandra
A taped version of the stage play about a hideously deformed 19th-century London man and how he managed to triumph over his disease.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Jack Hofsiss
Stars: Glenn Close | Penny Fuller | Kevin Conway | Philip Anglim | Richard Clarke
Orphan Train (1979)
As: Jessica
Telling of the story of the Orphan Trains. The first form of foster care in the United States.
Runtime: 143 min.
Directed by: William A. Graham
Stars: Glenn Close | Jill Eikenberry | Linda Manz | Kevin Dobson
Too Far to Go (1979)
As: Rebecca
Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For behind the seemingly comfortable well-trimmed hedges of suburban Americana, live and often love, Richard and Joan Maple. Adapted from a series of stories appearing in the New Yorker Magazine over a period of twenty three years by Pulitzer Prize winning author ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Fielder Cook
Stars: Josef Sommer | Blythe Danner | Ken Kercheval | Glenn Close | Michael Moriarty
Sunset Boulevard ()
As: Norma Desmond
Joe is a cynical screenplay writer disenchanted by his ill luck on the Hollywood scene. Norma is a washed-up silent-film star who didn't survive the transition to talking pictures. Together they begin a strange, mostly psychological, affair in her decaying house on Sunset Boulevard.
Directed by: Rob Ashford
Stars: Glenn Close