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Acting

Glenn Close

Career: Active from 1975 to 2026, busiest in 2005 and 2017 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 74
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The Shield
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 89 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Glenn Close Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
3.0, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Scare
1.7, average 2.6
Crime
2.9, average 3.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 15
Social Commentary 8
Moral Ambiguity 6
Character Study 5
Contemporary Realism 5
Ensemble Cast 4
Historical Drama 4
Complex Characters 4
Biographical Drama 3
Melancholic Tone 3
Intimate Storytelling 3
Thought-Provoking 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

120

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

6 titles

Standing By

TV show

Sunset Boulevard

as Norma Desmond

TV show · as Maud Oldcastle

The Plague Monkeys

as Narrator

The Midnight Library

as Mrs.Elm

as Marie

2020s

20 titles · average score 56

LA BOLA NEGRA

83

as Isabelle Durand

Animal Farm

31

as Frieda Pilkington (voice)

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

80

as Martha Delacroix

Back in Action

47

as Ginny

The Summer Book

57

as Grandmother

All's Fair

27

TV show · as Dina Standish

The Deliverance

41

as Alberta Jackson

Brothers

48

as Cath Munger

Four Good Days

58

as Deb

Swan Song

68

as Dr. Eve Scott

Cruella

72

Producer

Hillbilly Elegy

49

as Mamaw

2010s

21 titles · average score 60

3Below: Tales of Arcadia

76

TV show · as Mother (voice)

What Happened to Monday

60

as Nicolette Cayman

Crooked House

59

as Lady Edith de Haviland

The Wife

76

as Joan Castleman

The Wilde Wedding

30

as Eve Wilde

Sea Oak

81

TV show · as Aunt Bernie

Anesthesia

49

as Marcia Zarrow

The Girl with All the Gifts

70

as Dr. Caroline Caldwell

The Great Gilly Hopkins

60

as Nonnie Hopkins

Low Down

56

as Gram

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

30

as Granny (voice)

Albert Nobbs

58

as Albert Nobbs

2000s

23 titles · average score 58

Damages

83

TV show · as Patty Hewes

Hoodwinked!

55

as Granny (voice)

Heights

66

as Diana

Tarzan II

42

as Kala (voice)

The Stepford Wives

42

as Claire Wellington

Strip Search

56

as Karen Moore

Le Divorce

43

as Olivia Pace

The Lion in Winter

64

as Eleanor of Aquitaine

The Shield

89

TV show · as Captain Monica Rawling

The Safety of Objects

58

as Esther Gold

102 Dalmatians

39

as Cruella de Vil

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

62

as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")

1990s

27 titles · average score 67

Tarzan

79

as Kala (voice)

Cookie's Fortune

72

as Camille Dixon

Air Force One

68

as Kathryn Bennett

Paradise Road

57

as Adrienne Pargiter

In the Gloaming

65

as Janet

101 Dalmatians

50

as Cruella de Vil

Mars Attacks!

58

as Marsha Dale

Anne Frank Remembered

88

as Diary Readings (voice)

The Paper

73

as Alicia Clark

The House of the Spirits

50

as Ferula Trueba

Hamlet

69

as Gertrude

Reversal of Fortune

83

as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator

1980s

17 titles · average score 64

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Mona Simpson (voice)

Immediate Family

56

as Linda Spector

Dangerous Liaisons

79

as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil

Stones for Ibarra

as Sara Everton

Fatal Attraction

70

as Alex Forrest

Jagged Edge

66

as Teddy Barnes

Maxie

22

as Jan / Maxie

The Natural

66

as Iris Gaines

The Stone Boy

63

as Ruth Hillerman

Something About Amelia

61

as Gail Bennett

The Big Chill

68

as Sarah Cooper

The World According to Garp

69

as Jenny Fields

1970s

4 titles · average score 68

Too Far to Go

as Rebecca Kuehn

Orphan Train

66

as Jessica

The Rules of the Game

as Neighbor

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Self - Host / Neighbor

1950s

2 titles · average score 85

Tony Awards

TV show · as Self - Host / Performer / Winner / Self - Winner

Hallmark Hall of Fame

85

TV show · as Cornelia Englebrecht / Sara Everton