The Great Loser With Introversion: 8 Facts About Glenn Close (10 Photos)

On March 19, Glenn Close turned 76 years old, and by this date American fit in the status of one of the most influential actresses of his generation. Over a 40-year career, Close has tried on many amazing images.





Close's childhood passed in the Congo under the influence of the sect



Glenn was born March 19, 1947 in a small American town of Greenwich, Connecticut. The girl's parents were respected people and had European aristocratic roots.

At an early age, Close and her family went to Africa - there my father, a doctor by profession, opened his own clinic and was personal doctor of one of the prominent Congolese politicians Mobutu Sese Seko. At the same time, the Close couple fell under the yoke of the movement "Moral Re-Armament". His main rules included the rejection of goods civilization and limit communication with people who are not members movement. This affected the character of Glenn - the girl from childhood was shy and closed.

Glenn's dreams of an acting career were formed during college



In 1960, the Republic of the Congo became independent and the family decided that it was dangerous to be in the country. Father stayed, and Glenn with his mother, brothers and sisters went to Switzerland, where the headquarters was located the moral rearmament movement.

In Europe, the future actress studied at a private school, where especially loved literature and English, which later planned to go to college. At 21, Close returned to the historic home and entered the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the second oldest institution of higher education in the United States after Harvard University.

It was there that Glenn first met acting. IN in her free time, she played in the student theater troupe and opened her own new talent - singing. Parents did not approve of their daughter's hobbies, but Close even then she finally decided that she would connect her life with acting. Having received bachelor's degree in literature, she entered drama school and began to look for her chance on the stage of Broadway.

Close began her career in theater



Even before filming her first films, Close successfully played in American theaters and was considered one of the most promising artists. Glenn's debut on Broadway took place in 1974, when she was already 27 years old.

The first years after studying were difficult: theaters refused the services of an actress, and she had to travel all over country to find an institution ready for cooperation. One day, When she returned to her New York apartment, she heard a message on answering machine - on the other end of the line, an important voice invited her to casting for the Helen Hayes Broadway Theatre. The auditions were successful - and Close began to appear on the stage.

Glenn's theatrical career developed in parallel with cinematic and, in a way, even more successful. The most famous role of the actress is embodied on the stage of the Los Angeles Shubert Theater image of Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd's musical Webber's Sunset Boulevard. The audience saw the first production with Close in 1993, and two years later she became the owner of the theater Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Total such awards in her career had three, two of them received before "Sunset Boulevard", in 1984 and 1992.

Glenn made her film debut after 30 years



Close is one of those film actresses whom the camera has not seen before. the onset of 30 years of age. Glenn wasn't offered much in the 1970s. roles in the theater, so she decided to try acting in films.

The American performed her first roles in 1979, when she was 32 years old: first in the little-known drama Orphans Train, and several months later in Too Far to Go. Both films were not released. on big screens and were shown only on television. Besides Close's roles in these films were invisible. However, the actress despaired and continued to work - the first resounding success in the cinema was already not far away.

Close received an Oscar nomination for her first role on the big screen.



After a three-year break and work in the theater, Close still got the opportunity to play in the film, whichshould have appeared on big screens. In the drama The World According to Garp (1982), she played the role determined and eccentric female feminist. Her heroine brings up son who grows into a famous writer with a strange and complex fate.

The screen son of the character Glenn was played by Robin Williams - he was only four years younger than the actress. However, this did not prevent pairs of outstanding artists: their chemistry was noted by many viewers, and later professionals.

At that time, 35-year-old Close first became an Oscar nominee for her debut supporting role on the big screen.

Glenn Close is the owner of unique records and anti-records of the American Film Academy



Close has a special relationship with the Oscars. American in the 1980s was noted immediately by five nominations for a gold statuette for her roles in films: "The World According to Garp", "Big Disappointment" (1984), "Nugget" (1985), "Fatal Attraction" (1988) and "Dangerous Liaisons" (1989).

Within one decade, such indicators were achieved either the greatest actresses of the caliber of Katharine Hepburn and Meryl Streep, or stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, when film production was still relatively small.

The second wave of nominations came in the 2010s: American The film academy celebrated her for her work in the tapes "The Mysterious Albert Nobbs" (2012), "The Wife" (2019) and "Hillbilly's Elegy" (2021). Total Glenn was nominated for an Oscar eight times and did not receive a single statuette. For acting categories is an unthinkable anti-record, so Close is quite can be called the greatest loser in the history of the award.



After another and, perhaps, the most offensive defeat in In 2019, when she was considered the main favorite, the actress stated that “It would be cool to never win an Oscar for a certain role”:

"Maybe it's better to be wheeled out in a wheelchair chair and receive a lifetime achievement award? Then you don't have to make a speech. I wouldn't mind if they rolled me out when I get old and drooling and have a gray wig covering my bald head.

The actress considers herself an introvert

Difficult childhood under the influence of the sect was reflected in the adult the life of an actress. In an interview with The Guardian, Close admitted that she did not like large companies, and friends can count on the fingers:

“I am an introvert and as a child was painfully shy. I think I still have a lot of that in me. I have read book Silence: The Power of Introverts in a World of Chatting, and she has been a real comfort to me. I realized that I am who I have always been. And I told myself not to get involved in situations where I was uncomfortable. I afraid of parties.

However, in 2021, at the age of 74, at the award ceremony Oscar Close for some time turned into the main extrovert on the planet and incendiary danced twerk under the guns cameras.

Close has been married four times.



The actress tried four times to create a happy family, but each time the attempts were unsuccessful. Glenn first got married in 22 years old - guitarist Cabot Wade became her partner. The marriage lasted two years, after which the couple broke up, and Close subsequently named him youth mistake.

The next marriage lasted a year longer. WITH entrepreneur James Marlas, an American got engaged in 1984, but Three years later, the couple announced a divorce. Glenn got married in 1987 for producer John Stark - their union lasted a year longer than the previous one. IN during this period, Close gave birth to her only daughter, Annie Maud Stark, who also became an actress.

The fourth marriage lasted almost ten years. In 2006, hands and Glenn's heart was requested by businessman David Evans Shaw. After another divorce in an interview, Close indulged in reflection:

"I think there is nothing better than having partner with whom you can live life, create history, feel comfortable, have common children. Ironically, to this conclusion I came very late when I have no one. And I don't know if... However, I have never felt better in my life than I do now. I late flower.