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Made her Broadway debut in The Phoenix Theatre's production of Congrieve's "Love for Love." She was the understudy to the star Mary Ure, and went on for a Saturday evening performance after Miss Ure was let go after that Saturday matinée.

Her performance as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987) is ranked #36 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Has won three Tony Awards: twice as Best Actress (Play), in 1984 for Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" and in 2002 for "Death and the Maiden", and once as Best Actress (Musical), for "Sunset Boulevard", playing Norma Desmond, a role originally created by Gloria Swanson in Billy Wilder's film, Sunset Blvd. (1950). She was also nominated in 1980 as Best Featured Actress (Musical) for "Barnum".

She became engaged to Steve Beers in 1995.

Mother to Annie Maude Starke (b. 1987) by her relationship with John Starke.

Is a New York Mets fan, and in 2006, sang the national anthem at the Mets game that coincided with the Mets` 20th anniversary of their 1986 World Series win.

Says she is often mistaken for her good friend Meryl Streep.

Her father is still practicing medicine in Big Piney, Wyoming.

In 1984, became the third actor to receive an Oscar, Emmy and Tony nomination in the same calendar year (for The Big Chill, Something About Amelia, and The Real Thing respectively).

Her husband, David Shaw, is a biotechnology entrepreneur, heading a company that makes medical devices and diagnostic tools for veterinarians.

Chosen by Andrew Lloyd Webber to replace Patti LuPone in `Sunset Boulevard` before its arrival on Broadway in 1994.

She and her costar in Fatal Attraction (1987), Michael Douglas, both attended prep schools in Connecticut. Close graduated from Rosemary Hall in Greenwich, and Douglas graduated from the Choate School in Wallingford. Later, the two schools merged, making them two of the most famous alumni of Choate Rosemary Hall.

Made her professional debut, as one fourth of the Green Glen Singers, in the original production of "Up With People" in 1964.

Her chilling performance as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987) was ranked #7 on the American Film Institute`s villains list of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.

Taught actress Sara Rue to juggle backstage while on the set of "Barnum".

Was hired to dub all of Andie MacDowell`s dialogue in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), because the former model had such a heavy southern accent.

Is 2nd cousin of Brooke Shields and was a distant relative of the late Princess Diana and President Ulysses S. Grant.

Close`s grandfather, Edward Bennett Close, was once married to Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post cereal fortune and mother to actress Dina Merrill.

Winner of three Tony Awards for her work on Broadway.

Graduated from the College of William & Mary with a BA in drama and anthropology.

Has a cousin who prepares and sells herbal products on Long Island, New York. The two resemble one another.

Keeps all her costumes after filming finishes.

When Glenn was 13, her father opened a clinic in the Belgian Congo (now Zaire) and ran it for 16 years. During most of that time, the Close children lived alternately in Africa and at boarding schools in Switzerland.

Lived with Len Cariou from 1979-83.

Was the fourth choice to play the role of Alex in Fatal Attraction (1987). The first choices were Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey, and Miranda Richardson. (Sharon Stone also auditioned for this role, but was passed over)