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Birth Place: Greenwich, CT
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/19/1947, Pisces
Profession: Actor; producer

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The Emmys: History New and Old | Matt Roush | 9/22/2008
The 60th annual Emmy Awards set out to honor TV history and ended up making a little of its own. As expected, AMC's stylishly adult 60s-era drama Mad Men took home the best drama prize, the first ever for a basic cable series. The upstart channel delivered a much more shocking triumph in Bryan Cranston's surprise (but well-earned) win for Breaking Bad. "She's bald, too," marveled the actor, who shaved his head to play Walter White, a cancer-ravaged teacher-turned-meth dealer. Best known for outrageous comedy roles like the dad in Malcolm in the Middle, Cranston is a well-liked star who was considered an underdog in a strong field that included fellow AMC leading man Jon Hamm of Mad Men, House's Hugh Laurie (amazingly, still empty-handed), Dexter's brilliant Michael C. Hall, In Treatment's brooding Gabriel Byrne and Boston Legal's showboating James Spader.
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The Emmys: A Dramatic Shift Toward Cable | Matt Roush | 7/17/2008
If you heard someone momentarily flatlining in the audience at the reading of the Emmy nominations Thursday morning, that was me. They were announcing the best drama series candidates and I was mostly on board as I checked my list in the back of the TV Academy theater. Damages. Yay! House. OK. Boston Legal. I don’t approve, but I’m no longer surprised. Lost. OMG! Dexter. OM-Freaking-G! Wait. That’s five. Surely they didn’t leave out . . . And they didn’t. AMC’s dazzling Mad Men, the last to be announced, not only made the cut, it made history. With 16, it’s the most nominated drama of the year, and with FX’s Damages (seven nominations total), represents basic cable’s first-ever breakthrough into the top tier of Emmy accolades for best series. Mad Men also has to be seen as the odds-on favorite for best drama at this point.While we’re on this category—and let’s face it, this is the golden age of TV drama, so this really is t... read more
Emmy Nominations: Mad Men, Damages Make History | Today's News: Our Take | 7/17/2008
And the nominees are… in!Many of the usual suspects made the cut for the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards that were announced Thursday morning, but freshmen dramas Mad Men and Damages earned nods in the Outstanding Drama Series category, making them the first basic cable series to be recognized by Emmy. The stars of each series, Jon Hamm and Glenn Close, each also received nominations in the Outstanding Lead Actor/Actress in a Drama Series categories respectively. HBO's John Adams won the day with the most nominations (23), including nods for Best Miniseries and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries for Paul Giamatti's portrayal of the miniseries' title character. 30 Rock (17) and Mad Men (16) rounded out the top three nod-grabbers.In an unprecedented move earlier this summer, the Academy revealed the 10 semifinalists in each of the major categories. A blue-ribbon panel then whittled the list to the final nominees (all of which you can see here).So, what do you think of th... read more
William Hurt previews his new Damages role | Today's News: Our Take | 7/17/2008
Oscar winner William Hurt tells Matt Mitovich about joining his old buddy — and new Emmy nominee — Glenn Close on Damages; his role as Patty Hewes' newest client, a consultant for an energy company, will give him the chance to explore "massive rights and massive wrongs." read more
The Joy of Sets: Damages, Tudors and Kick-Ass Cable Lesbians! | DVD News | 1/30/2008
Three good things about the writers' strike:1) No more Bionic Woman to disappoint us.2) Pepito the Wonder Chihuahua gets more "me" time.3) More chances to catch up on kick-ass cable shows on DVD!And let me tell you, that last one is a biggie, considering that a few cable shows I had to skip out on because of too many TiVo conflicts have just hit the shelves. One of them being FX's stellar, chilling Damages, which features quite possibly the single greatest performance of the last season. Is Golden Globe winner Glenn Close's Manhattan litigator Patty Hewes ingenious or pure evil? I'm not sure yet, but she is delicious nonetheless and I am having a hoot finding out.Centered around an Enron-type class-action suit against billionaire Arthur Frobisher — played with demonic menace by Ted Danson — the show should be about the case, since nobody does trial-angst better than Close (see Jagged Edge). But instead of courtrooms, we get boardrooms and some seriously twisted detours, co... read more

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Glenn Close: Photos

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2008 emmy press room, Glenn Close courtesy Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

2008 Emmy red carpet, Glenn Close courtesy Matthew Imaging/WireImage.com

emmy awards 2007, Kyra Sedgwick, Glenn Close, Mary Louise Parker courtesy John Shearer/WireImage.com

jeremy irons, laurence fishburne, glenn close courtesy Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

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Glenn Close: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Golden Globe Awards (Appearing)	2009	TV Show Series
Home by Yann Arthus-Bertrand (Narrator)	2009	TV Show Series
60th Primetime Emmy Awards (Appearing)	2008	TV Show Series
Tony Awards (Appearing)	2008	TV Show Series
Damages (Actor - Patty Hewes)	2007	TV Show Series