BIOGRAPHY AND PERSONALITY OF A FAMOUS PISCES: GLENN CLOSE

Actress, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. A student of anthropology and acting, she made her Broadway debut in Love for Love (1974). Her subsequent theatre work includes The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs (1982, Obie), The Real Thing (1984--5, Tony), and Sunset Boulevard (1995, Tony). She received an Emmy nomination for Something About Amelia (1984). Her role as the psychotic mistress in Fatal Attraction (1987) brought her international fame, which was consolidated with the success of Dangerous Liaisons (1988). Later films include Reversal of Fortune (1990), Once Upon a Forest (1993), 101 Dalmatians and Mars Attacks! (both 1996), and Paradise Road (1997). In 2004, the actress starred in a remake of the 1975 comedic thriller The Stepford Wives with Nicole Kidman and Bette Midler.

In 2002, Close made her London West End debut as Tennessee Williams's frail heroine Blanche du Bois in "A Streetcar Named Desire."

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