In 1979, actress Glenn Close appeared in the television movie, Too Far to Go, playing the role of Rebecca. The same year she played Jessica in Orphan Train.
More movies followed, as Close took on roles in The Elephant Man, The Big Chill, The Stone Boy, and Fatal Attraction. She also starred in Dangerous Liaisons, 101 Dalmatians, and The Divorce.
If you’re not familiar with Glenn Close’s acting career then you will have missed out on some outstanding performances – but you can play catch up. Below is a list of all of Glenn Close’s movies, from the late 1970s onward.
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1970s and 1980s
As noted above, Glenn Close begin her film acting career in 1979 via the television movie, Too Far to Go. This was followed by a role in another TV movie the same year, Orphan Train.
Slipping into the 1980s and in ’82, Close appeared in The Elephant Man, before taking the role of Jenny Fields in The World According to Garp. Other movies followed, including The Natural and Jagged Edge, before Close took on the role of Alex Forrest in hit thriller, Fatal Attraction, opposite Michael Douglas.
Glenn Close’s movies during the 1970s and 1980s included:
- Too Far to Go (1979)
- Orphan Train (1979)
- The Elephant Man (1982)
- The World According to Garp (1982)
- The Big Chill (1983)
- Something About Amelia (1984)
- The Stone Boy (1984)
- The Natural (1984)
- Jagged Edge (1985)
- Maxie (1985)
- Fatal Attraction (1987)
- Stones for Ibarra (1988)
- Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
- Immediate Family (1989)
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1990s
Moving into the 1990s and Close began the decade playing Sunny von Bulow in Reversal of Fortune, before taking the part of Gertrude in Hamlet. The role of Sarah Wheaten followed in 1991, via the television movie, Sarah, Plain and Tall, which Close reprised in 1993 for follow-up film, Skylark.
In 1996, Close played Mrs. Farraday in Mary Reilly, before wowing audiences as Cruella DeVil in hit live-action Disney romp, 101 Dalmatians. A role in Mars Attacks! followed, as did a part in Air Force One opposite Harrison Ford, before Close returned to the Sarah, Plain & Tall series with Winter’s End.
Glenn Close’s movies during the 1990s included:
- Reversal of Fortune (1990)
- Hamlet (1990)
- Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
- Meeting Venus (1991)
- Hook (1991)**
- Lincoln (1992)*
- Skylark (1993)
- The House of Spirits (1993)
- The Paper (1994)
- Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
- Mary Reilly (1996)
- 101 Dalmatians (1996)
- Mars Attacks! (1997)
- Paradise Road (1997)
- In the Gloaming (1997)
- Air Force One (1997)
- In & Out (1997)**
- Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
- Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
- Tarzan (1999)*
- Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter’s End (1999)
*Voice role
**Uncredited role/cameo
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2000s
Into the 2000s and Glenn Close reprised the role of Cruella DeVil for 2000’s 102 Dalmatians, before starring as Arvella Whipple in The Ballad of Lucy Whipple. More movies followed, including South Pacific, The Divorce, Lionheart, and The Stepford Wives.
Glenn Close’s movies during the 2000s included:
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
- Baby (2000)*
- 102 Dalmatians (2000)
- The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001)
- South Pacific (2001)
- The Safety of Objects (2001)
- Brush with Fate (2003)
- The Divorce (2003)
- Lionheart (2003)
- Strip Search (2004)
- The Stepford Wives (2004)
- Nine Lives (2005)
- Heights (2005)
- The Chumscrubber (2005)
- Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins (2005)*
- Hoodwinked! (2005)*
- Evening (2007)
*Voice role
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2010s
Into the 2010s and Close took the title role in Albert Nobbs, before appearing in films such as Low Down and 5 to 7. In 2014 the actress starred as Nova Prime in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, while in 2016 she appeared as Dr Caroline Caldwell in The Girl with All the Gifts.
Glenn Close’s movies during the 2010s included:
- Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011)*
- Albert Nobbs (2011)
- Low Down (2014)
- 5 to 7 (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Anesthesia (2015)
- The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
- Warcraft: The Beginning (2016)**
- The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
- What Happened to Monday (2017)
- The Wilde Wedding (2017)
- The Wife (2017)
- Crooked House (2017)
- Sea Oak (2017)
- Father Figures (2017)
*Voice role
**Uncredited role/cameo
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2020s
Into the 2020s, and after appearing in Four Good Days, Close played Mamaw in Hillbilly Elegy, as well as Dr. Jo Scott in Swan Song. Other movies included The Deliverance, The Summer Book, and Back in Action.
In 2025, Close played Martha Delacroix in the murder-mystery, Wake Up Dead Man, while in 2026, she took on the part of Drusilla Sickle in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.
Glenn Close’s movies during the 2020s included:
- Four Good Days (2020)
- The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
- Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
- Swan Song (2021)
- Heart of Stone (2023)
- The Deliverance (2024)
- Brothers (2024)
- The Summer Book (2024)
- Back in Action (2025)
- Animal Farm (2025)*
- Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
- La bola negra (2026)
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026)
*Voice role
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TV work
Outside of her extensive film career, Glenn Close also featured in a number of television shows. Notable shows include All’s Fair, The New Look, Tehran, 3Below: Tales of Arcadia, Family Guy, Damages, The Shield, The West Wing, Will & Grace, and Ellen, and she voiced Mona Simpson in The Simpsons.
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