03/19/1947
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA:
Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer. In a career spanning five decades on screen and stage, she has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for eight Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. She received the Academy Honorary Award in 2026. Close gained early recognition for her work on the stage, with her Broadway debut in the play Love for Love (1974), before going on to win three Tony Awards, two for Best Actress in a Play for her roles in the plays The Real Thing (1983) and Death and the Maiden (1992), and one for Best Actress in a Musical, the musical Sunset Boulevard (1995). She received her first Academy Award nomination for her film debut in The World According to Garp (1982), and her first Emmy nomination in 1984 for the television film Something About Amelia. Close's career further progressed throughout the 1980s and 1990s with several acclaimed film performances, including The Big Chill (1983), The Natural (1984), Fatal Attraction (1987), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Reversal of Fortune (1990), The Paper (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996), and Air Force One (1997). During this period, she also portrayed Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1996) and its 2000 sequel 102 Dalmatians, and voiced Kala in Tarzan (1999). Close won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer in Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995), followed by two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for playing Patty Hewes in Damages (2007–2012). In film, Close gained continued recognition in the 21st century for her roles in Albert Nobbs (2011), The Wife (2017), Hillbilly Elegy (2020), and Wake Up Dead Man (2025). Close is the president of Trillium Productions and co-founder of the website FetchDog. She has made political donations supporting Democratic politicians. She is vocal on issues such as women's rights, same-sex marriage, and mental health. Married three times, she has one daughter, Annie Starke, from her relationship with producer John Starke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glenn Close, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026) as Drusilla Sickle |
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La bola negra (2026) as Isabelle Durand |
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Animal Farm (2026) as Frieda Pilkington (voice) |
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) as Martha Delacroix |
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Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation (2025) as Self |
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The Summer Book (2025) as Grandmother |
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Back in Action (2025) as Ginny |
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Brothers (2024) as Cath Munger |
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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024) as Self |
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The Deliverance (2024) as Alberta Jackson |
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A Look Through His Lens (2024) as Self |
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Heart of Stone (2023) as King of Diamonds |
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Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023) as Self (archive footage) |
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Swan Song (2021) as Dr. Eve Scott |
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Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021) as Self (archive footage) |
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021) as Self |
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Show of Titles (2021) as "Dance a Little Closer" Performer |
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Four Good Days (2021) as Deb |
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Baba Yaga (2021) as Chief (voice) |
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Hillbilly Elegy (2020) as Mamaw |
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In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020) as Cruella de Vil |
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537 Votes (2020) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020) as Roy Cohn |
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The Lavender Scare (2019) as Narrator (voice) |
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Let's Dance (2018) as Segment: "Night Shift" |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar (2018) as Self |
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The Green Fog (2018) as |
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Father Figures (2017) as Helen Baxter |
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The Wilde Wedding (2017) as Eve Wilde |
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Crooked House (2017) as Lady Edith de Haviland |
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What Happened to Monday (2017) as Nicolette Cayman |
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The Wife (2017) as Joan Castleman |
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The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) as Dr. Caroline Caldwell |
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Warcraft (2016) as Alodi (uncredited) |
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Anesthesia (2016) as Marcia Zarrow |
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The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015) as Nonnie Hopkins |
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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) as Nova Prime |
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5 to 7 (2014) as Arlene Bloom |
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Low Down (2014) as Gram |
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Six by Sondheim (2013) as Self (archive footage) |
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Love, Marilyn (2013) as Self |
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Casting By (2012) as Self |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012) as (archive footage) |
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Albert Nobbs (2011) as Albert Nobbs |
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Discovering Hamlet (2011) as Gertrude (archive footage) |
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Not My Life (2011) as Narrator (voice) |
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Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil (2011) as Granny (voice) |
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My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story (2009) as Self |
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Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries (2009) as Self - Hostess |
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Gates of the Arctic (2008) as Narrator (voice) |
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Evening (2007) as Mrs. Wittenborn |
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Gabon The Last Eden (2007) as Narrator |
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Hoodwinked! (2005) as Granny (voice) |
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Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005) as Self |
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Nine Lives (2005) as Maggie |
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Heights (2005) as Diana |
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Tarzan II (2005) as Kala (voice) |
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The Chumscrubber (2005) as Carrie Johnson |
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Stepford Wives (2004) as Claire Wellington |
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Strip Search (2004) as Karen Moore |
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Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' (2004) as Self |
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The Lion in Winter (2003) as Eleanor of Aquitaine |
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What I Want My Words to Do to You (2003) as Self |
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In Search of the Jaguar (2003) as Narrator |
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Le Divorce (2003) as Olivia Pace |
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Brush with Fate (2003) as Cornelia Engelbrecht |
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The Safety of Objects (2002) as Esther Gold |
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Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back (2002) as Self |
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South Pacific (2001) as Nellie Forbush |
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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001) as Arvella Whipple |
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Welcome to Hollywood (2000) as Glenn Close |
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Baby (2000) as Adult Sophie (Voice) |
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102 Dalmatians (2000) as Cruella de Vil |
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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) as Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca") |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (1999) as Sarah Witting |
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SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999) as Gina (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999) as Self |
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Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins (1999) as Self |
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Tarzan (1999) as Kala (voice) |
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Cookie's Fortune (1999) as Camille Dixon |
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The Big Chill: A Reunion (1999) as Self |
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The Lady with the Torch (1999) as Self - Host |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998) as Self - Performer |
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In & Out (1997) as Glenn Close (uncredited) |
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Air Force One (1997) as Kathryn Bennett |
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In the Gloaming (1997) as Janet |
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Paradise Road (1997) as Adrienne Pargiter |
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Mars Attacks! (1996) as Marsha Dale |
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101 Dalmatians (1996) as Cruella de Vil |
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The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996) as Self |
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Mary Reilly (1996) as Mrs. Farraday |
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Anne Frank Remembered (1995) as Diary Readings (voice) |
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Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) as Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer |
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The Paper (1994) as Alicia Clark |
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Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration (1993) as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror") |
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The House of the Spirits (1993) as Ferula Trueba |
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Skylark (1993) as Sarah Witting |
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Lincoln (1992) as Mary Todd Lincoln (voice) |
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Blast 'Em (1992) as Self (uncredited) |
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Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992) as Self |
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Meeting Venus (1991) as Karin Anderson |
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Hook (1991) as Gutless |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991) as Sarah Wheaton |
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Hamlet (1990) as Gertrude |
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The Divine Garbo (1990) as Self - Host / Narrator |
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Reversal of Fortune (1990) as Sunny von Bülow / Narrator |
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Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990) as Self |
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An Amazin Era: Revised and Updated (1989) as Self |
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Immediate Family (1989) as Linda Spector |
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Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989) as Self |
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Dangerous Liaisons (1988) as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil |
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1988) as Narrator (voice) |
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Stones for Ibarra (1988) as Sara Everton |
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Electric Blue 29 (1988) as (archive footage) |
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Fatal Attraction (1987) as Alex Forrest |
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Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys? (1987) as Self - Narrator |
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Rabbit Ears - The Emperor and the Nightingale (1987) as Narrator (voice) |
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An Amazin' Era (1986) as Self |
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Jagged Edge (1985) as Teddy Barnes |
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Maxie (1985) as Jan / Maxie |
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The Natural (1984) as Iris Gaines |
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The Stone Boy (1984) as Ruth Hillerman |
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) as Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited) |
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Something About Amelia (1984) as Gail Bennett |
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The Big Chill (1983) as Sarah Cooper |
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The World According to Garp (1982) as Jenny Fields |
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The Elephant Man (1982) as Princess Alexandra |
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Orphan Train (1979) as Jessica |
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Too Far to Go (1979) as Rebecca Kuehn |
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The Rules of the Game (1975) as Neighbor |
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Diamonds on the Silver Screen () as Self |
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Encore () as Marie |
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The Plague Monkeys () as Narrator |
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The Midnight Library () as Mrs.Elm |
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Sunset Boulevard () as Norma Desmond |
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The Summer Book (2025) Producer |
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Cruella (2021) Producer |
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The Wilde Wedding (2017) Executive Producer |
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Albert Nobbs (2011) Screenplay |
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Albert Nobbs (2011) Producer |
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Albert Nobbs (2011) Lyricist |
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South Pacific (2001) Executive Producer |
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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001) Executive Producer |
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Baby (2000) Executive Producer |
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Journey (1995) Executive Producer |
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Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) Executive Producer |
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Skylark (1993) Executive Producer |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991) Executive Producer |
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Sunset Boulevard () Producer |