Famous People with Name Close

Glenn Close            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glenn Close: is an American film and stage actress and singer, perhaps best known for her role as a deranged stalker in Fatal Attraction (1987). Close has won an Emmy Award, three Tony Awards, and two Golden Globes; she has further been nominated for five Academy Awards, eight Emmys, and nine Golden Globes

Del Close            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Del Close: along with Keith Johnstone, Paul Sills, Dudley Riggs and Viola Spolin, is considered one of the premier influences on modern improvisational theater.An actor, improviser, writer, and teacher, Close had a prolific career, appearing in a number of films and television shows. He was a co-author of the book Truth in Comedy along with partner Charna Halpern, which outlines techniques now common to longform improvisational theater and describes the overall structure of “Harold” which remains a common frame for longer improvisational scenes. His favorite framework for comedic storytelling was the structures of Wagner’s Ring Cycle.

Roberta Close            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Roberta Close: she has occasionally claimed to have been born on December 12, 1965. Although she was born biologically male, she is reputed to have been born with incomplete male genitalia. Close, the first pre-operative transsexual model to have posed for the Brazilian

Eric Close            Origin/Culture/Country: Island,

Eric Close: His father is an orthopedic surgeon, and Close is the eldest of three brothers. His family moved to Indiana, then to Michigan, and finally settled in San Diego when Close was seven years old.Close graduated with a B.A. in Communications at the University

Chuck Thomas Close            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chuck Thomas Close: an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work which remains sought after by museums and collectors.Most of his early works are very large portraits based on photographs (Photorealism or Hyperrealism technique). In 1962, he received his B.A. from the University of Washington in Seattle. He then attended graduate school at Yale University, where he received his MFA in 1964. After Yale, he lived in Europe for a while on a Fulbright grant. When he returned to the US, he worked as an art teacher at the University of Massachusetts.