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Glenne Headly

 
Actor: Glenne Headly
 
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  • Born: Mar 13, 1955 in New London, Connecticut
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '80s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Mortal Thoughts, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Seize the Day
  • First Major Screen Credit: Seize the Day (1986)

Biography

A well-regarded actress of stage, screen, and television, Glenne Headly has spent much her film career playing supporting roles, but occasionally gets to shine in leading roles such as that of the naive-seeming American "soap" heiress who gets the best of con artists Michael Caine and Steve Martin in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988). With her delicate but dramatic features, she is reminiscent of such actresses as Katherine Hepburn. Headly's training is firmly rooted in theater. She graduated from New York's High School of the Performing Arts and attended the Herman Berghof Studios and the American College of Switzerland before joining the prestigious Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago, where she worked opposite such respected actors as Gary Sinise, Laurie Metcalf, and John Malkovich (whom she married and later divorced). While with the troupe, Headly received four Jefferson Awards. Headly has directed two plays, one off-Broadway (Arms and the Man) and the other on Broadway (Extremities). Headly made her film debut in Four Friends (1981). Notable '80s films in which she played supporting roles include Eleni, which starred her then-husband Malkovich, and Woody Allen's Purple Rose of Cairo (both 1985). Following her performance in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Headly landed more leading roles such as that of Tess Trueheart in Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy (1990) and Mortal Thoughts (1991) in which she gave one of her best performances as an abused wife whose hard-drinking husband is murdered by her best friend. Headly also did well as Richard Dreyfuss' long-suffering wife in Mr. Holland's Opus (1995). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Glenne Headly
Born March 13, 1955 (1955-03-13) (age 54)
New London, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1979–present
Spouse(s) John Malkovich (1982–1988)

Glenne Aimee Headly[1] (born March 13, 1955) is an American actress of film, stage and television.

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Biography

Personal life

Headly was born in New London, Connecticut. She is a member of Mensa[2] and speaks French and Spanish. Headly was an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company from 1979 – 2005.

She was married to John Malkovich from 1982 to 1988.

Career

On television, Headly had a recurring role as Dr. Abby Keaton on ER from 1996–1997. She has also had recurring roles in the series Encore! Encore! from 1998–1999 and Monk from 2003–2004. She has been nominated for two Emmy Awards, for Lonesome Dove (1989) and Bastard Out of Carolina (1996).

Headly has starred in such films as Dick Tracy (as Tess Trueheart), Mr. Holland's Opus, Mortal Thoughts and Eleni, in which she co-starred with husband John Malkovich, to whom she was married from 1982 to 1988. She studied ASL (American Sign Language) for her role in Mr. Holland's Opus.

She had a leading role in the film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as the target of a wager between Riviera con men Steve Martin and Michael Caine.

She was reunited with Martin for Sgt. Bilko (1996) in which she played the love interest.

On stage, Headly starred opposite David Hyde Pierce in The Guys. Pierce played a fire chief attempting to write obituaries for men lost in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, and Headly played his editor. Originally performed in New York in December 2001, the West Coast version premiered in July 2002 with Helen Hunt and Tim Robbins and has had a revolving cast since.

She guest-starred in Grey's Anatomy on January 10, 2008.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Glenne Headly Biography (1955?-)
  2. ^ "Famous and Notable Mensans (whitepaper)". American Mensa. http://www.us.mensa.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=6509&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm. Retrieved on 2007-10-11. [dead link]

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