- Designed necktie for Stonehenge, Ltd's "Christopher Reeve Collection" (exclusive to JCPenney), with four percent of sales benefiting the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation.
- (November 1, 1994 - July 2, 1995) Stage: Appeared on Broadway in "Sunset Boulevard" (Tony Award).
- (1992) Stage: Appeared on Broadway in "Death and The Maiden" (Tony Award).
- (1984) Stage: Appeared on Broadway in "The Real Thing" (Tony Award)
- Member of the original "Up With People" troupe in the mid-1960s, as one-third of the trio "The Green Glenn Singers." She wrote two Pollyannaish songs, including "Run and Catch the Wind."
- Stage: Played the role of Charity Barnum on Broadway in "Barnum". It was this part that led to her being cast in The World According to Garp (1982).
- Rex (1976). Musical. Music by Jay Blackton. Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Book by Sherman Yellen. Music orchestrated by Irwin Kostal. Musical Director: Jay Blackton. Dance arrangements by David Baker. Choreographed by Dania Krupska. Directed by Edwin Sherin. Lunt-Fontanne Theatre: 25 Apr 1976- 5 Jun 1976 (48 performances + 14 previews that began on 15 Apr 1976). Cast: Nicol Williamson (as "Henry VIII, King of England"), Tom Aldredge (as "Will Somers"), Penny Fuller (as "Anne Boleyn/Princess Elizabeth"), Barbara Andres (as "Queen Catherine of England"), Glenn Close (as "Princess Mary"), Martha Danielle (as "Queen Claude of France/Lady Margaret/Queen Katherine Parr of England"), Dennis Daniels (as "Second Guard/Ensemble/Sword and Morris Dancer"), Ed Evanko (as "Mark Smeaton"), Harry Fawcett (as "Ensemble"), Paul Forrest (as "Ensemble"), Pat Gideon (as "Ensemble"), Merwin Goldsmith (as "Comus"), William Griffis (as "Cardinal Wolsey"), Ken Henley (as "First Guard/Ensemble/Sword and Morris Dancer"), Dawn Herbert (as "Ensemble"), Robin Hoff (as "Ensemble"), Don Johanson (as "Ensemble/Sword and Morris Dancer"), Michael John (as "Prince Edward"), Keith Koppmeier (as "Dauphin"), Jim Litten (as "Ensemble/Sword and Morris Dancer"), Craig Lucas (as "Ensemble"), Carol Jo Lugenbeal (as "Ensemble"), Valerie Mahaffey (as "Catherine Howard/Ensemble"), G. Eugene Moose (as "Ensemble"), Stephen D. Newman (as "Francis, King of France"), Jeff Phillips (as "French Herald/Ensemble/Sword and Morris Dancer"), Charles Rule (as "Norfolk/Ensemble"), Danny Ruvolo (as "English Herald/Ensemble/Sword and Morris Dancer"), Sparky Shapiro (as "Young Princess Elizabeth"), April Shawhan (as "Lady Jane Seymour"), Lillian Shelby (as "Nurse/Ensemble"), Jo Speros (as "Ensemble"), Gerald R. Teijelo Jr. (as "Thomas Cromwell/Ensemble"), Candace Tovar (as "Ensemble"), John Ulrickson (as "Ensemble"), Melanie Vaughan (as "Lady in Waiting/Ensemble"). Understudies: Martha Danielle (as "Anne Boleyn"), Pat Gideon (as "Lady Margaret/Princess Mary"), Michael John (as "Dauphin"), Keith Koppmeier (as "Prince Edward"), Craig Lucas (as "Mark Smeaton"), Carol Jo Lugenbeal (as "Lady Jane Seymour/Princess Elizabeth"), Valerie Mahaffey (as "Queen Claude of France"), Stephen D. Newman (as "Henry VIII, King of England"), Jeff Phillips (as "Will Somers"), Charles Rule (as "Cardinal Wolsey"), Lillian Shelby (as "Queen Catherine of England"), Gerald R. Teijelo Jr. (as "Comus, Francis, King of France"), Candace Tovar (as "Queen Katherine Parr of England"). Produced by Richard Adler. Produced in association with Roger Berlind and Edward R. Downe Jr.
- (2002) Stage: Plays Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, (Royal National Theater/Lyttelton, London, England).
- As a member of Up with People, was a vocalist on several albums.
- (2003) Stage: Played The Mystery Guest Star in "The Play What I Wrote" by Hamish McColl, Sean Foley and Eddie Braben, (Lyceum Theatre, New York City).
- (2008) Print ads for America's Milk Processors' "got milk?" promotional campaign.
- (2010) Print ads for bringchange2mind.org in support of mental illness awareness and compassion. Close's sister and nephew are diagnosed schizophrenics.
- (2002) She acted in Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," in a Royal National Theatre production at the Lyttelton Theatre in London, England with Iain Glen, Essie Davis, and Robert Pastorelli in the cast. Trevor Nunn was director.
- (March 2002-August 2002; October 2002-January 2003) She acted in the Royal National Theatre season repertoire at the Cottesloe Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, and Laurence Olivier Theatre in London, England in Nicholas Wright's play, "Vincent in Brixton;" Euripedes' play, "Bacchai;" Moliere's play, "Tartuffe;" Pamela Glen's play, "The Syringa Tree;" Sebastian Barry's play, "Hinterland;" Harold Pinter's play, "No Man's Land;" Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical, "South Pacific;" William Shakespeare's play, "Measure for Measure;" Jeanette Winterson's play, "The Powerbook;" John Irving's play, "A Prayer for Owen Meany;" "The Adventures of the Stoneheads;" Aristophanes' plays, "The Frogs," "The Birds;" "Play Without Wortds;" Roy Williams' play, "Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads;" "Free;" "Life after Life;" Gary Owen's play, "The Shadow of a Boy;" Richard Bean's play, "The Mentalists;" Tanika Gupta's play, "Sanctuary;" "The Associate;" Owen McCafferty's play, "Closing Time;" Tom Stoppard's play, "The Coast of Utopia (Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage);" Bryony Lavery's play, "Frozen;" Cole Porter's musical, "Anything Goes;" Oliver Goldsmith's play, "She Stoops To Conquer;" April De Angelis's play, "Laughing Matter;" Christopher Hampton's play, "The Talking Cure;" Shelagh Stephenson's play, "Mappa Mundi;" "Dinner;" and Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire;" and with Edward Baker Duly, Gillian Barge, Eve Best, Saffron Burrows, Josette Bushell-Mingo, John Carlisle, Martin Clunes, Essie Davis, Andy De La Tour, Felicity Dean, Stephen Dillane, Anita Dobson, Penny Downie, Janine Duvitski, Nicholas Farrell, Michael Feast, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Georgeson, Pamela Gien, Debra Gillett, Iain Glenn, James Hayes, James Hazeldine, Guy Henry, Greg Hicks, Clare Higgins, Ian Holm, Will Keen, Lauren Kennedy, Josie Lawrence, Patrick Malahide, Aidan McArdle, Iain Mitchell, Dearbhla Molloy, Renzo Murrone, Paul Nicholls, Robert Pastorelli, Duncan Preston, Philip Quast, Ian Redford, Corin Redgrave, Patrick Robinson, Hugh Ross, David Ryall, Fabio Santos, Fiona Shaw, John Shrapnel, Jo Stone-Fewings, Rob Storr, Jochum Ten Haaf, David Threlfall, Margaret Tyzacl, Julian Wadham, Harriet Walter, Jason Watkins, Jason Webb and John Wood in the company.
- (April 1, 2016 - May 7, 2016) Musical theatre. Made her West End debut playing Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Sunset Boulevard' at the London Coliseum.
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