In her third act, one of history’s greatest actresses is gaining a sense of peace and family in Bozeman.
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In a part of town she fondly references as “Bozeman’s funky North Side,” Glenn Close, wearing faded blue jeans and a flannel shirt, answers the door knock. But Sir Pippin of Beanfield, her spirited, barking Havanese nicknamed Pips, beats her to the porch. A full year before the COVID pandemic arrived, Close left her longtime base of New York, settling in a quiet Bozeman neighborhood of modest homes that, from the outside, are inconspicuous and lack pretention.
These days, the same can be said of Close herself. One of the first things you need to know straight away—and it’s something the movie star herself doesn’t mind making clear—is this: Close didn’t come to southwest Montana to inhabit a castle-sized trophy home, perched behind the wall of a chichi gated subdivision and manned by uniformed security guards to insulate her from being a member of the local community. In her case, being modest has done nothing to diminish her standing in the world.
Only weeks after our get-together, Close appeared at the 2021 Academy Awards in Los Angeles where she was a nominee for Best Supporting Actress, earning praise for her gritty portrayal of surly blue-collar steel worker Mamaw in Hillbilly Elegy.
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In all, Close has been nominated for eight Oscars and is counted among the greatest and most versatile American actresses ever. Yet following a four-decade odyssey in which she’s brought unforgettable characters to the big screen, major theater productions and television dramas, at 74 she’s now coveting a personal prize that eluded her: reconnection to family.
“I shot a film in Canada during the winter. It was fun and lovely but I was homesick, and I never used to get homesick,” says Close as we walk through her home, a mix of traditional moldings adorning its recent contemporary renovation. She’s discussing her sisters, Jessie who lives next door, and Tina, a painter who lives nearby. “Not only is Bozeman my home but I couldn’t wait to get back here. When I left to go to that job, Jessie and Tina were there to see me off at the airport. It was so great. I’ve come to realize how much I dread going away.”
Here in the Northern Rockies, in this unlikely stage for the third act of her life, Close is planting deep intergenerational roots closer to nature. Eschewing the notion that successful actors must necessarily be awaiting audition calls and perfect scripts in New York City or LA, she is feeling more energized than ever about the roles that keep coming her way. But most importantly, she’s savoring the bonds of siblinghood, being an attentive aunt, and embracing the role of grandmother after her daughter Annie and husband Marc Albu welcomed their first child.
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