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Glenn Close's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds
The Financial Foundation Builder
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Tony Award.
In the record
Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer. The birth-card coordinate for March 19 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1984 Best Actress in a Play (The Real Thing); 1992 Best Actress in a Play (Death and the Maiden); 1995 Best Actress in a Musical (Sunset Boulevard) win.
Tony Award record (leading acting)
- 1984 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play — The Real Thing as Annie
- 1992 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play — Death and the Maiden as Paulina Salas Escobar
- 1995 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical — Sunset Boulevard as Norma Desmond
The 4 of Diamonds coordinate
Glenn Close's birthday maps to the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Tony Award and not a verdict on Glenn Close. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.
Glenn Close in the public record
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, in addition to 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 has been honoured with 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 a number of 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).
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Glenn Close (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 5 of Hearts
A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Glenn Close, and not a forecast of a Tony.
Cards in Glenn Close's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 4♦ — Birth Card: The Financial Foundation Builder
- 5♥ — Karma — Environment: The Restless Heart
- 5♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Restless Mind
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 2♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 8♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- 6♣ — Life Spread — Mars
- 6♠ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- Q♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 10♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- K♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 3♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 8♦ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Businessman
- 7♣ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Analytical Creator
- Q♠ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Wise Guide
- A♣ — PRC Life Spread — Mars: The Creative Pioneer
- Q♣ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Nurturing Leader
- 10♠ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Completed Mind
- 5♣ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Dynamic Innovator
- 3♦ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Success Communicator
- A♠ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Truth Pioneer
- 7♥ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Reflective Heart
Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.
You let love change shape without using motion as a way out of being seen. You're wired for change, movement, and experience—love, for you, is a journey rather than a destination. You bring adaptability and freshness to connection, and you understand that people and feelings transform over time.
She was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.
Paired on shared wording: people, time.
Also on the record
- 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 in support of Democratic politicians and 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.
Other leading Tony winners with this card
- Anna Maria Alberghetti — 1962 Best Actress in a Musical (Carnival!)
- Basil Rathbone — 1948 Best Actor in a Play (The Heiress)
- Bette Midler — 2017 Best Actress in a Musical (Hello, Dolly!)
- Chita Rivera — 1984 Best Actress in a Musical (The Rink); 1993 Best Actress in a Musical (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
- Christine Ebersole — 2001 Best Actress in a Musical (42nd Street); 2007 Best Actress in a Musical (Grey Gardens)
- Constance Cummings — 1979 Best Actress in a Play (Wings)
- Glynis Johns — 1973 Best Actress in a Musical (A Little Night Music)
- Heather Headley — 2000 Best Actress in a Musical (Aida)
- Mary Martin — 1950 Best Actress in a Musical (South Pacific); 1955 Best Actress in a Musical (Peter Pan); 1960 Best Actress in a Musical (The Sound of Music)
- Paul Kelly — 1948 Best Actor in a Play (Command Decision)
- Sarah Snook — 2025 Best Actress in a Play ('''The Picture of Dorian Gray''')
- Thomas Mitchell — 1953 Best Actor in a Musical (Hazel Flagg)
- 1 more leading winners share this card.
FAQ
- What is Glenn Close's birth card?
- The 4 of Diamonds. March 19 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict a Tony Award?
- No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.
- Where do Glenn Close's dates come from?
- Birth date 1947-03-19 is the day-precision date on Glenn Close's Wikipedia person page, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Wikipedia dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Tony Award wins come from the Wikipedia leading-acting lists, which record the Tony Awards. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: Tony Awards (tonyawards.com) + Wikipedia leading-acting lists + Wikidata CC0 (Q372311) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Glenn Close). Birth date 1947-03-19 is the Wikipedia person-page day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).