Six Academy award nominations have yet to lead to a win for the actor but with a tour de force performance in the acclaimed literary drama, she may finally get her momentYouŽve probably forgotten about this, but seven years ago, Glenn Close unveiled her chef dŽoeuvre. Well, that was the idea, anyway. Albert Nobbs was that most desperately impassioned of passion projects, one that had been with her since she played the title role - a secretly transgender male butler in 19th-century Dublin - on stage in 1982, well before the actor was a household name. Several years and fruitless Oscar nominations later, around the turn of the century, she launched her quest to make it into a film. It would take over a decade, enduring financial collapse and a change of directors, but finally, in the autumn of 2011, Albert Nobbs debuted to festival audiences, presented as proudly by Close - its star, producer, co-writer and even composer of a dirgey closing-credits ballad - as if it were her newborn child. Related: Glenn Close: `People donŽt realise that you keep your sexuality up until you dieŽ Continue reading...
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