Glenne Aimee Headly (born March 13, 1955) is an American actress of film, stage and television.
Glenne Headly was born in New London, Connecticut. As a very young child she lived in San Francisco with her mother and then spent a couple of years under the care of her maternal grandmother in a small town in Pennsylvania. In the second grade she again joined her mother who now lived in Greenwich Village, New York City and grew up having a rich cultu...
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Glenne Aimee Headly (born March 13, 1955) is an American actress of film, stage and television.
Glenne Headly was born in New London, Connecticut. As a very young child she lived in San Francisco with her mother and then spent a couple of years under the care of her maternal grandmother in a small town in Pennsylvania. In the second grade she again joined her mother who now lived in Greenwich Village, New York City and grew up having a rich cultural life. She attended many plays and dance recitals and studied ballet at the Robert Joffrey school of ballet and modern dance at Martha Graham Studios. She attended public schools such as the progressive primary school, P.S. 41, where she was placed in an IGC class ( for intellectualy gifted children ) and where her fifth grade teacher introduced her to the work of Jacques Cousteau in an oceanography class which spawned a lifelong interest in preserving the natural world. She went on to the High School of Performing Arts, majoring in drama...
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