Lindsay Crouse Blue". In recent years, Crouse has concentrated on the theater. "Once you get your driver's license, you end your film career," says Crouse. "Look at my generation. Great actresses like Glenn Close and Susan Sarandon—there's nothing written for anyone over a certain age." In 2007, Crouse opened a revival of "The Belle of Amherst", a one-woman show about the life of poet Emily Dickinson, at the Gloucester Stage in Gloucester, Massachusetts. "You can't stop and recite something," says Crouse. "You have to keep the poetry very, very active, which is pretty easy with Dickinson. She was striving so hard to
Glenn Close first Shakespeare role that Close had ever attempted on screen (she appeared in 1975 in a stage production of "King Lear" in Milwaukee). Close would later go on to join the cast of "The House of the Spirits", reuniting her with Jeremy Irons. She also had a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg's "Hook" (1991) as a pirate. In 1992, Close starred in "Meeting Venus" for which she received critical acclaim and won Best Actress (Golden Ciak) at the Venice Film Festival. In the same year, Close became a trustee emeritus of The Sundance Institute. Close appeared in the newsroom comedy-drama