Glenn Close as its two sequels. She also impersonated the title subject of the fact-based made-for-TV movie "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story" in 1995, for which she won her first Emmy. Close has also provided the voice of Mona Simpson, from "The Simpsons," since 1995. "Entertainment Weekly" named Close one of the 16 best "Simpsons" guest stars. In 2001 she starred in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical "South Pacific" as Nellie Forbush on ABC. Close guest-starred on "Will and Grace" in 2002, portraying a satirical version of Annie Leibovitz, earning her an Emmy nomination for Guest Actress
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming by appealing to progressive voters in both parties. However, after little more than a year and a half in office, he died on October 2, 1924, from complications from an appendectomy. The Democratic Party then nominated his widow, Nellie, to run for governor in a special election the following month. Nellie Ross refused to campaign but easily won the race on November 4, 1924. On January 5, 1925, she became the first female governor in the history of the United States. As governor she continued her late husband's policies, which called for tax cuts, government assistance for poor