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 Zabel Willhite Nellie Zabel Willhite Eleanor "Nellie" Zabel Willhite (Born November 22, 1892 in Box Elder, South Dakota – September 2, 1991) was the first deaf woman to earn a pilot’s license, as well as South Dakota’s first female pilot. Willhite became deaf at age two due to measles. She earned her pilot's license in 1928. She was a founding member of the Ninety-Nines, an organization which was founded in 1929 with 99 female pilots as founding members, and is dedicated to the advancement of aviation and support for women in aviation. Willhite started the first South Dakota chapter of the Ninety-Nines