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
South Pacific (musical) allowed him to quit his job as an editor at Macmillan and to become a full-time writer. Over the next five decades, his lengthy, detailed novels centering on different places would dominate the bestseller lists. The role of Nellie Forbush was the first time with Hammerstein that Rodgers made the leading female role a belter, rather than a lyric soprano like Laurey in "Oklahoma!" and Julie in "Carousel". According to Mordden, "Nellie was something new in R&H, carrying a goodly share of the score on a 'Broadway' voice". Nellie does not sing together with Emile, because Rodgers promised Martin that