My Take
Glenne Headly is one of those actors who deserved way more name recognition than she got, and I'll die on that hill. Trained at LaGuardia High School and with serious stage chops to back it up — four Joseph Jefferson Awards and a Theatre World Award don't lie — she could do anything. Her turn as the lovestruck Ruprecht-wrangled Jolene in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is genuinely hilarious, and she holds her own against Steve Martin and Michael Caine without breaking a sweat. Then she's warm and grounded alongside Richard Dreyfuss in Mr. Holland's Opus. Two Emmy nominations tell you the TV world noticed too. She passed in June 2017 at just 62, and it felt like losing someone who still had so much left to give. A real actor's actor, gone too soon.
Overview
Glenne Aimee Headly (March 13, 1955 – June 8, 2017) was an American actress. She was widely known for her roles in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Dick Tracy (1990), and Mr. Holland's Opus (1995). Headly received a Theatre World Award and four Joseph Jefferson Awards and was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2017, Headly appeared in two films, The Circle and Just Getting Started.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Glenne Headly
- Name (Japanese)
- グレン・ヘドリー
- Reading
- ぐれん・へどりー
- Born
- March 13, 1955 – June 8, 2017
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
- Origin
- New London, Connecticut, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
- University
- American College of Switzerland
Awards & achievements
- 1984 Theatre World Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.