Maine film festival honors Glenn Close
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) – Six-time Oscar nominated actress Glenn Close was honored by the Maine International Film Festival.
Close called the Mid-Life Achievement Award – a moose statuette – she received Sunday night in Waterville as “the best award I’ve ever received.”
The ceremony followed a showing of “Albert Nobbs,” a 2011 film Close starred in and co-produced about a woman in 19th-century Ireland who dresses as a man in order to be able to work.
The Morning Sentinel reported the 67-year-old Close, who has a home in Scarborough, Maine, also spent about an hour with film enthusiast, answering questions about the her career.
The 17th annual film festival runs until July 20.
Previous winners of the award include Malcom McDowell, John Turturro and Sissy Spacek.