Glenne Aimee Headly (March 13, 1955 â€" June 8, 2017) was an American
actress. She was widely known for her roles in Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels, Dick Tracy, and Mr. Holland's Opus. Headly received a
Theatre World Award and four Joseph Jefferson Awards and was nominated
for two Primetime Emmy Awards.In 2017, she starred in The Circle and
Just Getting Started, the latter marking her final film role, released
six months after her death. She also starred with Ed Begley Jr. and
Josh Hutcherson in Future Man, Hulu's half-hour comedy television
series produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg; she died on June 8,
2017, mid-way through filming the series.Headly was born on March 13,
1955, in New London, Connecticut. Her first years were spent living in
the care of her mother, Joan Ida Headly (née Sniscak), in San
Francisco, and her maternal grandmother in Lansford,
Pennsylvania.Early in her elementary school years, she joined her
mother, who was then living in Greenwich Village. She studied ballet
at the Robert Joffrey school of ballet and modern dance at the Martha
Graham Studios. In New York, she attended public schools, including P.
S. 41, where she was placed in a class for intellectually gifted
children. There, a fifth-grade teacher introduced her to the work of
Jacques Cousteau in an oceanography class, triggering a lifelong
interest in preserving the natural world. She later went on to the
High School of Performing Arts, majoring in drama and graduating with
honors.
actress. She was widely known for her roles in Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels, Dick Tracy, and Mr. Holland's Opus. Headly received a
Theatre World Award and four Joseph Jefferson Awards and was nominated
for two Primetime Emmy Awards.In 2017, she starred in The Circle and
Just Getting Started, the latter marking her final film role, released
six months after her death. She also starred with Ed Begley Jr. and
Josh Hutcherson in Future Man, Hulu's half-hour comedy television
series produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg; she died on June 8,
2017, mid-way through filming the series.Headly was born on March 13,
1955, in New London, Connecticut. Her first years were spent living in
the care of her mother, Joan Ida Headly (née Sniscak), in San
Francisco, and her maternal grandmother in Lansford,
Pennsylvania.Early in her elementary school years, she joined her
mother, who was then living in Greenwich Village. She studied ballet
at the Robert Joffrey school of ballet and modern dance at the Martha
Graham Studios. In New York, she attended public schools, including P.
S. 41, where she was placed in a class for intellectually gifted
children. There, a fifth-grade teacher introduced her to the work of
Jacques Cousteau in an oceanography class, triggering a lifelong
interest in preserving the natural world. She later went on to the
High School of Performing Arts, majoring in drama and graduating with
honors.
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