Glenne Headly Net Worth

What Was Glenne Headly's Net Worth?

Glenne Headly was an American actress who had a net worth of $5 million at the time of her death in 2017. During her lifetime, Glenne Headly acted in stage productions, many popular movies, and TV shows. Headly had a recurring role as Dr. Abby Keaton on the NBC medical drama "ER" from 1996 to 1997 and as Karen Stottlemeyer on the USA Network series "Monk" from 2003 to 2006.

From 1998 to 1999, she starred as Francesca Pinoni on the NBC sitcom "Encore! Encore!" Glenne had more than 70 acting credits to her name, including the films "Four Friends" (1981), "Fandango" (1985), "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" (1988), "Dick Tracy" (1990), "Mr. Holland's Opus" (1995), "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" (2001), "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" (2004), "Don Jon" (2013), and "The Circle" (2017), the TV movies "And the Band Played On" (1993), "Bastard Out of Carolina" (1996), and "On Golden Pond" (2001), the miniseries "Lonesome Dove" (1989) and "The Night Of" (2016), and the television series "Future Man" (2017). Headly also performed on Broadway, appearing in productions of "Arms and the Man" (1985) and "Fish in the Dark" (2015).

Unfortunately, Glenne died on June 8, 2017, at the age of 62, from complications from a pulmonary embolism.

Early Life

Glenne Headly was born Glenne Aimee Headly on March 13, 1955, in New London, Connecticut. She spent her early years being raised by her mother, Joan, in San Francisco and by her grandmother in Lansford, Pennsylvania. During her elementary school years, Glenne lived with her mother in Greenwich Village. She took ballet classes at the Joffrey Ballet School and studied modern dance at the Martha Graham Studios. Headly attended New York public schools such as PS 41 and was considered an intellectually gifted child. She majored in drama at the High School of Performing Arts and graduated with honors. Glenne earned a bachelor's degree from the American College of Switzerland, where she majored in literature and art history. After she returned to New York, she worked as a waitress during the day and in the theater at night. Headly later relocated to Chicago and joined St. Nicholas Theatre's New Works Ensemble. She was cast in a production of "Curse of the Starving Class" at the Goodman Theatre, and one of her co-stars was her future husband, John Malkovich.

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Career

From 1979 to 2005, Glenne was an ensemble member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, though she never returned to the city to appear in a play after the late '80s because she didn't want to uproot her family. She took a 10-year break from stage productions until 1999 when she co-starred with Miranda Richardson in a London production of the Wallace Shawn play "Aunt Dan and Lemon." Headly also starred in a Manhattan Theater Club production of Christopher Hampton's "The Philanthropist" (1983), a Circle Repertory Company / Steppenwolf Theater Ensemble production of Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead" (1984), a John Malkovich-directed production of George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man" (1985), and a Geffen Playhouse production of Beth Henley's "The Jacksonian" (2012). Glenne made her big screen debut in 1981's "Four Friends," and she followed it with "Doctor Detroit" (1983), "Fandango" (1985), "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985), "Eleni" (1985), "Seize the Day" (1986), "Making Mr. Right" (1987), "Nadine" (1987), "Stars and Bars" (1988), and "Paperhouse" (1989). She also played Janet Colgate in 1988's "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" alongside Steve Martin and Michael Caine, and the film earned her a Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress.

Headly received her first Primetime Emmy nomination for her performance as Elmira Boot Johnson in the 1989 miniseries "Lonesome Dove," and she was nominated again for the 1996 TV movie "Bastard Out of Carolina." In 1993, she appeared in the Emmy-winning HBO film "And the Band Played On," and from 1996 to 1997, she had a recurring role as Abby Keaton on the NBC medical drama "ER." From 1998 to 1999, she starred as Francesca Pinoni on the NBC sitcom "Encore! Encore!" alongside Nathan Lane and Joan Plowright. Glenne played Tess Trueheart in the 1990 film "Dick Tracy," then she appeared in "Mortal Thoughts" (1991), "Grand Isle" (1992), "Ordinary Magic" (1993), "Getting Even with Dad" (1994), "Mr. Holland's Opus" (1995), "Sgt. Bilko" (1996), "2 Days in the Valley" (1996), "The X-Files" (1998), and "Breakfast of Champions" (1999) and voiced Zootie in 1998's "Babe: Pig in the City." She guest-starred on "The Fugitive" (2001), "The Guardian" (2004), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2005), "Grey's Anatomy" (2008), "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2008), "Psych" (2012), "Parks and Recreation" (2012), and "The League" (2013), and she had a recurring role as Karen Stottlemeyer on the USA Network series "Monk" from 2003 to 2006.

Headly also starred in the TV movies "A Girl Thing" (2001), "On Golden Pond" (2001), and "Women vs. Men" (2002) and the miniseries "The Night Of" (2016). In the 2000s, she appeared in films such as "Timecode" (2000), "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" (2001), "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" (2004), "Eulogy" (2004), "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" (2008), "The Joneses" (2009), "Don Jon" (2013), and "Strange Weather" (2016). Her films "Just Getting Started" (2017) and "Making Babies" (2018) were released posthumously. Glenne had filmed five episodes of the Hulu series "Future Man" at the time of her death, and it was decided that her character would be written out of future episodes of the show instead of being recast.

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Personal Life and Death

Glenne was married to fellow actor John Malkovich from 1982 to 1988. They met while they were both members of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Headly married Byron McCulloch in 1993, and together they had one son, Stirling. On June 8, 2017, Glenne passed away from complications from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 62.

Awards and Nominations

In 1984, Headly won a Theatre World Award for a Manhattan Theater Club production of Christopher Hampton's "The Philanthropist." She earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special, for "Lonesome Dove" in 1989 and "Bastard Out of Carolina" in 1997. Glenne received Online Film & Television Association Award nominations for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series for "ER" in 1997 and Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries for "Winchell" in 1999. She also earned two Chicago Film Critics Association Award nominations, winning for Most Promising Actress for "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" in 1989. Her other nomination was for Best Supporting Actress for "Mortal Thoughts" in 1992.

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