Glenne Headly

Personal context

Summary

Glenne Headly was an American stage, film, and television actor and an originating member of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Her screen work ranged from the comedies Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Dick Tracy to the dramas Lonesome Dove and Bastard Out of Carolina. Biographical references report that she was a member of Greenpeace, American Farmland Trust, Defenders of Wildlife, and Save the Redwoods League, and that she participated in wildlife causes and studies. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or political activism are on record.