Glenn Close is set to receive the Career Achievement Award at AARP‘s annual Movies for Grownups Awards. The ceremony will take place on Sunday, January 11, 2025, with an event hosted by Alan Cumming.
PBS is set to air the gala in February. “I am so honored to receive the AARP Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award even though I feel like I’m still 35, if not younger,” Close said in a statement. “I love making movies for grownups and everyone else, and I deeply appreciate the inspiration and support of the people I have worked with over 50 years.
Thank you, AARP, for this great honor.” AARP’s Movies for Grownups advocates for audiences 50 and older by fighting industry ageism and encouraging films and TV shows that resonate with older viewers.
AARP EVP & Chief Communications and Marketing Officer Martha Boudreau said, “Glenn Close starred in The Big Chill, the first blockbuster hit film about the Baby Boomer generation facing aging, and since then her career has shattered Hollywood’s outmoded, ageist stereotypes.
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