Glenne Aimee Headly (March 13, 1955 – June 8, 2017) was an American actress. She was known for her roles in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Mr. Holland's Opus. Headly received Theatre World Awards and four Joseph Jefferson Awards, and was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2017, Headly and Ed Begley Jr. were tapped for lead roles opposite Josh Hutcherson in Future Man, Hulu's half-hour comedy pilot from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Headly died of complications from a pulmonary embolism on June 8, 2017 at the age of 62 in Santa Monica, California.
Headly was born on March 13, 1955, in New London, Connecticut. Her first years were spent living under the care of her mother 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, and grew up having a rich cultural life. 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, spawning a lifelong interest for her in preserving the natural world. She later went on to the High School of Performing Arts, majoring in drama, and graduated with honors.
Rather than continuing to study the dramatic arts, she attended American College of Switzerland, a small college in Leysin from which she graduated with a bachelor's degree. Soon after, she moved to New York, taking day jobs as a waitress so she could work nights in the theatre for little or no salary. Later, she moved to Chicago, where she joined the New Works Ensemble at the St. Nicholas Theatre, and was eventually cast in a Goodman Theatre production of Curse of the Starving Class, directed by Robert Falls and co-starring John Malkovich.#See More : Katy Perry and Taylor Swift: 10 Great Deep Cuts You Can Stream Now - After very publicly removing her music from streaming services following the release of 2014's 1989, Taylor Swift suddenly returned to Spotify at midnight on Friday. It's big news for fans of the pop giant and for the streaming service, as it opens here ... Amanda Bynes
