Her grandfather married a second time and one of his children by this
marriage is the father of actress Glenn Close.
She is the daughter of Thomas "Tim" Welles Durant and Adelaide Close.
Adelaide Close is the daughter of Marjorie Merriweather Post and Edward
Close.
Her grandmother, Marjorie Merriweather Post, married E. F. Hutton. They
had one child, actress Dina Merrill, who married Cliff Robertson.
Merrill is her aunt.
Her father, Thomas "Tim" Durant, was a writer and personal assistant to
Charlie Chaplin.