The award is in recognition of her film career, and she will be in San Sebastián to collect the gong on September 18. The festival runs between the 16th and 24th of September.
Glenn Close joins a list of previous winners which includes Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Woody Allen, Robert de Niro, Francis Ford Coppola, Lauren Bacall, Bette Davis and Gregory Peck, among others.
