Glenn Close Discusses Mental Illness on GMA

Actress Glenn Close may have portrayed mentally ill women in films, but she didn't learn of her sister Jessie's bipolar disorder until recently. Now her family's working to lift the stigma from mental illness, she tells GMA.

Updated Apr. 25, 2017 12:12PM ET / Published Oct. 21, 2009 7:08AM ET

Actress Glenn Close may have portrayed mentally ill women in films, but she didn't learn of her sister Jessie's bipolar disorder until recently. Now her family's working to lift the stigma from mental illness, she tells GMA.