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Glenn Close, 68, splits from third husband as she's set to return as Norma Desmond in London production of Sunset Boulevard

Published: 22:21 EST, 23 September 2015 | Updated: 00:31 EST, 24 September 2015

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Glenn Close has divorced her third husband David Shaw over the summer after nine years of marriage.

The news was reported by PageSix.com late Wednesday and the website said the veteran actress now plans to focus full-time on her career.

On Tuesday, it was announced the 68-year-old star will reprise her role as Norma Desmond in a London run of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard starting in April. She won a Tony for the role on Broadway in 1995.

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Split: Glenn Close and third husband David Shaw were divorced over the summer and sources close to the former couple say the actress now plans to focus full-time on her career; here they are seen in 2013

She wed Shaw, a venture capitalist, in 2006 and PageSix.com reported their split is friendly.

'Glenn and David have been telling friends over the summer they are divorcing, and he’ll remain living in Maine while Glenn moves back to New York full-time,' said a source told the New York Post's gossip site.

'They’ve been separated for some time and things are amicable between them.'

The actress’ spokeswoman confirmed the couple are divorced, saying the marriage ended this past summer.

In demand: On Tuesday, it was announced Close, pictured in Milan in April, will reprise her Tony Award-winning role as Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard in London in 2016

Following her divorce from second husband James Marlas in 1987, Close said in an interview that 'men and women are two different species.' She's pictured with the businessman in 1984, the year they married

Close was previously married to guitarist and songwriter Cabot Wade and to businessman James Marlas, both unions lasting less than three years.

Following the end of her marriage to Marlas in 1987, Close told People magazine that marriage suited men more than it did women.

'Too many women define themselves in terms of a man. Look at me. In my marriages I was like an amoeba,' she told the publication in a December 1987 interview.

'Men blossom under the nurturing of a good woman, while women don't often get that benefit from a man,' the actress explained. 'I think of men and women as two different species. Katharine Hepburn said they should live next door and visit each other once in a while. Not a bad idea.'

The actress, who's been nominated for six Oscars but never won, has a daughter with producer John Starke. The couple are pictured together at the 63rd Academy Awards in 1991

Lover: The Dangerous Liaisons star was engaged for four years to carpenter Steve Beers whom she met while starring on Broadway. They're seen here arriving at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles in 1994

Close has also been in relationships with actor Len Cariou and producer John Starke, with whom she has a daughter Annie, 27.

She was also engaged for four years to carpenter Steve Beer whom she met while starring in Sunset Boulevard on Broadway in the mid-1990s.

The actress was also romantically linked to actor Robert Pastorelli who found fame as Candice Bergen's house painter in the TV series Murpy Brown.

The pair met in 1999 and Pastorelli went on to star opposite Close in a TV version of the musical South Pacific in 2001 and on stage opposite her in a 2002 production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

Pastorelli was found dead in his Hollywood Hills home in 2004 at the age of 49.

Tragedy: Close was linked to actor Robert Pastorelli from 1999 to 2004. The murph Brown star was found dead of a morphine overdose at his Hollywood Hills home in September 2004 at the age of 49

These days, Close is in as much demand as ever and is currently filming a new movie Wilde Wedding with her Dangerous Liaisons co-star John Malkovich.

She recently wrapped production on the family drama The Great Gilly Hopkins with Kathy Bates and Julia Stiles and is starring with Noomi Rapace and Willem Dafoe in the sci-fi thriller What Happened To Monday?

She's also got another film in the can - She Who Brings Gifts, a horror movie co-starring Paddy Considine and Gemma Arterton.

Career focused: Close, seen earlier this year, has two new films in the can and is currently filming the sci-fi thriller What Happened To Monday? with Willem Dafoe and Wilde Wedding with John Malkovich