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The answer to your question is "no". Let $G=GL(2,\mathbb C) \times GL(2,\mathbb C)$ act on $X=GL(2, \mathbb C)$ by $(A,B)\cdot C= ACB^{-1}.$ The orbit of the matrix $x=\smat{ 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 \\\ }$ is $X$. (Hence it is closed.) Let $H$ be the subgroup of matrices of the form $\smat{ a & 0 \\ 0 & a^{-1}\\\ } \times \smat{ a & 0 \\\ 0 & a^{-1}\\\ } \subset G$. Then $Hx= \smat{ 1 & b \\\ 0 & 1\\\ }$, for $b\ne 0$. Hence $Hx$ is not closed.

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