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Date of Birth

28 November 1933, Redding Ridge, Connecticut, USA

Date of Death

19 December 2003, Santa Monica, California, USA (ischemic colitis infection)

Birth Name

Hope Elise Ross Lange

Height

5' 1¾" (1.57 m)

Spouse

Charles Hollerith, Jr.	(29 January 1986 - 19 December 2003) (her death)
Alan J. Pakula	(19 October 1963 - 1971) (divorced)
Don Murray	(14 April 1956 - 1961) (divorced) 2 children

Trivia

Father was the music arranger for Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..

With husband Don Murray they had a son, the actor Christopher Murray, and a daughter, Patricia. The marriage was dissolved in 1961.

In 1968, Lange turned to television, taking on the role of Carolyn Muir in the popular series "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir" (1968). She won two consecutive Emmys for that role in 1969 and 1970.

Lange earned the only Oscar nomination of her career for her supporting role in the provocative film Peyton Place (1957) in which she murders her rapist stepfather.

Made her acting debut on Broadway at the age of 11 in Sidney Kingsley's play "The Patriots".

When she co-starred with Marilyn Monroe on Bus Stop (1956), Monroe disliked the presence of a younger blonde and sent a series of memos to producers and the director, even suggesting that Lange be made to dye her hair brown.

For two years, Lange lived in a sparsely furnished home with crates for coffee tables and only a box spring and mattress for her bed. "She put all her money into the refugee project because that is the kind of person she was", Don Murray said.

Daughter of composer/arranger/conductor Arthur Lange.

As of 2008, she is the only deceased cast member of the Nightmare on Elm Street films.

Delivered a stirring eulogy at the funeral for her close friend, Natalie Wood.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 323-324. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.

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