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Jessica Lange(I)

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Jessica Lange was born in 1949, in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA, where her father worked as a traveling salesman. She obtained a scholarship to study art at the University of Minnesota, but instead went to Paris to study drama. She moved to New York, working as a model, until producer Dino De Laurentiis cast her as the female lead in King Kong (1976). The film attracted much unfavorable comment and, as a result, Lange was off the screen for three years. She was given a small but showy part in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz (1979), before giving a memorable performance in Bob Rafelson's The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), as an adulterous waitress. The following year, she won rave reviews for her exceptional portrayal of actress Frances Farmer in Frances (1982) and a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her work in Sydney Pollack's Tootsie (1982) (as a beautiful soap-opera actress). She was also outstanding as country singer Patsy Cline in Karel Reisz's Sweet Dreams (1985) and as a lawyer who defends her father and discovers his past in Music Box (1989). Other important films include Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991) (as a frightened housewife) and Tony Richardson's Blue Sky (1994), for which she won a Best Actress Academy Award as the mentally unbalanced wife of a military officer. She made her Broadway debut in 1992, playing "Blanche" in Tennessee Williams "A Streetcar Named Desire".
BornApril 20, 1949
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BornApril 20, 1949
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  • Won 2 Oscars
    • 44 wins & 85 nominations total

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Jessica Lange in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Jessica Lange, Mark Casimir Dyniewicz Jr., and Heather Wynters
Jessica Lange and Marc John Jefferies in Losing Isaiah (1993)
Jessica Lange and Ivan Urgant in Evening Urgant (2012)
Jessica Lange in Sweet Dreams (1985)
Dennis Quaid and Jessica Lange in Everybody's All-American (1988)
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Tommy Lee Jones and Jessica Lange in Blue Sky (1994)
Jessica Lange in King Kong (1976)
Jessica Lange in Cape Fear (1991)
Jessica Lange in Cape Fear (1991)
Juliette Lewis and Jessica Lange in Cape Fear (1991)

Known for

Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie (1982)
Tootsie
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  • Julie Nichols
  • 1982
King Kong (1976)
King Kong
5.9
  • Dwan
  • 1976
Tommy Lee Jones and Jessica Lange in Blue Sky (1994)
Blue Sky
6.4
  • Carly Marshall
  • 1994
Jessica Lange in Frances (1982)
Frances
7.2
  • Frances Farmer
  • 1982

Credits

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Actress

  • Untitled Marlene Dietrich Netflix Project
    • Pre-production
    • TV Mini Series
  • Places, Please
    • Lillian Hall
    • In Production
  • Long Day's Journey Into Night
    • Mary Tyrone
    • Post-production
  • Liam Neeson, Alan Cumming, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Danny Huston, Diane Kruger, and François Arnaud in Marlowe (2022)
    Marlowe
    • Dorothy Quincannon
    • 2022
  • Bette Midler, Judith Light, and Ben Platt in The Politician (2019)
    The Politician
    • Dusty Jackson
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • American Horror Story (2011)
    American Horror Story
    • Constance Langdon
    • Elsa Mars
    • Fiona Goode ...
    • TV Series
    • 2011–2018
  • Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange in Feud (2017)
    Feud
    • Joan Crawford
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2017
  • Shirley MacLaine and Jessica Lange in Wild Oats (2016)
    Wild Oats
    • Maddie
    • 2016
  • Horace and Pete (2016)
    Horace and Pete
    • Marsha
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2016
  • Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Brie Larson, and Tina Wang in The Gambler (2014)
    The Gambler
    • Roberta
    • 2014
  • Scorsese's Women (2014)
    Scorsese's Women
    • Star
    • Video
    • 2014
  • Jessica Lange, Elizabeth Olsen, and Oscar Isaac in In Secret (2013)
    In Secret
    • Madame Raquin
    • 2013
  • Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum in The Vow (2012)
    The Vow
    • Rita Thornton
    • 2012
  • Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange in Grey Gardens (2009)
    Grey Gardens
    • Big Edie
    • TV Movie
    • 2009
  • Jessica Lange and Tammy Blanchard in Sybil (2007)
    Sybil
    • Dr. Cornelia Wilbur
    • TV Movie
    • 2007
  • Joan Allen, Kathy Bates, and Jessica Lange in Bonneville (2006)
    Bonneville
    • Arvilla Holden
    • 2006
  • Aaron Eckhart, Ian McKellen, and Brittany Murphy in Neverwas (2005)
    Neverwas
    • Katherine Pierson
    • 2005
  • Don't Come Knocking (2005)
    Don't Come Knocking
    • Doreen
    • 2005

Producer

  • Feud
    • executive producer
    • Released
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2017
  • Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange in Feud (2017)
    Feud
    • producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2017
  • Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard in Country (1984)
    Country
    • producer
    • 1984

Soundtrack

  • Großstadtrevier (1986)
    Großstadtrevier
    • performer: "Life On Mars? (From American Horror Story)", "Gods And Monsters (From American Horror Story)"
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • American Horror Story (2011)
    American Horror Story
    • performer: "Heroes"
    • performer: "September Song"
    • performer: "Life on Mars?" (uncredited) ...
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2015
  • Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange in Grey Gardens (2009)
    Grey Gardens
    • performer: "Tea For Two", "I Won't Dance", "We Belong Together", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"
    • TV Movie
    • 2009
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Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
  • Born
    • April 20, 1949
    • Cloquet, Minnesota, USA
  • Spouse
    • Francisco Paco GrandeJuly 29, 1970 - July 1982 (divorced)
  • Children
      Aleksandra "Shura" Lange Baryshnikov
  • Parents
      Dorothy Sahlman
  • Relatives
      Ann Lange(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared as "Mary Tyrone" in Eugene O'Neill's "Long Days Journey Into Night" at the Lyric Theater, West End, London, with Paul Rudd, Charles Dance and Paul Nicholls in the cast; 11/00-3/01. Robin Phillips was the director.
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Biographical Movies
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 9 Interviews
    • 13 Articles
    • 12 Pictorials
    • 47 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#64).
  • Quotes
    It took Sydney Pollack a long time to get me to do Tootsie (1982). I asked myself if I wanted to play some frothy, ditzy character after I had just done Frances (1982). Obviously, I'm thrilled that I did.
  • Trademarks
      Platinum blonde hair
  • Nickname
    • Jessie
  • Salaries
      Losing Isaiah
      (1993)
      $1,500,000

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