Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange is an American stage and film actress who became famous for her early roles in movies The Postman Always Rings Twice and Tootsie. With over 50 stage and screen credits, Lange was won two Academy Awards and four Golden Globes.

Fast Facts

Born: April 20, 1949
Origin: Cloquet, Minnesota
Current Residence: New York City, New York
Has one child with Mikhail Baryshnikov
Has two children with Sam Shepard
Was one of the Wilhelmina Models
Beat out Meryl Streep for the role of Patsy Cline in Sweet Dreams
Lived in Paris to study mime
Current goodwill ambassador for UNICEF

Early Life

Born to a teacher and salesman, Lange studied at the University of Minnesota and then in Paris where she worked with Etienne Decroux as a mime. In 1973 she returned to New York City and took acting lessons while modeling and waitressing. It wasn't until 1976 that she was cast in her big screen debut, a remake of King Kong. While the movie was panned and her career almost destroyed before it began, she was given a second chance in a remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice in 1981.

Memorable Roles

Known at times to play women on the edge, Lange's performance as Frances Farmer in Frances earned the actress her first Academy Award nomination in 1982. In the same year she was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Tootsie. She continued with challenging roles, playing Patsy Cline in Sweet Dreams, a volatile wife of an Army engineer in Blue Sky, and the wife of a husband about to transition into becoming a woman in Normal.

Categories

Entertainment | Actresses | Film Actresses

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Jessica Lange Biographies and Profiles

Jessica Lange Timeline

Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

1949: Born on April 20
1976: King Kong - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1981: The Postman Always Rings Twice - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1982: Tootsie - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1986: Crimes of the Heart - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1991: Cape Fear - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1994: Blue Sky - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1995: A Streetcar Named Desire - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2005: Don't Come Knocking - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2008: Bonneville - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

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Related Pages on Mahalo

Sam Shepard | Dino DeLaurentis | Mikhail Baryshnikov | King Kong | Crimes of the Heart | All That Jazz | Tootsie | Bonneville | Sybil

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