Jessica Lange Profile
| Full Name: | Jessica Lange - Contact Jessica Lange |
| Birth Name: | Jessica Phyllis Lange |
| Famous As: | Actress |
| Date of Birth: | April 20, 1949 |
| Place of Birth: | Cloquet, Minnesota |
| Height: | 5' 8? |
| Nationality: | American |
| Hair Color: | Blonde |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Relationships: | Bob Fosse (1975), Mikhail Baryshnikov (1976-1982), Sam Shepard (since 1982) |
| Father: | Al Lange |
| Mother: | Dorothy Lange |
| Brother(s): | George Lange (younger, pilot) |
| Sister(s): | Jane Lange (older), Ann Lange (older) |
| Spouse: | Paco Grande (1970 - 1982) |
| Son(s): | Samuel Walker Shepard (b. June 14, 1987) |
| Daughter(s): | Hannah Jane Shepard (b. 1985), Alexandra Baryshnikov (b. 1981) |
| Education: | Graduated from Cloquet High School in Cloquet, Minnesota
Attended University of Minnesota
Attended Guthrie Theater Drama School |
| Claim to Fame: | As Frances Farmer in Frances (1982) |
Jessica Lange News and Gossip
New York Observer - Found Aug. 21, 2008
Next on her agenda? Writing the intro for a new book of photography by Jessica Lange.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune - Found Jul. 25, 2008
The Stillwater home owned by Hollywood couple Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard is back on the market for just a smidge under $2 million.
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TwinCities.com - Found Jul. 25, 2008
Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard's estate on Stillwater's North Hill is on the market again.
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TwinCities.com - Found Jul. 24, 2008
Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard's estate on Stillwater's North Hill is back on the market once again.
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Galway Advertiser - Found Jul. 17, 2008
I am given a very gentle warning just moments before I walk into my interview with screen legend Jessica Lange.
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Columbia Daily Tribune - Found Aug. 3, 2008
Jessica Lange's house for sale Published A house in Stillwater, Minn., owned by actress and Minnesota native Jessica Lange can be yours for just less ...
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Berkshire Eagle - Found Jul. 29, 2008
- A house in Stillwater owned by actress and Minnesota native Jessica Lange can be yours for just under $2 million. Lange and her longtime...
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Poughkeepsie Journal - Found Jul. 28, 2008
- A house in Stillwater owned by actress and Minnesota native Jessica Lange can be yours for a little less than $2 million. Lange and her longtime...
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The Team 1260 - Found Jul. 28, 2008
- A house in Stillwater owned by actress and Minnesota native Jessica Lange can be yours for just under $2 million. Lange and her longtime...
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KIMA TV - Found Jul. 28, 2008
(AP) - A house in Stillwater owned by actress and Minnesota native Jessica Lange can be yours for just under $2 million.Lange and her longtime...
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Russia: Jessica Lange fights HIV stigma. (6260)
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"Frances" - mother and daughter confrontation
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Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American stage and screen actress who, among many other accolades, has won two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Biography
Early life
Lange, the third of four children, was born in Cloquet, Minnesota, the daughter of Dorothy Florence (née Sahlman) and Albert John Lange, who was a teacher and salesman.[1] Her maternal grandparents were of Finnish descent, while her paternal grandparents were German and Dutch.[2] She studied art briefly at the University of Minnesota before going to Paris where she studied mime with Étienne Decroux. She returned to New York City in 1973 and took acting lessons while working as a waitress and a fashion model for the Wilhelmina modeling agency.
Career
In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis cast her in his motion picture remake King Kong, which started and almost ended her career. Although the King Kong remake was a top moneymaker for Paramount Pictures, critics were not kind to the film and Lange did not appear in another film for three years, when Bob Fosse cast her as the glamorous figure of death in All That Jazz. The unfavorable reviews were devastating but critics took notice with her impressive turn in Bob Rafelson's remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981).
Her performance in her next film, Frances (1982), in which she portrayed actress Frances Farmer, was highly lauded and earned her a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actress. She received two nominations that year, the other as Supporting Actress in the comedy Tootsie (1982), for which she won. She continued giving impressive performances through the 80s and 90s in films such as Sweet Dreams (1984) (playing country/western singer Patsy Cline), Music Box (1989), Men Don't Leave (1990), and Blue Sky (1994) for which she won the Best Actress Academy Award.
In 1992, Lange made her Broadway debut opposite Alec Baldwin in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. In 2000, she appeared on the London stage as Mary Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night. In 2005, she returned to Broadway in another Tennessee Williams' play, The Glass Menagerie with actor Christian Slater.
Personal life
Lange was married to photographer Paco Grande from 1970-1981. Since 1982, she has lived with playwright/actor Sam Shepard. She has three children, Alexandra (born 1981) with dancer/actor Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Hannah Jane (born 1985) and Walker Samuel (born 1987) with Shepard. Lange currently lives in New York City.
Lange is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. She has also been a public critic of President George W. Bush, once calling his administration, "a self-serving regime of deceit, hypocrisy and belligerence".[3]
Filmography
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