Jessica Lange From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Jessica Lange Lange at the 1990 Academy Awards Born Jessica Phyllis Lange April 20, 1949 (1949-04-20) (age 59) Cloquet, Minnesota, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1976–present [show]Awards won Academy Awards Best Actress 1994 Blue Sky Best Supporting Actress 1982 Tootsie Golden Globe Awards Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Female 1977 King Kong Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture 1983 Tootsie Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1995 Blue Sky Best Actress - Miniseries 1996 A Streetcar Named Desire 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. Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links [edit] Biography [edit] 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][3][4] 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. [edit] 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). Lange in King Kong (1976)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. [edit] 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, Aleksandra (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."[5] [edit] Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1976 King Kong Dwan Golden Globe 1979 All That Jazz Angelique 1980 How to Beat the High Co$t of Living Louise 1981 Notre Dame of the Cross uncredited documentary 1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice Cora Papadakis 1981 The Best Little Girl in the World TV 1982 Tootsie Julie Nichols Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe; Nominated - BAFTA Award 1982 Frances Frances Farmer Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress; Nominated - Golden Globe 1984 Country Jewell Ivy Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress; Nominated - Golden Globe 1985 Sweet Dreams Patsy Cline Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress 1985 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Maggie TV 1986 Crimes of the Heart Margaret 'Meg' Magrath 1988 Far North Kate 1988 Everybody's All-American Babs Rogers Grey 1989 Music Box Ann Talbot Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress; Nominated - Golden Globe 1990 Men Don't Leave Beth Macauley 1991 Cape Fear Leigh Bowden 1992 O Pioneers! Alexandra Bergson Nominated - Golden Globe 1992 Night and the City Helen Nasseros 1994 A Century of Cinema Herself documentary 1994 Blue Sky Carly Marshall Academy Award for Best Actress; Golden Globe 1995 Losing Isaiah Margaret Lewin 1995 Rob Roy Mary MacGregor 1995 A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBois Golden Globe; Nominated - Emmy Award 1997 A Thousand Acres (film) Ginny Cook Smith Nominated - Golden Globe 1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's Herself uncredited; documentary 1998 Hush Martha Baring 1998 Cousin Bette Cousin Bette 1999 Titus Tamora 2001 Prozac Nation Mrs. Wurtzel 2003 XXI Century documentary 2003 Masked and Anonymous Nina Veronica 2003 Big Fish Older Sandra Bloom 2003 Normal Irma Applewood Nominated - Emmy Award; Nominated - Golden Globe 2004 Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines Narrator documentary 2005 The Needs of Kim Stanley documentary 2005 Broken Flowers Carmen 2005 Don't Come Knocking Doreen 2005 Neverwas Katherine Pierson 2006 Bonneville Arvilla 2007 Sybil Dr. Cornelia Wilbur TV 2009 Grey Gardens "Big Edie" Awards and achievements Preceded by Marilyn Hassett Golden Globe for Best New Actress 1977 for King Kong (not awarded for individual work, but King Kong was her only work to that point) Succeeded by Irene Miracle Preceded by Maureen Stapleton for Reds Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1982 for Tootsie Succeeded by Linda Hunt for The Year of Living Dangerously Preceded by Joan Hackett for Only When I Laugh Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture 1983 for Tootsie Succeeded by Cher for Silkwood Preceded by Holly Hunter for The Piano Academy Award for Best Actress 1994 for Blue Sky Succeeded by Susan Sarandon for Dead Man Walking Preceded by Holly Hunter for The Piano Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1995 for Blue Sky Succeeded by Sharon Stone for Casino Preceded by Joanne Woodward for Breathing Lessons Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television 1996 for A Streetcar Named Desire (play) Succeeded by Alfre Woodard for Miss Evers' Boys [edit] References ^ Jessica Lange Biography (1949-) ^ Jessica Lange genealogy. Rootsweb.com. ^ Jessica Lange as Willa Cather's Prairie Heroine - ""I'm half Finnish and half Dutch and German," she said" ^ http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/archives/1990/9001170071.asp ^ White House: Kerry Should Apologize for Filthy Fund-Raiser. Newsmax.com. 9 July 2004. [edit] External links Jessica Lange at the Internet Movie Database Jessica Lange at the Internet Broadway Database Jessica Lange commentary on the Iraq War Jessica Lange biographical page PopMatters.com, Jessica Lange: The Anti-Streep [show]v • d • eAcademy Award for Best Actress Katharine Hepburn (1981) · Meryl Streep (1982) · Shirley MacLaine (1983) · Sally Field (1984) · Geraldine Page (1985) · Marlee Matlin (1986) · Cher (1987) · Jodie Foster (1988) · Jessica Tandy (1989) · Kathy Bates (1990) · Jodie Foster (1991) · Emma Thompson (1992) · Holly Hunter (1993) · Jessica Lange (1994) · Susan Sarandon (1995) · Frances McDormand (1996) · Helen Hunt (1997) · Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) · Hilary Swank (1999) · Julia Roberts (2000) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete list · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001-present) [show]v • d • eAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress Maureen Stapleton (1981) · Jessica Lange (1982) · Linda Hunt (1983) · Peggy Ashcroft (1984) · Anjelica Huston (1985) · Dianne Wiest (1986) · Olympia Dukakis (1987) · Geena Davis (1988) · Brenda Fricker (1989) · Whoopi Goldberg (1990) · Mercedes Ruehl (1991) · Marisa Tomei (1992) · Anna Paquin (1993) · Dianne Wiest (1994) · Mira Sorvino (1995) · Juliette Binoche (1996) · Kim Basinger (1997) · Dame Judi Dench (1998) · Angelina Jolie (1999) · Marcia Gay Harden (2000) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete list · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001-present) Persondata NAME Lange, Jessica ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lange, Jessica Phyllis SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1949 PLACE OF BIRTH Cloquet, Minnesota, U.S. DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lange" Categories: 1949 births | People from Carlton County, Minnesota | American female models | American film actors | Best Actress Academy Award winners | Best Drama Actress Golden Globe (film) winners | Best Miniseries or Television Movie Actress Golden Globe winners | Best Supporting Actress Academy Award winners | Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe (film) winners | Dutch Americans | Finnish Americans | German-Americans | Living people | Minnesota actors