JESSICA LANGE
Name: Jessica Phyllis Lange
Born: 20 April 1949 Cloquet, Minnesota, U.S.
Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning
American actress.
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. Her maternal grandparents were of Finnish descent, while her
paternal grandparents were German and Dutch. She studied art briefly at the
University of Minnesota before going to Paris where she studied mime. 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.
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, film critics were not kind to the film.
The unfavorable reviews were devastating but critics took notice when she made
an 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.
Name: Jessica Phyllis Lange
Born: 20 April 1949 Cloquet, Minnesota, U.S.
Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning
American actress.
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. Her maternal grandparents were of Finnish descent, while her
paternal grandparents were German and Dutch. She studied art briefly at the
University of Minnesota before going to Paris where she studied mime. 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.
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, film critics were not kind to the film.
The unfavorable reviews were devastating but critics took notice when she made
an 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.