Jessica Lange - Biography

Last Editor: bassein30				Jessica Lange Biography -   Name : Jessica Lange Birth Date : April 20, 1949 Birth Place : Cloquet, Minnesota, USA Height : Jessica Phyllis Lange Birth Name : Cloquet High School in Cloquet, Minnesota; University of Minnesota (majored in Fine Arts); studied mime under Etienne Decroux for two years in Paris Height : 5' 7½ Nationality : American Occupation : Actress

Jessica Lange Trivia -

Born at 11:00am-CST Has had long time relationship with actor Sam Shepard (1982-present). Lange has three children - Alexandra "Shura", b. 1981 (whose father is Mikhail Baryshnikov), Hanna Jane Shepard (January 13, 1986) and Samuel Walker Shepard(born June 14, 1987; goes by middle name). Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#64). [1995] She is a big supporter for rights of the Monks of Nepal. Lived in Minnesota with Sam and their children for a few years, but now living in New York (2004). Between modeling jobs, she waitressed at the Lion's Head in Greenwich Village. In 1970s Manhattan, Lange was represented by Wilhelmina Models, the same agency that later discovered Gia Carangi'. Her interpretation of the pushed-to-the-limit Cora in the remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) was partially inspired by the downbeat life of B-movie actress Barbara Payton. In a Rolling Stone interview, Lange mentioned how she thought her character might have first drifted to Hollywood as an aspiring starlet, and costar Jack Nicholson gave her Payton's lurid, tell-all autobiography "I Am Not Ashamed" to look over on the set. Coincidentally, Lange and the blonde Payton were both born in Cloquet, Minn. She is one of the elite ten thespians to have been nominated for both a Supporting and Lead Acting Academy Award in the same year for their achievements in two different movies. The other nine are Fay Bainter, Teresa Wright, Cate Blanchett, Barry Fitzgerald (he has been nominated in both categories for the same role in the same movie), Sigourney Weaver, Al Pacino, Emma Thompson, Holly Hunter, Julianne Moore and Jamie Foxx. Beat Meryl Streep for the role of Patsy Cline in Sweet Dreams (1985), according to Streep. Streep said it was one of the few if not the only role she ever went after. Then later said that she couldn't however, imagine the movie without her (Lange). Measurements: 34B-22-34 (modeling in Paris in 1973), 36C-24 1/2-35 (in 1990), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Best Actress for her performance in "Long Day's Journey into Night" at the Lyric Theatre. Attended the Guthrie Theater Drama School at the prestigious Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Received the Anton Chekhov Fine Arts Award. Daughter Shura (Alexandra) Baryshnikov, whose father is Mikhail Baryshnikov, graduated from Marlboro College in Vermont, the same college that Chris Noth attended in the 70s. [2003] Is of Polish and Finnish descent Her performance as Frances Farmer in Frances (1982) is ranked #85 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006). Daughter of Dorothy (b. 1913) and Al Lange, a teacher (1913-1989). Has two older sisters named Ann Lange and Jane Lange and a younger brother named George Lange who is a pilot. She was one of the favorite actresses of Benazir Bhutto. Had a fall at her home in Minnesota on March 17, 2009, breaking her collarbone and dislocating her arm. After an overnight stay in the hospital, she was released the next day.

Jessica Lange Detailed Biography -

Born on 20 April 1949, Cloquet, Minnesota; Jessica Lange is the third of four siblings whose father was a traveling salesman, and mom a homemaker. The family moved frequently around Minnesota due to her father's constant change in work, and Jessica found comfort and a way to cope with her feelings of displacement by escaping into her imagination. Though Jessica had little interest in acting as a child, she was attracted by the glamour of Hollywood; "Gone With The Wind" was in particular one of her favorite films. Although she acted in high school, it was Lange's interest in painting and art that won her a scholarship to the University of Minnesota. It was while in University that Jessica met Paco Grande, a Spanish photographer, and chose to drop out of school in order to accompany him on a cross-country artistic odyssey. Eventually they wed and spent the next couple of years living out of Grande's pickup. But circumstances later parted their ways and Lange found herself in Paris, where she studied acting and mime. Finding herself Stateside, Jessica supported herself waitressing while she continued to study acting and painting. In order to supplement her income, she took up modelling, signing with the Wilhemina Agency. This lead to Dino De Laurentiis spotting her and casting her opposite Jeff Bridges in the hairy remake of "King Kong", which almost ruined her career as a serious actress before it even began. After ardently pursuing, but losing, the supporting role opposite Jack Nicholson in "Goin' South", Jack was impressed with her enough to promise that one day they would work together. That time came when they teamed up for the steamy remake of "The Postman Always Rings Twice", a role which quickly restored faith in critics nationwide. Lange proved their faith was not misplaced when she snagged a double Oscar nomination the very next year for her electrifying role in "Frances," and emotionally comedic masterpiece in "Tootsie", the later winning her the Best Supporting Actress statuette. During the '80s, Jessica continued to deliver complex, critically lauded performances in such films as "Country" and "Sweet Dreams", both of which brought her Best Actress Oscar nominations. Her fourth Best Actress nomination came with her role in 1990's "Music Box", but oddly enough it was a small film that was released two years after its completion that finely brought Jessica her Best Actress win. The movie was "Blue Sky". Jessica has three children, Alexandra, by Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Hannah Jane and Samuel Walker, by Sam Shepard, her longtime companion.