Jessica Lange

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April 20, 1949

Jessica Phyllis Lange

Spouse: Francisco Grande (m: 1970–81)

Partners:br
Mikhail Baryshnikov (1976–82)

Samuel Shepard (1982–20009)

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Actress

American Horror Story (TV series) (13 episodes, 2011-2012)

The Vow (2012)

One More River (2010)

Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Sybil (2007) (TV)

Bonneville (2006)

Neverwas (2005)

Don't Come Knocking (2005)

Broken Flowers (2005)

Big Fish (2003)

Masked and Anonymous (2003)

Normal (2003) (TV)

Prozac Nation (2001)

Titus (1999)

Cousin Bette (1998)

Hush (1998)

"Stories from My Childhood"

A Thousand Acres (1997)

A Streetcar Named Desire (1995) (TV)

Rob Roy (1995)

Losing Isaiah (1995)

Blue Sky (1994)

Night and the City (1992)

O Pioneers! (1992) (TV)

Cape Fear (1991)

Men Don't Leave (1990)

Music Box (1989)

Everybody's All-American (1988)

Far North (1988)

Crimes of the Heart (1986)

Sweet Dreams (1985)

Country (1984)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984) (TV)

Frances (1982)

Tootsie (1982)

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)

All That Jazz (1979)

King Kong (1976)

Producer

Country (1984) (producer)

Appearances

18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special) (2012)

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special) (2012)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series) (2 episodes, 2009-2011)

Miradas 2 (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2011)

The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special) (2010)

Entertainment Tonight (6 episodes, 2008-2009)

The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009) (TV)

The 63rd Annual Tony Awards (2009) (TV)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (1 episode, 2009)

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (1 episode, 2009)

The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2009 (TV)

The View (3 episodes, 2005-2008)

Richard & Judy (1 episode, 2007)

Broken Flowers: Start to Finish (2006) (uncredited)

The Peace! DVD (2005)

The Needs of Kim Stanley (2005)

Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines (2004)

The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards 2004 (TV)

"HBO First Look" (1 episode, 2004)

"HARDtalk"(1 episode, 2003)

'Masked & Anonymous' Exposed (2003)

XXI Century (2003)

Nobel Peace Prize Concert (2002) (TV)

Premio Donostia a Jessica Lange (2002) (TV)

"Bravo Profiles" (1 episode, 2002)

The Making of 'Cape Fear' (2001)

A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances (2001)

Biography(1 episode, 2000)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (3 episodes, 1997-2000)

The Making of 'Titus' (2000) (uncredited)

The American Film Institute Salute to Dustin Hoffman (1999) (TV)

"Intimate Portrait" (1 episode, 1998)

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997) (uncredited)

The 68th Annual The Academy Awards 1996 (TV)

The 67th Annual The Academy Awards 1995 (TV)

Inside the Actors Studio (1 episode, 1995)

"A Century of Women" (1994) (voice)

A Century of Cinema (1994)

The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Nicholson (1994) (TV)

Myrna Loy Remembered (1993) (TV)

The 62nd Annual The Academy Awards 1990 (TV)

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett & Beyond (1990) (TV)

The 58th Annual The Academy Awards 1986 (TV)

The American Film Institute Salute to Billy Wilder (1986) (TV)

The 57th Annual The Academy Awards 1985 (TV)

The 55th Annual The Academy Awards 1983 (TV)

Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981) (uncredited)

Academy Awards

1995 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Blue Sky (1994)

1990 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Music Box (1989)

1986 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Sweet Dreams (1985)

1985 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Country (1984)

1983 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Tootsie (1982)

1983 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Frances (1982)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2012 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actress on Television for: "American Horror Story" (2011)

BAFTA Awards

1984 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for: Tootsie (1982)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

1983 Won BSFC Award Best Supporting Actress for: Tootsie (1982)

Emmy Awards

2009 Won Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for: Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

2003 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for: Normal (2003) (TV)

1996 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for: A Streetcar Named Desire (1995) (TV)

Film Society of Lincoln Center

2006 Gala Tribute

Fotogramas de Plata

1982 Nominated Fotogramas de Plata Best Foreign Movie Performer (Mejor intérprete extranjero) for: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

Golden Globe Awards

2012 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for: "American Horror Story" (2011)

2010 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for: Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

2004 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for: Normal (2003) (TV)

1998 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: A Thousand Acres (1997)

1996 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: A Streetcar Named Desire (1995) (TV)

1995 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Blue Sky (1994)

1993 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: O Pioneers! (1992) (TV)

1990 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Music Box (1989)

1985 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Country (1984)

1983 Won Golden Globe Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture for: Tootsie (1982)

1983 Nominated Golden Globe Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Frances (1982)

1977 Won Golden Globe Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Female for: King Kong (1976)

Gracie Allen Awards

2004 Won Gracie Individual Achievement for Best Female Lead - Drama - Special for: Normal (2003) (TV)

Joseph Plateau Awards

1986 Won Joseph Plateau Award Best Actor

1985 Won Joseph Plateau Award Best Actress

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards


1983 Won KCFCC Award Best Supporting Actress for: Tootsie (1982)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1994 Won LAFCA Award Best Actress for: Blue Sky (1994)

Moscow International Film Festival

1983 Won Prize Best Actress for: Frances (1982)

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

1983 Won NSFC Award Best Supporting Actress for: Tootsie (1982)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1982 Won NYFCC Award Best Supporting Actress for: Tootsie (1982)

Prism Awards

2009 Nominated Prism Award Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries for: Sybil (2007) (TV)

San Sebastián International Film Festival

2002 Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

Sant Jordi Awards

1996 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera) for: Blue Sky (1994)

1986 Nominated Sant Jordi Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera) for: Sweet Dreams (1985)

Satellite Awards

2011 Won Special Achievement Award Outstanding Performance In A TV Series for: "American Horror Story" (2011)

2009 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for: Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

2004 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for: Normal (2003) (TV)

2000 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama for: Titus (1999)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2012 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
for: "American Horror Story" (2011)

2010 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for: Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

1995 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for: Blue Sky (1994)

Taormina International Film Festival

2009 Won Taormina Arte Award

Verona Love Screens Film Festival

1999 Won Best Actress for: A Thousand Acres (1997). Shared with: Michelle Pfeiffer
Jennifer Jason Leigh

Western Heritage Awards

1993 Won Bronze Wrangler Television Feature Film for: O Pioneers! (1992) (TV). Shared with: Craig Anderson (executive producer); Glenn Jordan (producer/director); David Strathairn (actor); Robert W. Lenski (writer); Willa Cather (novel)

Women in Film Crystal Awards

2000 Won Crystal Award

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It took Sydney Pollack a long time to get me to do Tootsie (1982). I asked myself if I wanted to play some frothy, ditzy character after I had just done Frances (1982). Obviously, I'm thrilled that I did.

To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there.

In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on.

Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise.

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Jessica Lange grew up wanting a career in painting or dance, until a screening of the French film 'Children of Paradise' (1945) persuaded her to study mime with the renowned mime teacher Etienne Decroux in 1971.

she is the daughter of Dorothy Florence (née Sahlman; 1913–98) and Albert John Lange (1913–89), a teacher and traveling salesman. Her maternal grandparents were of Finnish descent, while her paternal grandparents were German and Dutch.

Her only husband, Paco Grande, was a photographer. They met in 1968 and married two years later. He began losing his sight from retinitis pigmentosa in the early 1970s. They did not divorce until 1982, following a long separation, and she paid him alimony afterwards.

She tends to eschew blockbuster parts to play only those characters that interest her. She excels in playing regional characters, especially Midwestern and Southern women.

She is a big supporter for rights of the Monks of Nepal.

Between modeling jobs, she waitressed at the Lion's Head in Greenwich Village.

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).

Attended the Guthrie Theater Drama School at the prestigious Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Received the Anton Chekhov Fine Arts Award.

Is of Polish and Finnish descent

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.

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