Jessica Lange
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Jessica Lange (born April 20, 1949 in Cloquet, Minnesota) is an American screen and stage actress. Most recently, she debuted also as a photographer.
Despite for being considered as one of the most respected actresses of her generation, she has not become part of the Hollywood mainstream scene. In contrast to her fellow Meryl Streep, Lange has continued to work with moderate commercial success outside of the spotlight, while appearing often in independent films following the millennium. In response to, the artist was in 2006 "crowned" by the international webzine PopMatters, which is known for cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture, the Anti-Streep icon of modern era.
The actress may be most notable for her performance of Frances Farmer (ranked #85 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time in 2006) in Frances, and Tootsie. Both from 1982, for which she was nominated on Oscars ... Show more...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Jessica Lange (born April 20, 1949 in Cloquet, Minnesota) is an American screen and stage actress. Most recently, she debuted also as a photographer.
Despite for being considered as one of the most respected actresses of her generation, she has not become part of the Hollywood mainstream scene. In contrast to her fellow Meryl Streep, Lange has continued to work with moderate commercial success outside of the spotlight, while appearing often in independent films following the millennium. In response to, the artist was in 2006 "crowned" by the international webzine PopMatters, which is known for cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture, the Anti-Streep icon of modern era.
The actress may be most notable for her performance of Frances Farmer (ranked #85 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time in 2006) in Frances, and Tootsie. Both from 1982, for which she was nominated on Oscars in two categories at the same time, becoming the first such female case since 1942. Her other significant roles featured Patsy Cline in Sweet Dreams (1985), Carly Marshall in Blue Sky (1994), Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1995), Irma Applewood in Normal (2003), and Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens (2009). Amongs other, she has won two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, and lately an Emmy Award.
After three decades in front of the camera, Lange has realized her dream of being on the other side of the lens, and published in 2008 her own collection of black-and-white photographs, simply entitled 50 Photographs (powerHouse Books). Their exhibition, along with series of her films, was presented at the eldest international museum of photography and film George Eastman House, to be awarded by the first GEH Honors Award in 2009. Since 1982, Lange has lived with the Pulitzer Prize-winner, Sam Shepard.
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The Gambler (2014)
As: Roberta
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must ...
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
Stars: Brie Larson | Mark Wahlberg | John Goodman | Jessica Lange | Michael Kenneth Williams
In Secret (2013)
As: Madame Raquin
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Based on Emile ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Charlie Stratton
Stars: Tom Felton | Oscar Isaac | Matt Lucas | Jessica Lange | Elizabeth Olsen
The Vow (2012)
As: Rita Thornton
Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Michael Sucsy
Stars: Rachel McAdams | Scott Speedman | Sam Neill | Jessica Lange | Channing Tatum
Grey Gardens (2009)
As: Big Edie
Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis raised as Park Avenue débutantes but who withdrew from New York society, taking shelter at their Long Island summer home, "Grey Gardens." As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Michael Sucsy
Stars: Jeanne Tripplehorn | Ken Howard | Kenneth Welsh | Jessica Lange | Drew Barrymore
Sybil (2008)
As: Dr. Cornelia Wilbur
A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Stars: Tammy Blanchard | Ron White | Jessica Lange | JoBeth Williams | Alison Murray
Bonneville (2006)
As: Arvilla
Three women take a road trip to Santa Barbara in order to deliver the ashes of one of their dead husbands to his resentful daughter. Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden hijacks her two best friends and sets off in a vintage '66 Bonneville convertible.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Christopher N. Rowley
Stars: Tom Skerritt | Kathy Bates | Joan Allen | Evan May | Erin May
The Peace! (2005)
As: Herself
Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals, religious leaders and community organizers are getting tough with their questions about peace -- and that's no oxymoron. To shed light on the answers, filmmakers Gabriele Zamparini and Lorenzo Meccoli record a variety of speakers, including Noam Chomsky, Desmond Tutu, Scott Ritter, Pete ...
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Gabriele Zamparini
Stars: Danny Glover | Harry Belafonte | Angela Davis | Greg Palast | Amy Goodman
Neverwas (2005)
As: Katherine Pierson
Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, 'Millwood'. What he doesnt reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson (Nick Nolte), spent many years of his life.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Joshua Michael Stern
Stars: Aaron Eckhart | Ian McKellen | Nick Nolte | Brittany Murphy | Jessica Lange
Broken Flowers (2005)
As: Carmen
As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Stars: Bill Murray | Tilda Swinton | Jessica Lange | Sharon Stone | Julie Delpy
Don't Come Knocking (2005)
As: Doreen
Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child somewhere out there...
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Stars: Tim Roth | Sarah Polley | Sam Shepard | Jessica Lange | Eva Marie Saint
Big Fish (2003)
As: Older Sandra Bloom
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Tim Burton
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Ewan McGregor | Albert Finney | Jessica Lange | Billy Crudup
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
As: Nina Veronica
Amidst unrest, organizers put on a benefit concert.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Larry Charles
Stars: Penélope Cruz | Jeff Bridges | John Goodman | Jessica Lange | Bob Dylan
Normal (2003)
As: Irma Applewood
A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Jane Anderson
Stars: Clancy Brown | Tom Wilkinson | Jessica Lange | Richard Bull | Hayden Panettiere
The Making of 'Cape Fear' (2001)
As: Herself
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Laurent Bouzereau
Stars: Robert De Niro | Nick Nolte | Martin Scorsese | Jessica Lange | Wesley Strick
Prozac Nation (2001)
As: Mrs. Wurtzel
Elizabeth is on the verge of losing her grip on life after she leaves her emotionally fraught home to start college. Quickly, her life takes a turn for the worse: She clashes with her roommate and decides her boyfriend, Rafe, is her sole salvation. Her psychiatrist prescribes Prozac … but is that her only choice?
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Erik Skjoldbjærg
Stars: Michelle Williams | Anne Heche | Christina Ricci | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Jason Biggs
Titus (1999)
As: Tamora
Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.
Runtime: 162 min.
Directed by: Julie Taymor
Stars: Matthew Rhys | Anthony Hopkins | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Jessica Lange | Osheen Jones
Cousin Bette (1998)
As: Cousin Bette
Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another ...
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Des McAnuff
Stars: Bob Hoskins | Elisabeth Shue | Jessica Lange | Kelly Macdonald | Hugh Laurie
Hush (1998)
As: Martha Baring
Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection for Helen, and, despite her Southern smile, she's starting to act strangely. As Helen tries to create a happy home life, Martha attempts to divide the family so ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Darby
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Johnathon Schaech | Debi Mazar | Jessica Lange | Nina Foch
A Thousand Acres (1997)
As: Ginny Cook Smith
A THOUSAND ACRES is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land. It is the story of a father, his daughters, and their husbands, and their passion to subdue the history of their land and its stories.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Stars: Colin Firth | Michelle Pfeiffer | Jessica Lange | Jason Robards | Jennifer Jason Leigh
A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
As: Blanche DuBois
Blanche Dubois goes to visit her pregnant sister and husband Stanley in New Orleans. Stanley doesn't like her, and starts pushing her for information on some property he know was left to the sisters. He discovers she has mortgaged the place and spent all the money, and wants to find out all he can about her. Even more friction develops between the two while they are in the apartment together...
Runtime: 156 min.
Directed by: Glenn A. Jordan
Stars: Diane Lane | John Goodman | Matt Keeslar | Jessica Lange | Alec Baldwin
Rob Roy (1995)
As: Mary MacGregor
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Runtime: 139 min.
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
Stars: John Hurt | Tim Roth | Liam Neeson | Jessica Lange | Eric Stoltz
Losing Isaiah (1995)
As: Margaret Lewin
Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she ...
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson | David Strathairn | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Jessica Lange | Halle Berry
Blue Sky (1994)
As: Carly Marshall
Hank Marshall is a tough, square-jawed, straitlaced Army engineer and nuclear science expert, assigned to help conduct weapons-testing in 1950's America. Hank has become a thorn in the side of the Army, though, for a couple of very different reasons. He is an outspoken opponent of atmospheric testing, though his superiors hold contrary views and want to squelch his concerns...and his reports. The other ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Tony Richardson
Stars: Powers Boothe | Tommy Lee Jones | Carrie Snodgress | Jessica Lange | Amy Locane
Night and the City (1992)
As: Helen Nasseros
Looking to get rich quick, an unsuccessful lawyer uses dishonest means to try to become a boxing promoter.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Irwin Winkler
Stars: Robert De Niro | Jack Warden | Jessica Lange | Cliff Gorman | Alan King
O Pioneers! (1992)
As: Alexandra Bergson
A young woman inherits her father's farm after he dies. Over the years, she overcomes challenges and turns it into a success, all the while yearning for her childhood love to return.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Glenn A. Jordan
Stars: Anne Heche | David Strathairn | Reed Diamond | Jessica Lange | Tom Aldredge
Cape Fear (1991)
As: Leigh Bowden
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends ...
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Robert De Niro | Nick Nolte | Juliette Lewis | Jessica Lange | Joe Don Baker
Men Don't Leave (1990)
As: Beth Macauley
After her husband John dies unexpectedly, Beth Macauley is unprepared for life without him. She is unemployed with no job skills and $60,000 in debt from on-going renovations to their house located in suburban Bingham. She doesn't know what to do but sell what material possessions she has, such as the family pick-up truck and the house, and move into an apartment in the city, namely Baltimore. Beth ...
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Paul Brickman
Stars: Joan Cusack | Kathy Bates | Jessica Lange | Chris O'Donnell | Arliss Howard
Music Box (1989)
As: Ann Talbot
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Stars: Lukas Haas | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Donald Moffat | Jessica Lange | Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Far North (1988)
As: Kate
After being severly injured in a horse-riding accident,the family patriarch Bertram lies in a hospital bed plotting revenge against Mel, the four legged "enemy" he blames for putting him there. So when his eldest daughter Kate comes to visit,the father has but one request "Shoot that horse!" Meanwhile back at the house, Kate's mom is losing her grip on reality and Kate's sister Rita has her own ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Sam Shepard
Stars: Donald Moffat | Jessica Lange | Charles Durning | Ann Wedgeworth | Tess Harper
Everybody's All-American (1988)
As: Babs Rogers Grey
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads ...
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Stars: Timothy Hutton | John Goodman | Jessica Lange | Dennis Quaid | Carl Lumbly
Crimes of the Heart (1986)
As: Meg Magrath
Three sisters with quite different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, has just shot her husband. The oldest sister, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather and is turning into an old maid, while Meg, who tries to make it in Hollywood as a singer/actress, has had a wild life filled with many men. Their reunion causes much joy, but also many tensions.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Stars: Diane Keaton | Sam Shepard | Jessica Lange | Sissy Spacek | Gregory Eugene Travis
Sweet Dreams (1985)
As: Patsy Cline
Lange stunningly portrays Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country singer who died in a tragic plane crash.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Karel Reisz
Stars: Ed Harris | Jessica Lange | Ann Wedgeworth | David Clennon | James Staley
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1985)
As: Maggie
Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Runtime: 144 min.
Directed by: Jack Hofsiss
Stars: Tommy Lee Jones | Rip Torn | Jessica Lange | Penny Fuller | Kim Stanley
Country (1984)
As: Jewell Ivy
Gilbert Ivy and his wife Jewell are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gilbert has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but his wife decides to fight for her family.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Richard Pearce
Stars: Matt Clark | Sam Shepard | Jessica Lange | Wilford Brimley
Tootsie (1982)
As: Julie Nichols
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego -- Dorothy Michaels -- in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Stars: Teri Garr | Dabney Coleman | Jessica Lange | Charles Durning | Dustin Hoffman
Frances (1982)
As: Frances Farmer
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: Graeme Clifford
Stars: Sam Shepard | Jonathan Banks | Jessica Lange | Bart Burns | Kim Stanley
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
As: Cora Papadakis
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Stars: Michael Lerner | Anjelica Huston | Jessica Lange | Jack Nicholson | John Colicos
How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
As: Louise
Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford, as the title states, the high cost of living. Jane cannot afford a babysitter or get married and if she wants privacy with her boyfriend, she has to sleep in the car. Even worse, her war veteran father comes to live with her to turn her life upside down. Louise lives a happy life with her veterinarian husband, ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Robert Scheerer
Stars: Jessica Lange | Richard Benjamin | Jane Curtin | Eddie Albert | Susan Saint James
All That Jazz (1979)
As: Angelique
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Bob Fosse
Stars: Ben Vereen | Jessica Lange | Roy Scheider | Ann Reinking | Leland Palmer
King Kong (1976)
As: Dwan
In this remake of the 1933 classic about the giant ape, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of Kong and brings him back to New York to exploit him. Even though a woman somewhat tames Kong, he finally breaks loose and terrorizes the city, and as the military attempt to stop him, he falls to his death from the top of the World Trade Center.
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: John Guillermin
Stars: Jeff Bridges | Charles Grodin | Jessica Lange | Rene Auberjonois | John Randolph