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Jessica Lange: Biography

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Birth Name: Jessica Phyllis Lange
Birth Place: Cloquet, MN
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/20/1949, Aries
Profession: Actor

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Jessica Lange Fast Facts:

Won an art scholarship to the University of Minnesota, but dropped out to travel with Spanish photographer Paco Grande, whom she later married and divorced.
Studied mime in Paris with Marcel Marceau's teacher, Etienne Decroux.
Initially worked as a model for the Wilhelmina Agency before making her film debut as the female lead in the notorious 1976 remake of King Kong.
Former boyfriend — director, writer and choreographer Bob Fosse — cast her as the Angel of Death in his 1979 semi-autobiographical film All That Jazz.
Breakthrough role was in the 1981 remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice.
In 1982, she became the first actress in over four decades to be nominated for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscars in the same year.
Made Broadway debut in a 1992 revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, playing Blanche DuBois. She returned to Broadway in 2005 as Amanda Wingfield in a revival of Williams' The Glass Menagerie.

Jessica Lange Relationships:
Al Lange - Father
Alexandra (Shura) Baryshnikov - Daughter
Bob Fosse - Ex-significant Other
Dorothy Lange - Mother
George Lange - Brother
Hannah Jane Shepard - Daughter
Jane Lange - Sister
Mikhail Baryshnikov - Ex-significant Other
Paco Grande - Ex-husband
Sam Shepard - Significant Other
Samuel Walker Shepard - Son
Jessica Lange Awards:
2003 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
1996 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
1982 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1984 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1985 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1989 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1994 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
1982 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Winner
1993 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1996 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Winner
2004 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1983 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1985 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1990 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1995 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
1998 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1983 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Winner
1977 Golden Globe: New Star of the Year - Actress - Winner
College:
Attended University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN