Hope Lange

Birth Name:

Hope Elise Ross Lange

Birth Place:

Redding, Connecticut, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

According to Don Murray, for a period of two years, Lange was so committed to funding a refugee project that she lived in a home furnished only with crates, a box spring and a mattress
Worked in her mother's restaurant in high school and did some modeling, once appearing on the cover of "Radio-Electronics" wearing a striking contraption called the Man from Mars Radio Hat
Noticed for her beauty, she was often typecast as an ingénue on the silver screen
Some of the rare roles that let her exercise her creative muscles as a talented actress were of a vengeful incest victim in "Peyton Place" and a widow in the sitcom "The Ghost & Mrs․ Muir․"
In high school, she sometimes walked the dog of her neighbor, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
Refused to sign onto a fourth season of "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" because she was annoyed at CBS executives for refusing to show an episode that implied that a married couple was having sex

1958Oscar - Best Actress in a Supporting Role:Nominated
1958Golden Globe - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
1969Golden Globe - Best TV Star - Female:Nominated
1969Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series:Winner
1970Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series:Winner
1973Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:Nominated
1975Gold Medal - Favorite Movie:Nominated
2008TV Land Award - Favorite Character from the "Other Side":Nominated

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