Hope Lange
| Hope Lange | |
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Lange in 1968
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| Born |
Hope Elise Ross Lange November 28, 1933 Redding, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | December 19, 2003 (aged 70) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Ischemic colitis |
| Alma mater | Reed College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1942–1998 |
| Spouse(s) |
Don Murray (m. 1956–61) Alan J. Pakula (m. 1963–71) Charles Hollerith, Jr. (m. 1986–2003) |
| Children |
Christopher Murray Patricia Murray |
Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003) was an American film, stage, and television actress.
Lange was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Selena Cross in the 1957 film Peyton Place. In 1969 and 1970, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Carolyn Muir in the sitcom The Ghost & Mrs. Muir.
Lange was born into a theatrical family in Redding, Connecticut. Her father, John George Lange (1885–1942), was a cellist and the music arranger for Florenz Ziegfeld and conductor for Henry Cohen; her mother, Minette (née Buddecke) (1898–1970), was an actress. They had three daughters, Minelda (1922–2004), Joy, (1927–2007), and Hope, and a son, David. John worked in New York City and the family moved to Greenwich Village when Hope was a young child.
Lange sang with other children in the play Life, Laughter and Tears, which opened at the Booth Theatre in March 1942. At age 9, Lange had a speaking part in the award-winning Broadway play The Patriots, which opened in January 1943.
John Lange died in September 1942 but the family stayed in New York City. Minette ran a restaurant on Macdougal Street near Washington Square Park from 1944 to 1956. The name was "Minette's of Washington Square", although some sources confuse it with "Minetta Tavern", an Italian restaurant on Macdougal Street founded in 1937. The entire family worked in the restaurant; the oldest daughter, Minelda, ran the cash register while Joy and Hope waited on tables.
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