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Hope Lange of 'Peyton Place' Dies at 70 (posted 12/21/03)
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Posted on 12/21/2003 6:44:55 PM PST by veronica
Hope Lange, Film Star Who Earned Oscar Nomination for 'Peyton Place' in 1957, Dies at 70
SANTA MONICA, Calif. Dec. 21 Hope Lange, who starred opposite Hollywood's top actors over a decades-long career and earned an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in the 1957 film "Peyton Place," has died, her husband said Sunday. She was 70.
Lange died Friday at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica after suffering an infection caused by an intestinal inflammation known as ischemic colitis, said her husband, Charles Hollerith.
Lange split her time between homes in Los Angeles' Westwood section and New York City, said Hollerith, a former theatrical producer and vice president of the Actors' Fund of America.
Lange starred in dozens of films and television shows and captured two Emmy awards for her role in the series "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" in the late 1960s, her husband said.
Her big-screen credits included "The Best of Everything" in 1959 with Joan Crawford, "The Young Lions" in 1958 with Marlon Brando and "Peyton Place" with Lana Turner. More recently, she was in 1986's "Blue Velvet" and 1994's "Clear and Present Danger."
Actor Don Murray, who was married to Lange for several years in the 1950s, said Lange combined good looks and acting prowess.
"She was considered a great beauty who was also a serious and dedicated actor who didn't pay attention to being glamorous," Murray said.
Murray said her looks even intimidated Marilyn Monroe, who wanted Lange's naturally blonde hair dyed light brown in their 1956 film "Bus Stop."
"Marilyn complained about sharing the screen with another blonde," said Murray, who also starred in the movie. "I guess she felt competition because Hope was a young beauty."
Lange is survived by her husband, a son, actor Christopher Murray, a daughter, Patricia Murray, and two grandchildren.
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To: sauropod
"Seems to me this woman said some anti-American stuff..."
THAT was JESSICA Lange - not Hope Lange. Your posting is irresponsible.
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posted on
12/21/2003 7:21:20 PM PST
by
mdefranc
To: Jhensy
"It was Jeff Goldblum who made his screen debut as one of the street punks who brutalize Hope Lange and her daughter in Death Wish. I'm sure he's real proud of that."
Oh Please...
To: sauropod
Seems to me this woman said some anti-American stuff last year or late the year before overseas. Something about being ashamed to be an American (said in France, I believe). That was Jessica Lange. Hope Lange was of the Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Bob Hope, Clark Gable, etc. generation. When Hollywood was pro-America, and patriotic, that is.
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posted on
12/21/2003 7:28:08 PM PST
by
veronica
(Monterey County Film Commission Screenwriting Contest /ATTN:FR writers/FReepmail me)
To: Jhensy
keep in mind they were "play-acting" and I'll bet in between takes they were all laughing, telling jokes, etc.
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posted on
12/21/2003 7:30:42 PM PST
by
isom35
To: Hildy
She was lovely...The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.I remember that show. Even though I was a young boy, I noticed that she was...not too shabby.
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posted on
12/21/2003 7:39:35 PM PST
by
FlyVet
To: veronica
Sweet dreams, Mrs. Muir.
To: veronica
Whoops!! Sorry.
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posted on
12/21/2003 7:46:39 PM PST
by
sauropod
("If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.")
To: ExSoldier
Jeff Goldblum was one of the rapists
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posted on
12/21/2003 7:47:18 PM PST
by
packrat35
(reality is for people who can't face science fiction)
To: mdefranc
I suppose YOUR memory is perfect???
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posted on
12/21/2003 7:47:31 PM PST
by
sauropod
("If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.")
To: veronica
She was a very good actress, and certainly beautiful. Rest in peace.
To: sauropod
Jessica Lange is looking pretty hagged out these days, but you couldn't mistake her for seventy.
To: veronica
Damn, when I was in high school, she was hot!!
To: hellinahandcart; All
Alright already! Same friggin' last name ok?
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posted on
12/21/2003 8:04:55 PM PST
by
sauropod
("If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.")
To: IronJack
Our sensitivities do seem to have come about, so to speak.
To: ETERNAL WARMING
Sweet dreams, Mrs. Muir < sniff> allergies.
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posted on
12/21/2003 8:07:41 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Merry Yuletide Festival to All!)
To: speedy
Hey, I had forgotten about that "New Dick Van Dyke Show." It was set in Phoenix, as I recall My dad got see the New Dick Van Dyke Show back when it filmed at the Van Dyke Studios. I think it was just outside of Phoenix-- In Carefree.
At that time polo shirts weren't exactly as regular wear as they are now-a-days. My dad was near the front row wearing slacks and a polo shirt. Dick Van Dyke looked at him and quipped, "Are you playing through?"
To: Jhensy
At the time Goldblum came along, it was an apt piece of casting to have him appear next to the consummate ugly movie star, Bronson. It prepared us all for the homely lot that came after; anyway, with their clothes off it hardly matters.
To: HungarianGypsy
Good story. Yes, and now that you mention it, Carefree sounds right. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
12/21/2003 8:10:50 PM PST
by
speedy
To: sauropod
Right, and you had a hangover the day they did hand-grenade drill too, I suppose.
To: veronica
A sweet classy blonde. One of a group of non-sexbomb type blonde-haired actresses, like Deborah Kerr, who I categorize as "The Lambs". Completely womanly without ever being coquettish.
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