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...