Jessica Phyllis Lange

Jessica Lange - American actress, Hollywood star, whose name is remembered in connection with the cult comedy "Tootsie". Despite the disastrous first experience in the movie "King Kong", the creative biography of the actress was successful.

Appearance in bright roles brought Jessica two Oscars, three Emmy statuettes, five Golden Globes and many other prestigious awards.

On April 20, 1949, the future actress Jessica Lange was born in the American town of Cloquet. The girl was born under the zodiac sign Aries. Her father made a living by working as a traveling salesman, so a family with four children constantly had to film from one place and move to another. Jessica later recalled that as a child, she changed 18 schools.

Frequent travels did not affect her studies - she received good grades. Since childhood, Lang was fond of drawing. Perhaps this was due to the close connection with his father, who looked at the world philosophically, but at the same time gave himself up to emotions like a child.

After high school, Jessica Lange received a scholarship to study at the University of Minnesota, where she studied painting, but a year later she dropped out of college and went to pursue her dream.

She always wanted to go beyond the horizon, to learn the unknown. The 19-year-old Jess was accompanied on this trip by her friend, the Spaniard Paco. With him, the girl drove thousands of kilometers of American roads, lived like a hippie. Jessica got tired of the nomadic life, and she went to Paris to study pantomime.

Soon, the talented girl already performed at the Opera Comic, and at the same time worked as a model, but none of the professions attracted her. Jessica Lange left pantomime and became interested in photography. She lived in Paris for several years until Paco called her back to America.

New York met the girl with hostility - she had to earn a living as a waitress. In her free time, she closed herself off from the world and sat for hours looking into emptiness. One day one of her friends brought her to a modern dance school. Dancing, according to the actress, saved her.

A few months later, Jessica Lange got a job at a modeling agency - a pretty girl with a chiseled figure, 173 cm tall and weighing 52 kg was willingly hired. Paco had already gone blind by that time, and she had to work for two.

At the fashion agency, Lang's photo was seen by the producer of King Kong. He was looking for an actress for the main role and invited the girl to try her hand. Jessica Lange played a screaming girl when she was 27 years old. The reviews were devastating - the actress said that she would never act again, but fate decreed otherwise.

The directors began courting the beautiful Lang and showered her with offers. In 1979, she played an insignificant role in the film "All this jazz", then there was a series of more inconspicuous roles. The turning point in her career was the painting "The Postman Always Calls Three Times": in it the dramatic talent of the actress was fully revealed. At 32, Jessica Lange woke up famous.

Then the filmography of the actress was replenished with iconic pictures of the time - the drama "Francis" and the comedy "Tootsie", which strengthened the reputation of the American. The role in Tootsie turned out to be the only romantic melodrama in Lang's film career. More often she was offered to play stubborn, strong-willed, independent women.

Having become popular, Jessica Lange herself chose roles and set conditions for the producers. In 1996, after filming in "Desire" Tram, she announced the end of her film career, but did not leave the movie. In 1997, two films with Lang's participation were released at once - "A Thousand Acres" and "Cousin Beth". In 2002, the premiere of "Disguised and Nameless" took place, and a year later she starred in "Big Fish".

The actress has many talents, including her passion for photography. Communicating with master photographers, the girl did not dare to professionally start creating artistic images for a long time, and only in the 90s she turned to black and white film to capture another journey in the photo collection. Lang decided to publish her works only in 2008.

So the first collection of "50 photographs" was released, after which the second one, "In Mexico", appeared immediately. Authorship of Jessica Lange owns a book on photography and a children's story "This Story About a Bird".

During her creative career, Jessica recorded one solo album "From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans", a song collection and a number of singles. In 2009, the actress's voice was featured on the soundtrack for the series "Gray Gardens". Also, the artist's musical abilities were used in two seasons of American Horror Story, where in different seasons Jessica appeared in the images of the Supreme Witch Fiona, sister Judy Martin, the heroine Constance Langdon and Elsa Mars.

Jessica Lange also produced the 1984 film Village, where she starred as the main character.

Jessica Lange spent almost 10 years with Paco Grande. The photographer was Jessica's official husband. They registered the relationship in 1970. The actress was still living with him when she met the Russian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov in New York in the mid-70s. Acquaintance radically changed Jessica's personal life. In this relationship, the daughter of Alexander was born. The actress says that there is "a lot of Russian" in her.

Thanks to her husband, the American met the Soviet bard Vladimir Vysotsky, as evidenced by a joint photograph of 1976, in which Milos Forman and Marina Vlady also appeared.

Baryshnikov made her go crazy with jealousy - all the creative elite spoke about his love affairs. The newspapers wrote that the dancer behaves extravagantly, makes Lang cook incomprehensible Russian dishes, periodically raises his hand to her, and often takes his friends to the house. During the first year of living together with Mikhail Baryshnikov, the American actress visited the psychoanalyst 50 times. After the birth of their daughter, the couple's relationship improved, but more like a strong friendship.

In 1981, Jessica Lange was invited to play the role of Frances Framer in the film "Frances" - she had to leave for several months. On the set, the actress met playwright and co-star Sam Shepard. The sympathy that immediately flared up between them turned into love, but the couple diligently hid their relationship. Sam was married and had a son.

After filming, the lovers parted and tried to live as before. They met at the Oscars: Jessica Lange was nominated in two categories at once. Sam Shepard and his wife came to congratulate her - at that moment she realized that she loved him.

From 1982 to 2010, the actors lived together, two children were born in a civil marriage - daughter Hannah Jane Shepard and son Samuel Walker Shepard. Lang says the country clothes and quiet life on her own ranch in Minnesota with loved ones made her much happier than fame and popularity.

At the age of 60, Jessica Lange decided to go to a plastic surgery clinic, despite the fact that she had previously categorically rejected such an opportunity. The actress does not share information with the public about what procedures she resorted to, but according to experts, Jessica did an upper eyelid lift, changed the shape of her cheekbones, and used Botox injections.

The actress became an adherent of Buddhism, which for Lang turned out to be more than just a religion. Over time, Jessica completely eliminated meat from the diet. The actress does not maintain a personal account on Instagram, but grateful fans have created a fan page dedicated to the idol's work.

The artist repeated her production experience in 2017 on the set of eight episodes of the TV series "Feud". Jessica Lange and her co-star Susan Sarandon starred in this film two Hollywood stars - Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, who rivaled for a long time, starting with filming in 1962.

Now the release of the eighth season of the cult series "American Horror Story" is expected, in which Jessica Lange still stars. The participation of the actress is also announced in the anticipated project of Gary Oldman "Flying horse".

1976 - King Kong 1982 - Tootsie 1982 - Francis 1984 - The Village 1986 - King Kong Alive 1992 - Night and the City 1998 - Legacy 1998 - Stories from My Childhood 2003 - "Big Fish" 2006 - "Bonneville" 2009 - "Gray Gardens" 2011-2018 - "American Horror Story" 2017 - "Feud"

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