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Actor Born: November 28, 1931 in Redding Ridge, CT Death: December 17, 2003 in Santa Monica, CA Biography:The daughter of show folk, "Hope Lange" was 12 when she appeared in her first Broadway play, "Sidney Kingsley"'s The Patriots. Fourteen years later, with dozens of plays and TV programs to her credit, Lange made her screen debut in "Bus Stop" (1956), managing to garner critical and audience attention despite her omnipresent co-star "Marilyn Monroe" (Lange's first husband was "Bus Stop" leading man "Don Murray"). Signed to a 20th Century Fox contract, Lange was Oscar nominated for her performance in "Peyton Place" (1957) and was equally impressive in such films as "The Young Lions" (1957) and "The Best of Everything" (1959).
In the early 1960s, Lange was briefly linked romantically with "Glenn Ford", who insisted that she co-star with him in "Pocketful of Miracles", a fact that inspired a stream of published invective from the film's director, "Frank Capra", who'd wanted "Shirley Jones" for the... Full Biography
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