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Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1931 -
December 19, 2003) was an United States|American
stage, film, and television actress.

Born into a theatrical family at Redding Ridge,
Connecticut, Lange was only 12 when she made her
Broadway in The Patriots. Following her father’s
passing, she worked as a waitress in her
mother’s Greenwich Village restaurant and
sometimes walked the dog of former First Lady of
the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt who had a
nearby apartment. When her photo appeared in the
newspaper, she received an offer to work as a New
York City advertising model that eventually led to
a return to acting in the early 1950’s when she
began working in television. The demure and
sophisticated blonde actress came to prominence in
her first film role in Bus Stop (movie)|Bus Stop
with Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray (actor)|Don
Murray whom she married on April 14, 1956. As a
result of favorable reviews, she landed a major
role in the then risqué 1957 film, Peyton Place
(film)|Peyton Place. Her strong performance earned
her a nomination for a Golden Globe Award and the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Divorced from Don Murray, with whom she had two
children, she left acting after her October 19,
1963 marriage to producer-director Alan J. Pakula.
Following their divorce five years later she
resumed her career, starring from 1968 to 1970 in
the popular TV series, The Ghost And Mrs. Muir for
which she earned two Emmy Awards and a Golden
Globe Award nomination.. This success was followed
by three seasons on The New Dick Van Dyke Show.

Dedicated to her craft, Lange earned the respect
of audiences and peers alike. For more than fifty
years she appeared in numerous motion pictures,
made-for-television movies, a variety of
television shows, as well as making a 1977 return
to the Broadway stage where her acting career
began.

In 1986 she married theatrical producer, Charles
Hollerith with whom she remained until her passing
in December of 2003 in Santa Monica, California,
as a result of ischemic colitis infection.

Filmography:
*Bus Stop (movie)|Bus Stop (1956)
*Peyton Place (film)|Peyton Place (1957)
*The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
*The Young Lions (1958)
*In Love and War (1958)
*The Best of Everything (1959)
*Wild in the Country (1961)
*Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
*Love is a Ball (1963)
*Jigsaw (1968)
*Death Wish (1974)
*The Prodigal (1983)
*A Nightmare on Elm Street|A Nightmare on Elm
Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
*Blue Velvet (1986)
*Tune in Tomorrow (1990)
*Clear and Present Danger (1994)
*Just Cause (1995)
*Before He Wakes (1998)