List of Jessica Lange performances

Lange interviewed by FOX at the PCM in 2012

The filmography of Jessica Lange comprises both film and television roles. In a career spanning over 40 years, she has appeared in overall 36 feature films, seven TV movies, and nine series.[1] In addition to theater arts,[2] her name has been credited in other works of non-fiction, such as documentaries.[1] According to Box Office Mojo, thirty-one of Lange's feature films have grossed a total of approximately $1 billion worldwide with an average of $33.74 million per title.[3][n. 1]

Lange's acting debut was in the monster movie King Kong (1976),[1] for which she received her first Golden Globe Award,[5][6] which was followed by a role in the musical All That Jazz (1979), her second role in the 1970s.

Throughout the 1980s, she starred in ten major motion pictures,[1] five of which earned her Academy Award nominations[7] and four at the Golden Globes,[5] respectively.[n. 2] Winning both awards for her role in Tootsie (1982),[5][7] her other notable roles included the films Frances (1982), Country (1984) (so far also her only work she also co-produced), Sweet Dreams (1985), and Music Box (1989). Simultaneously, the actress made her first appearance on stage in the summer theater production Angel on My Shoulder (1980),[2] as well as making her debut on TV, starring in a remake of the Tennessee Williams' play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984), her only contribution to the medium over that period of time.[1]

The subsequent decade, Lange played a line-up of additional leads of comparable quality, appearing in ten theatrical films and three television productions. Among others, her 1990s titles included Men Don't Leave (1990), O Pioneers! (1992), Blue Sky (1994), A Streetcar Named Desire (1995), A Thousand Acres (1997), and Titus (1999).[1] In the 1990s, the actress was nominated for one Oscar, which she won,[7] four Golden Globes, winning two,[5] and an Emmy; her first nomination ever.[10] She would also receive additional nominations for some then newly established accolades, such as the Screen Actors Guild Award[11][12] and Satellite Award,[13][n. 3] being nominated once each. Beside playing her first one-off voice role for television,[1] she reprised her role in another play by Williams for the Broadway's stage Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 1992, for which she received a Theater World Award[2] and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Best Actress – Play, respectively.[17]

As Lange reached her fifties, her screen career began to decline. In exchange, though, Lange found a place most notably on TV. As a result of starring in three productions, such as Normal (2003), Sybil (2007) and Grey Gardens (2009),[1] she extended her accolades with two Golden Globe nominations[5] and an Emmy award.[10] She would also earn additional two Satellite Awards nominations,[13] and a second SAG Award nomination.[11][18][n. 4] On screen, however, the actress mainly played secondary roles. Aside from Bonneville (2006), her only lead part from the 2000s, she would mainly join supporting casts in six major films following the start of the millennium.[1] She also continued to appear on stage on at least two separate occasions; in Long Day's Journey into Night (2000) at the London's Lyric Theatre,[2] recognized with a Laurence Olivier Award nomination,[21] and in The Glass Menagerie (2005), back again at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City.[2] In 2009, she contributed to a soundtrack composed by Rachel Portman for Grey Gardens as a lead vocalist.[22]

In the 2010s, Lange gained new recognition by starring in FX's horror anthology, American Horror Story (2011–2015, 2018). The show has exposed her work to a new generation of TV viewers, earning her four Emmy nominations, of which she won two,[10][23] four Golden Globe nominations, earning one win,[5][24] three SAG award nominations,[25] winning her first,[25][26] and two Satellite Award nominations, having won in a special achievement category.[13][27] Among others, she has also received four nominations for the Critics' Choice TV Awards, earning one trophy,[28] as well as four nominations for the Saturn Awards[29] and one People's Choice Awards nomination.[30] On screen in the 2010s, she played three supporting roles: in the romantic drama The Vow (2012), the erotic thriller In Secret (2013), and a remake of the 1974 crime film The Gambler in 2014.[31] Her most recent appearances include the dramedy web series Horace and Pete (2016) and the road trip comedy film Wild Oats (2016). On stage, Lange reprised her 2000 role in a Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night,[32][33] In 2017, Lange starred in FX's new series Feud: Bette and Joan as Joan Crawford. In 2018, Lange reprised her role of Constance Langdon in American Horror Story: Apocalypse, while in 2019, she co-starred in Netflix's series The Politician.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i For complete filmography of Jessica Lange, including the works produced by herself and/or her archive footage, use the IMDb-link:
    • "Jessica Lange – Filmography – Actress – Producer – Self – Archive Footage". IMDb. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Jessica Lange – Biography – Famous Works – Stage Appearances". Film Reference. Advameg. Film Reference. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  3. ^ For box office revenues of Jessica Lange's feature films, use the single Mojo links attached in the section "Feature films," depending on a film release.
  4. ^ "Jessica Lange – Acting credits – Totals / Averages". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. the-numbers.com. Retrieved June 26, 2014. [Worldwide] Totals: $1,046,189,714; [Worldwide] Averages: $33,748,055
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Jessica Lange – Wins / Nominations". Golden Globe Award. HFPA. goldenglobes.org. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  6. ^ "Golden Globes – 1976 – The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. HFPA. goldenglobes.org. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d To review Jessica Lange's Academy Awards and/or nominations, use the awardsdatabase.oscars.org-link inputing her first and last name in the field "Nominee": "Jessica Lange – Research & Preservation – Resources & Databases – Academy Awards Database". Academy Award. AMPAS. oscars.org. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  8. ^ "4 Golden Globe Awards To 'Born on 4th of July'". The New York Times. Associated Press. January 22, 1990. nytimes.com. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  9. ^ "The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". Academy Award. AMPAS. oscars.org. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  10. ^ a b c "Jessica Lange – Awards & Nominations". Emmy Award. ATAS/at=emmys.com |NATAS. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  11. ^ a b c To review Jessica Lange's Screen Actors Guild awards and/or nominations, use the sagawards.org-links inputing her first and last name in the field "Advanced Search" for the main link:
  12. ^ "The Inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Award. SAG. sagawards.org. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  13. ^ a b c d To review Jessica Lange's (Golden) Satellite Awards and/or nominations, use her IMDb-link or the pressacademy.com-link for the years starting 2005, when the accolades originally established as Golden Satellite Awards were renamed to Satellite Awards:
  14. ^ Hardmod Carlyle, Nicolao. "Golden Satellite Awards 1999". Foyles. W & G Foyle Ltd. foyles.co.uk. Archived from the original on April 20, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  15. ^ "International Press Academy – About – About the IPA". International Press Academy. IPA. pressacademy.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012. Originally known as The Golden Satellite Awards, the name was changed in 2003.
  16. ^ "Satellite Awards – Awards – Satellite Award/Golden Satellite Award". IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved September 18, 2012. Golden Satellite Award: Given: 1997–2005. Satellite Award: Given: 2005–.
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  18. ^ "The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Award. SAG. sagawards.org. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  19. ^ Accomando, Beth (January 17, 2010). "The 67th Golden Globes: Avatar Takes Top Awards". KPBS. San Diego State University. kpbs.org. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  20. ^ "The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Award. SAG. sagawards.org. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  21. ^ "Laurence Olivier Awards – Olivier Winners 2001 – Best Actress". Society of London Theatre. SLT. officiallondontheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  22. ^ "Jessica Lange – Discography – Credits". AllMusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  23. ^ "Nominees/Winners – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – 2012". Emmy Award. ATAS. emmys.com. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  24. ^ "Golden Globes – 2011 – The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2012)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. HFPA. goldenglobes.org. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  25. ^ a b "Jessica Lange's awards". IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  26. ^ "The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Award. SAG. sagawards.org. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  27. ^ "Awards – Past Winners – 2011". International Press Academy. IPA. pressacademy.com. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  28. ^ To review Jessica Lange's Critics' Choice Television Awards and/or nominations, use the criticschoice.com-links depending on a year:
  29. ^ To review Jessica Lange's Saturn Award and/or nominations, use either the IMDb or saturnawards.org-links depending on a year:
  30. ^ "People's Choice Awards 2015 – Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress". One Three Digital. OTD. peopleschoice.com. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  31. ^ "The World Premiere of The Gambler to Play AFI Fest Presented by Audi". AFI. October 13, 2014. afifestpress.afi.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  32. ^ Matt Windman (September 2, 2013). "Jessica Lange returning to Broadway in 'Long Day's Journey into Night'". BroadwayWorld. Broadway World. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.produced by Ryan Murphy, for which she won a Tony Award.
  33. ^ Knight, James (December 13, 2013). "'American Horror Story Coven:' Jessica Lange Leaving After Season 4". cdn.classicalite.com. Music Times. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.


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