Jessica Lange

Q: Has Jessica Lange won any Academy Awards?

Yes, Jessica Lange has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for 'Tootsie' (1982) and Best Actress for 'Blue Sky' (1994).

Q: What was Jessica Lange's first film?

Jessica Lange's first film was 'King Kong' released in 1976, where she played the role of Dwan, which launched her acting career.

Q: How many children does Jessica Lange have?

Jessica Lange has two children: Shura Baryshnikov and Hannah Jane Shepard. Both daughters have pursued creative careers.

Q: What is Jessica Lange's estimated net worth?

Jessica Lange's estimated net worth is around $20 million, reflecting her successful career in acting over several decades.

Q: What are some key milestones in Jessica Lange's filmography?

Key milestones include her breakthrough role in 'King Kong', her Oscar-winning performances in 'Tootsie' and 'Blue Sky', and her acclaimed work in 'American Horror Story'.

Q: What awards has Jessica Lange received throughout her career?

In addition to her two Academy Awards, Jessica Lange has received multiple Golden Globe Awards, Emmy Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards for her performances.

Q: Is Jessica Lange involved in any charitable activities?

Yes, Jessica Lange is known for her philanthropic efforts, particularly in support of arts education and environmental causes.

Known for

Cape Fear (1991)

IMDb 7.3 / 10

1991 / Crime, Thriller / 128 min

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years...

Name

Jessica Lange

Height

5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Born

20 April 1949, Cloquet, Minnesota, USA

Spouses

Sam Shepard (1971–1982)

Children

2: Shura Baryshnikov, Hannah Jane Shepard

Parents

Albert John Lange, Dorothy Florence (née Sahlman) Lange

Estimated Net Worth

$20 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Long Day's Journey into Night Over the course of a day, a married couple, Mary and James Tyrone, and their two sons, Jamie and Edmund,...	Mary Tyrone	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2024	Movie The Great Lillian Hall Lillian Hall, a Broadway actress, has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious career. Yet in rehearsals for a...	Lillian Hall	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2023	Movie Marlowe Private detective Philip Marlowe becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a wealthy Californian family after a beautiful blonde hires him...	Dorothy Quincannon	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2019	TV The Politician Payton has known since childhood that he's going to be president. First he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political...	Dusty Jackson	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2018	Movie Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco Sex Fashion and Disco is a documentary film concerning Antonio Lopez (1943-1987), the most influential fashion illustrator of 1970s Paris...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	TV FEUD Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford...	Joan Crawford	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	TV FEUD Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford...	Lillie Mae Faulk	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2016	Movie Wild Oats Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected...	Maddie	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2016	TV Horace and Pete The owners of a dive bar in Brooklyn, Horace and Pete, along with bar regulars share their experiences and lives...	Marsha	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2014	Movie The Gambler Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when...	Roberta	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2014	TV Variety Studio: Actors on Actors PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations...	Self	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2014	Movie Scorsese's Women Five amazing actresses who have starred in Martin Scorsese's films come together in imaginary cinematic scenarios. Each leading lady has...	Star	Not rated
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2014	Movie In Secret In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering...	Madame Raquin	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2012	Movie Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story In this video-short go behind the scenes with the cast of "American Horror Story" on how the show is made.	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2012	Movie Shepard & Dark An indelible portrait of the complex relationship between playwright and actor Sam Shepard and his close friend Johnny Dark as...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2012	Movie The Vow Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma....	Rita Thornton	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2011	TV American Horror Story An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum,...	Sister Jude Martin	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2011	TV American Horror Story An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum,...	Fiona Goode	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2011	TV American Horror Story An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum,...	Elsa Mars	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2011	TV American Horror Story An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum,...	Constance Langdon	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2009	Movie Grey Gardens Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis raised as Park Avenue débutantes...	Big Edie	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2008	Movie A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' Documentary about the making of the 1982 film, featuring interviews with the cast and crew.	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2007	Movie Sybil A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.	Dr. Cornelia Wilbur	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2006	Movie Bonneville Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden enlists her two best friends and sets off in a vintage...	Arvilla Holden	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2005	Movie The Peace! Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals,...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2005	Movie Neverwas Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the...	Katherine Pierson	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2005	Movie El Fantasma de la Libertad o cuánto valen 3 mil toneladas de uranio empobrecido A documentary chronicling the demonstrations against the invasion of Iraq.	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie Don't Come Knocking Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish...	Doreen	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2005	Movie Broken Flowers An introverted man receives an anonymous letter from an ex-lover informing him that he has a son who may be...	Carmen	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2004	Movie Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines The work of women peace-builders in five countries, including Afghanistan, Burundi, Bosnia, Argentina and the U.S.	Self - Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2003	Movie Big Fish Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his...	Sandra Bloom (senior)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2003	TV The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2003	Movie Masked and Anonymous A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart,...	Nina Veronica	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2003	Movie Prozac Nation When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the...	Mrs. Wurtzel	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	Movie Normal A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.	Irma Applewood	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2001	Movie The Making of 'Cape Fear' A retrospective documentary on the making of Cape Fear (1991) and Cape Fear (1962).	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2001	Movie A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances The making of FRANCES, a retrospective documentary.	Herself	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1999	Movie Titus Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest...	Tamora	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1998	Movie Cousin Bette In 19th century Paris, Bette Fischer, a poor and homely spinster, forms an alliance with the seductive courtesan Valerie Marneffe...	Cousin Bette	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1998	Movie Hush Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother,...	Martha Baring	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1997	Movie A Thousand Acres The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile...	Ginny Cook Smith	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1995	Movie A Streetcar Named Desire A fading Southern Belle moves in with her sister in New Orleans where her ferocious brother-in-law takes stabs at her...	Blanche DuBois	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1995	Movie Rob Roy In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future,...	Mary MacGregor	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1995	Movie Losing Isaiah Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day...	Margaret Lewin	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1994	Movie Blue Sky Hank Marshall is a tough, square-jawed, straitlaced Army engineer and nuclear science expert, assigned to help conduct weapons testing in...	Carly Marshall	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1994	TV Inside the Actors Studio James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1993	TV Intimate Portrait Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews...	Self	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1993	TV Late Show with David Letterman David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1992	Movie Night and the City Looking to get rich quick, an unsuccessful lawyer uses dishonest means to try to become a boxing promoter.	Helen Nasseros	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1992	Movie O Pioneers! A young woman inherits her father's farm after he dies. Over the years, she overcomes challenges and turns it into...	Alexandra Bergson	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1991	Movie Cape Fear Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have...	Leigh Bowden	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1990	Movie Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond The life and career of two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, who battled tuberculosis and manic-depression but always remained a star.	Self - Host	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1990	Movie Men Don't Leave A widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life, encountering numerous eccentric...	Beth Macauley	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1989	Movie Music Box A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.	Ann Talbot	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1988	Movie Far North After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original...	Kate	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1988	Movie Everybody's All-American Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen...	Babs Rogers Grey	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1986	Movie King Kong Lives After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail,...	Dwan (archive footage)	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1986	Movie Crimes of the Heart Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.	Meg Magrath	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1985	Movie Sweet Dreams The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height...	Patsy Cline	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1984	TV Hollywood '84	Self	Not rated
1984	Movie Country Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost...	Jewell Ivy	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1984	Movie Cat on a Hot Tin Roof An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real...	Maggie	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1983	Movie Notre Dame de la Croisette A woman goes to Cannes and, lost in its chaos and unable to obtain tickets, ends up watching it on...	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1982	Movie Tootsie When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego—Dorothy Michaels—in order to land a part...	Julie Nichols	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1982	Movie Frances The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when...	Frances Farmer	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1982	Movie The Making of 'Tootsie' Behind-the-scenes documentary on the set of Sydney Pollack's 1982 film "Tootsie."	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1981	Movie The Postman Always Rings Twice The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to...	Cora Papadakis	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1980	Movie How to Beat the High Cost of Living In order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, three suburban housewives plot to steal $1 million from a...	Louise	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1979	Movie All That Jazz Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater....	Angelique	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1976	Movie King Kong An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit...	Dwan	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1973	TV The American Film Institute Salute to ... In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1952	TV Today Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It...	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Alexandra Bergson	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1948	TV Bambi The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
TBA	Movie The Year of Magical Thinking Adaptation of Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking".	Joan Didion	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2024	Movie The Great Lillian Hall Lillian Hall, a Broadway actress, has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious career. Yet in rehearsals for a...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2017	TV FEUD Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1984	Movie Country Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10

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2024 / TMDB 7.1

Marlowe

2023 / TMDB 5.7

Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco

2018 / TMDB 7.0

Wild Oats

2016 / TMDB 6.2

The Gambler

2014 / TMDB 6.0

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Has Jessica Lange won any Academy Awards?

What was Jessica Lange's first film?

How many children does Jessica Lange have?

What is Jessica Lange's estimated net worth?

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What awards has Jessica Lange received throughout her career?

Is Jessica Lange involved in any charitable activities?

Known for

Cape Fear (1991)

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