Jessica Lange's birthday
On April 20, 1949 in the town of Cloquet, Minnesota, USA, in the family of a traveling salesman Albert John Lang and his wife Dorothy Florence, the third daughter was born, named Jessica Phyllis. Jessica's father had German-Dutch roots, and her mother's ancestors lived in Finland.
Despite the fact that due to the profession of her father, Jessica had to move from place to place and constantly change schools throughout her school years, she eventually successfully graduated from high school in her hometown in 1967 and received a scholarship to study art history and photography at the University of Minnesota. There she met her future husband (first) - Spanish photographer Paco Grande. With him in 1971, she went on a trip across America and Mexico and eventually ended up in Paris.
In Paris, the couple separated, and Jessica began to study the art of pantomime and dance at the National Theater of the Comic Opera. There, in Paris, Jessica met an American photographer of Puerto Rican origin, Antonio Lopez. Lopez collaborated with a number of fashion magazines, thanks to which Jessica Lang for some time worked as a model in the famous American modeling agency "Wilhelmina". Cooperation with this agency led to the return of Jessica Lange to the United States in 1973.
While working in the modeling business, Jessica Lange met the famous American film producer Dino De Laurentiis, who at that time was selecting actors for the remake of the film about King Kong that he had conceived. The role in the film "King Kong", directed in 1976 by John Guillermin, was the first in the filmography of the Actress. And immediately won the Golden Globe Award for Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Female.
In the same year, 1976, Jessica Lange began an affair with the famous Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. The romance lasted 6 years, and the fruit of this romance was the daughter of Alexandra, born in 1981.
By her 72nd birthday, the actress counts in her filmography roles in 34 full-length feature films. 2 films of them were included in the Golden Thousand. Thanks to this indicator and thanks to her beauty, Jessica Lange is included in the list of the 100 most beautiful and sexy Actresses of world cinema, compiled by FilmGourmand.
The Soviet moviegoer first saw Jessica Lange on the screen in 1983 in the film "Francis" directed by Graeme Clifford. But, in fairness, it should be noted that in this case we are not talking about the mass audience, but about the guests and participants of the Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF). Despite the fact that the actress for this role received the MIFF Award for Best Actress, the film was not widely distributed in the USSR. As, indeed, in the United States itself.
The mass Soviet cinema audience saw Jessica Lange on the screen in 1984 in the 1982 film "Tootsie". More than 34 million Soviet moviegoers watched this film. And Jessica Lange has already won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for her role in this film.
And soon after that, thanks to the perestroika that began in the USSR, Soviet moviegoers had the opportunity to see Jessica Lange in earlier films, including "All That Jazz" by Bob Fossey. Finally, in 1988, 12 years after its creation, Jessica Lange's debut film "King Kong" by John Guillermin was released on the screens of Soviet cinemas. The film attracted over 47 million moviegoers in cinemas.
According to the established tradition, in honor of the birthday of the Actress, we want to remind her fans of the shots from the best films with her participation.
