Jessica Lange is one of Hollywood's most famous divas these days. She is so successful and beautiful that sometimes overshadows many young colleagues. And her roles cause a stormy response from the audience.
Childhood
Jessica was born in April 1949 in the family of a salesman. In addition to her, the family had three more children: Jane and Ann, who were older than the future actress, and younger brother George.
Since his father's work was directly related to constant moving, Jessica's childhood was full of impressions. Only the school had to be changed eighteen times before finally this stage of education was completed. Jessica never knew at what point she would have to leave all that she had time to get used to and move to another city. And so I learned not to make plans for the future. No wonder she grew very modest. Although Lange loved to communicate with people and watch them.
Youth
After leaving school, Jessica entered the University of Minnesota at the faculty of painting in order to further develop her talent. But she studied for only a few months before she began meeting with her classmate Francisco Grande and decided to leave school.
Together with her first love, Jessica Lange traveled to many cities in North and South America. They became interested in hippie ideas and often participated in various actions against the war. The young people got married.
But such a life bothered Jessica. She wanted change, and therefore went to another continent. At that time, she was fond of pantomime, because in France she wanted to take lessons from Etienne de Croix. But there, Lange did not stay long: the news came from America that Francisco had serious vision problems. Jessica decided to support him and returned home. She got a job as a waitress and, in order to somehow escape from the daily routine, began to go to dance and acting classes with her friend.
The young beauty Lange was noticed and offered to become a model. No one suspected how successful she would be.
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Despite the memorable appearance, Jessica Lange never became a world famous model. However, her portfolio fell into the hands of producer Dino de Laurentiis. At that moment, he chose an actress who will play in the new movie about King Kong. The producer wished that the girl’s face was not boring to the public, so he chose among unknown models. And the blonde Lange conquered him.
Francisco was getting worse, because Jessica urgently needed to find the money. The waitress's salaries were no longer enough for anything. Therefore, she accepted the invitation to play in the film. And although the novice actress was noticed and even awarded the Golden Globe as the best debutante, the film failed at the box office and collected negative reviews. This made Jessica depressed. She decided to never act in films again.
Jessica Lange and Mikhail Baryshnikov
Filming in the film not only brought Jessica a prestigious award and the first rays of fame, but also the opportunity to meet people for whom art was life. It was in such circles that the young actress met the Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who saved Lange from depression.
This novel aroused great interest among the press. Many articles have been written about them, among which there have been fables. But they were unanimously recognized as the most beautiful pair of Hollywood. In the period of relations with Mikhail, Jessica met many famous Russian artists, among whom was Vladimir Vysotsky. And also Lange decided to return to the cinema.
Jessica, who every year only became more beautiful, fell in love with the famous Hollywood director Bob Foss. Thanks to his efforts, the star of the young actress shone so brightly that they found out about her in Europe. He offered Lange the role of Angelica in the musical “All This Jazz.” Almost after him came the film “The Postman Always Calls Twice”, after which the glory of Jessica was already undeniable. At the same time, she first became a mother, giving birth to Mikhail daughter Alexander.
But the pair did not last long after that. On the set of Francis, Lange met a playwright and director Sam Shepard. By the end of filming, they could no longer imagine their future life without each other, so they decided to be together.
