Hope Lange Biography

The daughter of show folk, Hope Lange was 12 when she appeared in her first Broadway play, Sidney Kingsley's The Patriots. Fourteen years later, with dozens of plays and TV programs to her credit, Lange made her screen debut in Bus Stop (1956), managing to garner critical and audience attention despite her omnipresent co-star Marilyn Monroe (Lange's first husband was Bus Stop leading man Don Murray). Signed to a 20th Century Fox contract, Lange was Oscar nominated for her performance in Peyton Place (1957) and was equally impressive in such films as The Young Lions (1957) and The Best of Everything (1959). In the early 1960s, Lange was briefly linked romantically with Glenn Ford, who insisted that she co-star with him in Pocketful of Miracles, a fact that inspired a stream of published invective from the film's director, Frank Capra, who'd wanted Shirley Jones for the part. Despite Capra's reservations in regards to her acting ability, Lange continued to prosper as a film actress until turning to TV in 1968 as star of the weekly The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, a project that would earn her two Emmys. She then spent three years in a thankless "supportive housewife" part in The New Dick Van Dyke Show. In 1974, Lange received some of her best reviews in years for her work in Death Wish -- in which she spent most of her time in a coma before expiring in Reel Two! Subsequent projects in which Lange was involved included the 1977 play Same Time Next Year and the first of the Nightmare on Elm Street films. Hope Lange was first married to Don Murray, then producer/director Alan J. Pakula. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

• 1. Mrs. Walsh: (about Jesse) He needs professional help. I think we have to take him to see a psychiatrist.
  2. Mr. Walsh: Oh come, Cheryl. Are you out of your gourd? What the hell will that do?
  3. Mrs. Walsh: I don't know. I just feel he needs help and we don't know how to give it to him.
  4. Mr. Walsh: Oh come, Cheryl.
  5. Mrs. Walsh: Are you hearing me? That boy's in trouble!
  6. Mr. Walsh: No, he's not in trouble! What that boy needs is a good god damn kick in the butt, that's what he needs! Tell you what he needs. He needs a methadone clinic.
  From A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge. Submitted by Creep F (11 months ago)

• 1. Jesse Walsh: How come it took five years to sell this house?
  2. Mr. Walsh: Oh, I don't know. Just couldn't get the right price, I suppose.
  3. Jesse Walsh: You didn't know anything about the murder across the street and the crazy girl who lived here that saw the whole thing?
  4. Mr. Walsh: They told me something about it.
  5. Mrs. Walsh: You mean you knew something about this and...
  6. Mr. Walsh: Oh come, Cheryl. How do think we got such a good deal?
  7. Jesse Walsh: Did they tell you that that girl lost her mind and her mother killed herself in our living room?
  8. Mrs. Walsh: What?
  9. Jesse Walsh: Did they tell you that?
  10. Angela: Mom, I'm scared.
  From A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge. Submitted by Creep F (11 months ago)