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Real Name: Hope Elise Ross Lange
Born: November 28, 1933 in Redding Ridge, Connecticut, USA
Husbands: Don Murray (1956-1961)
Alan Pakula (1963-1971)
Charles Hollerith, Jr. (1986-present)
Attractive, reserved blond actress who made quite a splash with her first two pictures: Bus Stop (1956, in the supporting role of Emma) and Peyton Place (1957, which earned her an Oscar nomination for her performance as Selena Cross). Born to show people, she was already a 12-year veteran of the Broadway stage by the time she'd first appeared on-screen. She played leads and supporting roles in many other films, including The Young Lions (1958), The Best of Everything (1959), Wild in the Country, Pocketful of Miracles (both 1961), Love Is a Ball (1963), and Jigsaw (1968), but failed to catch fire with the public and remained a second-tier star. She starred in the TV series "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (1968-70) and "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" (1971-74), achieving more recognition for her small-screen work than she had for her movie roles. She had a small but memorable part in Death Wish (1974), playing Charles Bronson's brutalized wife. Lange returned to the stage in the late 1970s and has made infrequent film appearances since, including The Prodigal (1983), A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), Blue Velvet (1986, in the latter as Laura Dern's mother), and Just Cause (1995). She was once married to actor Don Murray, her Bus Stop costar, and later wed director Alan Pakula.

Wild in The Country

Hope played Irene Sperry, the psychiatrist who councels Glenn Tyler (Elvis) in Wild In The Country. After his success in Flaming Star, Elvis was ready to try another dramatic acting role. Unfortunately, his performance in Wild In The Country varies from really good to really bland. Still a curiosity, though. And there's no doubt that Hope and the other talent surrounding him (including Millie Perkins and Tuesday Weld) inspired him to turn in a very good performance! However, you gotta see the "drunk Elvis" scene, where he and Tuesday get plowed on Uncle Ralph's tonic, and turn the garden hose on Hope's house.

Filmography

• Before He Wakes (1998) (TV) .... Helen
• Just Cause (1995) .... Libby Prentiss, Laurie's Mother
• Clear and Present Danger (1994) .... Sen. Mayo
• Message from Nam (1993) (TV) .... Marjorie Wilson ... aka Danielle Steel's 'Message from Nam' (1993) (TV)
• Cooperstown (1993) (TV) .... Cassie Willette
• Dead Before Dawn (1993) (TV) .... Virginia DeSilva
• Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) .... Margaret Quince ... aka Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (1990)
• "Knight & Daye" (1989) TV Series .... Gloria Ford
• The Man and the Machine (1987) (TV) .... Clara Ford
• Blue Velvet (1986) .... Mrs. Williams
• Private Sessions (1985/I) (TV)
• Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge, A (1985) .... Cheryl Walsh
• Finder of Lost Loves (1984) (TV) .... Catherine Smith
• I Am the Cheese (1983) .... Elizabeth Farmer/Louise Nolan
• Prodigal, The (1983) .... Anne Stuart
• Pleasure Palace (1980) (TV) .... Madelaine Calvert
• "Beulah Land" (1980) (mini) TV Series .... Deborah Kendrick
• Day Christ Died, The (1980) (TV) .... Claudia
• Like Normal People (1979) (TV) .... Roz Meyers
• Love Boat II, The (1977) (TV) .... Elaine Palmer
• Secret Night Caller, The (1975) (TV) .... Pat Durant
• Fer-de-Lance (1974) (TV) .... Elaine Wedell ... aka Death Dive (1974) (TV) (UK: theatrical title) ... aka Operation Serpent (1989) (TV) (video title)
• Death Wish (1974) .... Joanna Kersey
• I Love You, Goodbye (1974) (TV) .... Karen Chandler
• 500 Pound Jerk, The (1973) (TV) .... Karen Walsh
• That Certain Summer (1972) (TV) .... Janet Salter
• "New Dick Van Dyke Show, The" (1971) TV Series .... Jenny Preston
• Crowhaven Farm (1970) (TV) .... Maggie Porter
• "Ghost & Mrs. Muir, The" (1968) TV Series .... Carolyn Muir
• Jigsaw (1968) .... Helen Atterbury
• Love Is a Ball (1963) .... Millicent ... aka All This and Money Too (1963) (UK)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1962) (TV) .... Roxane
• Pocketful of Miracles (1961) .... Elizabeth 'Queenie' Martin
• Wild in the Country (1961) .... Mrs. Irene Speery, Psychiatrist
• Best of Everything, The (1959) .... Caroline Bender
• In Love and War (1958) .... Andrea Lenaine
• Young Lions, The (1958) .... Hope Plowman
• Peyton Place (1957) .... Selena Cross
• True Story of Jesse James, The (1957) .... Zee ... aka James Brothers, The (1957) (UK)
• Bus Stop (1956) .... Elma Duckworth, befriends Cherie on Bus ... aka Wrong Kind of Girl, The (1956)
• "Back That Fact" (1953) TV Series .... Assistant ... aka "Back the Fact" (1953) (USA)

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