Jessica Lange is an American actress born in Cloquet, Minnesota, on April 20, 1949, to Albert John Lange and Dorothy Sahlman.
Albert John Lange, her father, was a teacher and travelling salesman, and Dorothy Florence her mother, was a housewife. She has two older sisters named Jane and Ann, as well as a younger brother named George.
Her family moved more than a dozen times to various towns and cities in Minnesota due to her father’s professions before settling in her hometown, where she graduated from Cloquet High School.
Jessica Lange received a scholarship to the University of Minnesota in 1967 to study art and photography. Lange dropped out of college in 1970 to pursue a more bohemian lifestyle, travelling through the United States and Mexico in a microbus.
Jessica Lange studied mime theatre under Étienne Decroux and joined the Opéra-Comique as a dancer while in Paris. She later studied acting at New York City’s HB Studio.
Jessica Lange made her feature film debut in Dino De Laurentiis’ 1976 remake of the 1933 action-adventure classic King Kong. She is the 13th actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having received a Tony Award, two Academy Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards.
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