Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003) was an American actress of stage and screen best known for her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated performance as Selena Cross in the film Peyton Place (1957) and her Emmy Award winning winning role as Carolyn Muir on the sitcom The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1968–70).
Lange was married three times – including to Don Murray (with whom she had two children, including Christopher Murray) and Alan J. Pakula – and had relationships with Glenn Ford, Frank Sinatra, and John Cheever at various points. In 2003 she died at the age of 70 of complications from ischemic colitis.
No, she's not related to Jessica Lange.
Films with pages on TV Tropes:
- Bus Stop (1956) as Elmira Duckworth
- Peyton Place (1957) as Selena Cross
- In Love and War (1958) as Andrea Lenaine
- Pocketful of Miracles (1961) as Queenie Martin
- Wild in the Country (1961) as Irene Sperry
- Death Wish (1974) as Joanna Kersey
- Like Normal People (1979) as Roz Meyers
- I Am the Cheese (1983) as Betty Farmer
- A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) as Shirl Walsh
- Blue Velvet (1986) as Mrs. Williams
- Clear and Present Danger (1994) as Senator Mayo
- Just Cause (1995) as Libby Prentiss
TV series with pages on TV Tropes:
- Playhouse 90 (1957, 1958; episodes ""For I Have Loved Strangers", "Point of No Return" and "The Innocent Sleep")
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1962, 1975; episodes "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "The Rivalry")
- The Fugitive (1966, episode "The Last Oasis")
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1968–70) as Carolyn Muir
- The Love Boat (1978, episode "Where Is It Written?/Julie's Aunt/The Big Deal")
- Fantasy Island (1983, episode "Naughty Marietta/The Winning Ticket")
- Hotel (1983, 1986; episodes "Relative Loss" and "Forsaking All Others")
- Murder, She Wrote (1987, 1993; episodes "Night of the Headless Horseman" and "The Big Kill")
