Hope Lange

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Hope Lange (November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003) was an American film, stage, and television actress.

Lange was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Selena Cross in the 1957 film Peyton Place. In 1969 and 1970, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Carolyn Muir in the sitcom The Ghost & Mrs. Muir.

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Known For

Blue Velvet

Mrs. Williams

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Cheryl Walsh

Clear and Present Danger

Senator Mayo

Death Wish

Joanna Kersey

Just Cause

Libby Prentiss

Murder, She Wrote

Charlotte Newcastle

Murder, She Wrote

Helen Lewis

Bus Stop

Elma Duckworth

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2011	Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage MOVIE	Mrs. Williams
1998	Before He Wakes MOVIE	Helen Rawlings
1997	Frank Capra's American Dream MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1995	Just Cause MOVIE	Libby Prentiss
1994	Clear and Present Danger MOVIE	Senator Mayo
1993	Message from Nam MOVIE	Marjorie Wilson
1993	Cooperstown MOVIE	Cassie Willette
1993	Dead Before Dawn MOVIE	Virginia DeSilva
1990	Tune in Tomorrow... MOVIE	Margaret Quince
1989	Knight & Daye TV	Gloria Daye
1987	Ford: The Man and the Machine MOVIE	Clara Ford
1986	Blue Velvet MOVIE	Mrs. Williams
1985	A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge MOVIE	Cheryl Walsh
1985	Private Sessions MOVIE	Mrs. Coles
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Charlotte Newcastle
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Helen Lewis
1984	Finder of Lost Loves TV	Catherine Smith
1983	I Am The Cheese MOVIE	Betty Farmer
1983	The Prodigal MOVIE	Anne Stuart
1982	Matt Houston TV	Kate Riley
1982	Hotel TV	Dr. Hannah Fielding
1982	Hotel TV	Gwen Andrews
1982	Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady MOVIE	Self
1980	Pleasure Palace MOVIE	Madelaine Calvert
1980	Beulah Land TV	Deborah Kendrick
1980	The Day Christ Died MOVIE	Claudia
1979	Like Normal People MOVIE	Roz Meyers
1977	The Love Boat TV	Sandra Newberry
1977	Love Boat II MOVIE	Elaine Palmer
1976	Gibbsville TV	Harriet
1975	Medical Story TV	Self
1975	The Secret Night Caller MOVIE	Pat Durant
1974	Fer-de-Lance MOVIE	Elaine Wedell
1974	Death Wish MOVIE	Joanna Kersey
1974	I Love You...Good-bye MOVIE	Karen Chandler
1973	Police Story TV	Ann Wells
1973	The 500 Pound Jerk MOVIE	Karen Walsh
1972	That Certain Summer MOVIE	Janet Salter
1971	The New Dick Van Dyke Show TV	Jenny Preston
1970	Crowhaven Farm MOVIE	Maggie Porter
1968	The Ghost & Mrs. Muir TV	Carolyn Muir
1968	Jigsaw MOVIE	Helen Atterbury
1966	CBS Playhouse TV	Self
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV	Rachel Douglas
1963	The Fugitive TV	Annie Johnson
1963	Love is a Ball MOVIE	Millicent 'Millie' Mehaffey
1963	Marilyn MOVIE	archive footage
1962	Cyrano De Bergerac MOVIE	Roxanne
1962	The Merv Griffin Show TV	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1961	Pocketful of Miracles MOVIE	Elizabeth 'Queenie' Martin
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self
1961	Wild in the Country MOVIE	Irene Sperry
1960	Hedda Hopper's Hollywood MOVIE	Self
1959	The Best of Everything MOVIE	Caroline Bender
1958	In Love and War MOVIE	Andrea Lenaine Kantaylis
1958	The Young Lions MOVIE	Hope Plowman
1957	Peyton Place MOVIE	Selena Cross
1957	The True Story of Jesse James MOVIE	Zee James
1956	Bus Stop MOVIE	Elma Duckworth
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Roxane
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Mrs. Douglas
1950	What's My Line? TV	Self
1947	Kraft Television Theatre TV	Randy
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Presenter

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