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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Hope Lange, who starred opposite Hollywood's top actors over a decades-long career and earned an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in the 1957 film Peyton Place, has died, her husband said yesterday. She was 70.
Lange died Friday in Santa Monica after suffering an infection caused by an intestinal inflammation known as ischemic colitis, said her husband, Charles Hollerith.
Lange starred in dozens of films and television shows and captured two Emmy awards for her role in the series The Ghost And Mrs. Muir in the late 1960s.
Her big-screen credits included The Best Of Everything in 1959 with Joan Crawford, The Young Lions in 1958 with Marlon Brando and Peyton Place with Lana Turner. More recently, she was in 1986's Blue Velvet and 1994's Clear And Present Danger.
Actor Don Murray, who was married to Lange for several years in the 1950s, said Lange combined good looks and acting prowess.
"She was considered a great beauty who was also a serious and dedicated actor who didn't pay attention to being glamorous," Murray said.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Hope Lange, who starred opposite Hollywood's top actors over a decades-long career and earned an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in the 1957 film Peyton Place, has died, her husband said yesterday. She was 70.
Lange died Friday in Santa Monica after suffering an infection caused by an intestinal inflammation known as ischemic colitis, said her husband, Charles Hollerith.
Lange starred in dozens of films and television shows and captured two Emmy awards for her role in the series The Ghost And Mrs. Muir in the late 1960s.
Her big-screen credits included The Best Of Everything in 1959 with Joan Crawford, The Young Lions in 1958 with Marlon Brando and Peyton Place with Lana Turner. More recently, she was in 1986's Blue Velvet and 1994's Clear And Present Danger.
Actor Don Murray, who was married to Lange for several years in the 1950s, said Lange combined good looks and acting prowess.
"She was considered a great beauty who was also a serious and dedicated actor who didn't pay attention to being glamorous," Murray said.
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