Relaxed, elegantly beautiful blonde lead of the 1950s and 60s with a gentle and refined presence. A veteran of the New York stage from the age of 12 and live TV dramas in the early 1950s, including several outings on "Playhouse 90", Lange attracted the attention of film producer Buddy Adler with her performance in Kraft Television Theatres' "Snap Finger Creek" in 1956. Her success led to her notable debut as the waitress Emma in Adler's film adaptation of "Bus Stop" (1956).Signed by 20th Century Fox, Lange earned an Oscar nomination for her third film, "Peyton Place" (1957), in which she plays
Stage debut at age 12 in Sidney Kingsley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "The Patriots"
1943
Left show business to finish school
Appeared in commercials and bit parts on live TV (including as a dancer on "The Jackie Gleason Show" and an assistant on the short-lived quiz program "Back That Fact" 1953) while a college student in New York
