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Pearl Lang
Pearl Lang 1922-, American dancer and choreographer, b. Chicago. Lang was a soloist with Martha Graham's company (1942-52) before forming her own company in 1952. As a dancer and choreographer she was noted for her range of dramatic expression in such works as Rites (1953) and Falls the Shadow B... Read more
Cosmo Gordon Lang
Cosmo Gordon Lang 1864-1945, English churchman, archbishop of York (1908-28), archbishop of Canterbury (1928-42), b. Aberdeen, Scotland. From 1901 to 1908, while suffragan bishop of Stepney, London, and canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, he attempted to improve slum conditions and attracted wide attent... Read more
Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang 1844-1912, English scholar and man of letters, b. Scotland. His poetry, much of it written in the forms of ballades, triolets, and rondeaux, appeared in such volumes as his Ballads in Blue China (2 vol., 1880-81). Lang was one of the first to apply anthropological findings to the stud... Read more
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange 1895-1965, American photographer, b. Hoboken, N.J. From 1916 until 1932, Lange operated a portrait studio. During the Depression she took her camera into the streets of San Francisco where she began to make exceptionally powerful images of people, which speak of the time and the worl... Read more
David Russell Lange
David Russell Lange , 1942-2005, New Zealand politician. After receiving his law degree (LL.M., 1970) he fought for the rights of the underprivileged in Auckland, and was elected to the House of Representatives as a Labor party member in 1977. He became deputy leader of the party in 1979 and leader ... Read more
Alexander Lange Kielland
Alexander Lange Kielland , 1849-1906, Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. Two early volumes of short stories— Tales of Two Countries (1879, tr. 1891) and Norse Tales and Sketches (1897)—placed him among the important realists. His witty and ironic novels, written w... Read more
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang , 1890-1976, German-American film director, b. Vienna. His silent and early sound films, such as Metropolis (1926), are marked by brilliant expressionist technique. He gained worldwide acclaim with M (1933), a study of a child molester and murderer. After directing 15 films, Lang fled... Read more
Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy , town (1991 pop. 46,356) and district, Fife, E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. Industries textiles and furniture manufacture and light electrical engineering. Its port engages in coastal trade. Several Flemish-style structures from the later Middle Ages rest near Kirkcaldy Harbor. The di... Read more
Sir Robert David Muldoon
Sir Robert David Muldoon 1921-92, New Zealand political leader, prime minister (1975-84). Originally a public accountant, he entered parliament in 1960 as a member of the conservative National party and served (1967-72) as finance minister. He was briefly (1972) deputy prime minister and from 1974 ... Read more
Proverbs
Proverbs book of the Bible. It is a collection of sayings, many of them moral maxims, in no special order. The teaching is of a practical nature; it does not dwell on the salvation-historical traditions of Israel, but is individual and universal based on the observation of nature. There are eight d... Read more

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Lange, Jessica
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers LANGE, Jessica Nationality: American. Born: Cloquet...Publications By LANGE: articles — "Jessica Lange: From Kong to Cain," interview with Dan...Paris), June 1982. "Dialogue on Film: Jessica Lange," in American Film (New York), June 1987... Read more
Jessica
Book article from: A Dictionary of First Names Jessica ♀ Apparently of Shakespearean origin. This was the...Notable bearers of the name include the British actress Jessica Tandy (1909–94), the British writer Jessica Mitford (1917–96), and the American actress Jessica Lange (b. 1949). The name has been extremely popular ... Read more
Shepard, Sam
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Family: Married 1) the actress O-Lan Johnson, 1969 (divorced), son: Jesse Mojo; children with the actress-producer Jessica Lange, daughter: Hannah Jane, and son: Samuel Walker. Career: 1962 — joined a theatrical repertory group but left... Read more
Close, Glenn
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1979 The Orphan Train (William A. Graham — for TV) (as Jessica); Too Far to Go (Fielder Cook — for TV) (as Rebecca...enjoy great popularity and critical acclaim: Meryl Streep, Jessica Lange, and Glenn Close. Graduating from five years of stage experience... Read more
Farmer, Frances
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...actress-in-residence at Purdue University; 1972 — autobiography published; 1981 — film biography Frances , starring Jessica Lange. Died: In Indianapolis, Indiana, 1 August 1970. Films as Actress: 1936 Too Many Parents (McGowan); Border Flight (Lovering... Read more

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Jessica on gender: Oscar winner Jessica Lange talks about taking on the emotional challenge of a transgender story line in HBO's Normal. (television).(Interview)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 3/18/2003; ; 700+ words ; Jessica is one of the greats, says...Jane Anderson, describing Jessica Lange's performance in the HBO original...body. As Irma, Roy's wife, Lange is first horrified, then deeply...angry, then accepting. How was Lange affected by Irma's journey...against nature. Find more on Jessica ... Read more
Jessica Lange.(VIEW WOMAN)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Interview; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Stopped Exploding Expectations. [Jessica Lange and Ann Roth are shown to a quiet...Was that a great experience? JESSICA LANGE: I wasn't all that thrilled with...it was a very Minnesota moment. [Lange laughs] But you were in the midst... Read more
Broken Flowers.(Video Recording Review)
Magazine article from: Catholic New Times; 10/23/2005; ; 328 words ; Broken Flowers, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. Starring Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone and Jessica Lange, 106 mins. (abridged) Broken Flowers starts out looking contrived and sentimental. Bill Murray plays Don Johnston... Read more
Using private Lynch.(The making of a Myth)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 12/13/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...the media scrapped over her. A radio ad urged us to see Jessica Lynch on television's Entertainment Tonight. They said Jessica Lynch did not remember her captivity. Well, they were...David Letterman ( The first late-night interview with Jessica Lynch ). Parade magazine put her on its cover with ... Read more
Action: take 2 for Hollywood East. (motion pictures being filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina) (Tar Heel Tattler)
Magazine article from: Business North Carolina; 2/1/1991; 218 words ; In 1985 and 1986, as many as 1,000 people at a time -including Diane Keaton, Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange-were at work on films in Wilmington [ Will The State's Film Deal Go Down? April 19881. That's back when Dino De Laurentiis was... Read more
Vandals of statue sentenced to procession with donkey. (Nation).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 2/14/2003; ; 185 words ; ...while church members, passerby and members of the media watched. Jessica Lange and Brian Patrick, both 19, had been ordered to make the procession...the 30-minute walk ended at the Fairport Harbor police station, Lange apologized to the townspeople. Read more
Fish stories.(Film)(Tim Burton's Big Fish)(Movie Review)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 2/10/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...from Will and his mother, Sandra (Jessica Lange). Will is a storyteller himself...And it was an inspiration to cast Jessica Lange opposite Finney. It's a relatively...financially but never loved.) When Lange, fully clothed, steps into Finney... Read more
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Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 11/5/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...oldest daughters, Ginny Cook Smith (Jessica Lange) and Rose Cook Lewis (Michelle Pfeiffer...Smiley's 1991 book of the same title. Lange often rises to the challenge of her...daughter's point of view, and the power Lange achieves derives from Smiley's work... Read more
FOR THE RECORD.(Vitals)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 4/9/2004; 700+ words ; ...Michael Perez, of Springfield, a daughter. April 1, 2004 Fisher-Lange - Jennifer Fisher and Tod Lange, of Springfield, a daughter. Hartzell - Rochelle and Steffen...Allen Shipp, of Eugene, a daughter. April 2, 2004 Frederick - Jessica and Bruce Frederick, of Springfield, a daughter. Isitt - Nakea... Read more
One and one half cheers for David Stockman. (Down on the farm -II) (farm crisis in the United States)
Magazine article from: National Review; 6/28/1985; ; 700+ words ; ...crisis from actresses who recently played farm wives in the movies. Tears flowed copiously from the lovely eyes of Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, and Jane Fonda as they described their feelings for beleaguered farmers. Miss fonda's testimony was... Read more