Hope Elise Ross Lange (November , â€" December , ) 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 film
Peyton Place. In and , 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.Lange was born into a
theatrical family in Redding, Connecticut. Her father, John George
Lange (â€"), was a cellist and the music arranger for Florenz Ziegfeld
and conductor for Henry Cohen; her mother, Minette (née Buddecke;
â€"), was an actress. They had three daughters, Minelda (â€"), Joy
(â€"), and Hope, and a son, David. John worked in New York City and
the family moved to Greenwich Village when Hope was a young
child.Lange sang with other children in the play Life, Laughter and
Tears, which opened at the Booth Theatre in March . At age , Lange had
a speaking part in the award-winning Broadway play The Patriots, which
opened in January . John Lange died in September , but the family
stayed in New York City. Minette ran a restaurant on Macdougal Street
near Washington Square Park from to . The name was "Minette's of
Washington Square", although some sources confuse it with "Minetta
Tavern", an Italian restaurant on Macdougal Street founded in . The
entire family worked in the restaurant; the oldest daughter, Minelda,
ran the cash register, while Joy and Hope waited on tables.
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 film
Peyton Place. In and , 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.Lange was born into a
theatrical family in Redding, Connecticut. Her father, John George
Lange (â€"), was a cellist and the music arranger for Florenz Ziegfeld
and conductor for Henry Cohen; her mother, Minette (née Buddecke;
â€"), was an actress. They had three daughters, Minelda (â€"), Joy
(â€"), and Hope, and a son, David. John worked in New York City and
the family moved to Greenwich Village when Hope was a young
child.Lange sang with other children in the play Life, Laughter and
Tears, which opened at the Booth Theatre in March . At age , Lange had
a speaking part in the award-winning Broadway play The Patriots, which
opened in January . John Lange died in September , but the family
stayed in New York City. Minette ran a restaurant on Macdougal Street
near Washington Square Park from to . The name was "Minette's of
Washington Square", although some sources confuse it with "Minetta
Tavern", an Italian restaurant on Macdougal Street founded in . The
entire family worked in the restaurant; the oldest daughter, Minelda,
ran the cash register, while Joy and Hope waited on tables.
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