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Once I started on 'Frances' I discovered it was literally a bottomless well. It devastated me to maintain that for eighteen weeks, to be immersed in this state of rage for twelve to eighteen hours a day. It spilled all over, into other areas of my life.

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Jessica Lange
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: April 20
Actress
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Film Producer
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Television Actor
Cloquet
Minnesota
Jessica Phyllis Lange
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