jessica lange (born april 20, 1949) is an american television, movie and stage actress. she was born in cloquet, minnesota. her most notable performances happened in the movies "king kong" (her first movie role), "the postman always rings twice", "tootsie", "music box", "rob roy", and "frances" (a movie about frances farmer). she starred in many other movies. during her career, she has gotten several awards.