Hope Lange (1933-2003) was an American actress, known for her significant film career in the 1950s and 1960s.

She made her film debut in *Bus Stop* (1956), but it was her role as Selena Cross in *Peyton Place* (1957) that earned her an Academy Award nomination and established her as a promising new talent. Among her other notable performances were those in *The Young Lions* (1958) and Frank Capra's *Pocketful of Miracles* (1961).

Lange was often cast in roles as sophisticated, intelligent, and dignified women, yet capable of revealing profound vulnerability or inner conflict. Her natural elegance and blonde beauty made her a distinctive face of the era. Subsequently, she also had a notable television career.