Jessica Lange To Receive Vision Award At Sun Valley Film Festival
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β’Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:22:22 +0000
π° What Happened
Jessica Lange will receive the Vision Award at the Sun Valley Film Festival. Deadline presents the award, which honors her work in film, television and theater. Lange will also take part in a talk on stage so the audience can hear about her career in her own words. The festival will screen "Long Day's Journey Into Night", in which she plays Mary Tyrone opposite Ed Harris. She won a Tony in 2016 for playing the same role on Broadway. The festival's founder called her one of the truly extraordinary artists of our time.
π The Backstory
Lange has won two Academy Awards, for "Tootsie" in 1982 and "Blue Sky" in 1994. Her first big screen role was in the 1976 remake of "King Kong". She has also won Emmys, including for "Grey Gardens", and appeared in several seasons of "American Horror Story", returning for season 13 this year. On Broadway she played Blanche DuBois in 1992 and Amanda Wingfield in 2005. The Sun Valley festival is a small event in Idaho that pairs screenings with talks.
π― Why It Matters
Awards like this are how the film world thanks actors who have worked for decades. They also give small festivals a big name that draws in local audiences, people who might otherwise never see films like these on a big screen. For a town like Sun Valley, that brings real money and attention each year.
Jessica Lange will receive the Vision Award at the Sun Valley Film Festival. Deadline presents the award, which honors her work in film, television and theater. Lange will also take part in a talk on stage so the audience can hear about her career in her own words. The festival will screen "Long Day's Journey Into Night", in which she plays Mary Tyrone opposite Ed Harris. She won a Tony in 2016 for playing the same role on Broadway. The festival's founder called her one of the truly extraordinary artists of our time.
Lange has won two Academy Awards, for "Tootsie" in 1982 and "Blue Sky" in 1994. Her first big screen role was in the 1976 remake of "King Kong". She has also won Emmys, including for "Grey Gardens", and appeared in several seasons of "American Horror Story", returning for season 13 this year. On Broadway she played Blanche DuBois in 1992 and Amanda Wingfield in 2005. The Sun Valley festival is a small event in Idaho that pairs screenings with talks.
Awards like this are how the film world thanks actors who have worked for decades. They also give small festivals a big name that draws in local audiences, people who might otherwise never see films like these on a big screen. For a town like Sun Valley, that brings real money and attention each year.