Jessica Lange wrapping up career
Actress Jessica Lange is planning to walk away from hit US drama series American Horror Story next year, as she prepares to wind down her acting career.
The Oscar-winning actress, who has played a meddling neighbour, witch and a nun on co-creator Ryan Murphy's creepy show, reveals she is serious about retiring now she's 64.
But there are a number of final projects she would like to complete before bowing out of the spotlight for good.
"I am coming to the end of acting. I have a list: another stage production, maybe one or two more movies, one more season of American Horror Story... and then that is it for me. Because I think that's enough. I want to go out with a bang... or should I say, a scare?" she told the Los Angeles Times.
Lange credits American Horror Story with giving her a new lease of life onscreen, although it has taken a little adjustment to get used to the attention she has garnered from younger viewers.
"It re-energised me, it re-energised my career. There's no shame in recognising that. It's exposed me to a whole new generation, which is a little strange. I'm not used to young people thinking I'm cool."
Lange already has plans for her last theatre project. She is hoping to make her Broadway return by reprising her West End role in the classic drama Long Day's Journey Into Night.
"About 12 years ago now, I did a production of what is probably my favourite play ever of all time, Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night and I am planning on doing that sometime within the next year and a half back on Broadway." she said last August.
Lange's portrayal of drug-addled mother Mary Tyrone in 2000 won her a nomination for the UK's prestigious Olivier Awards.
She last appeared on Broadway in a 2005 revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.
