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Frances (1982)

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To embody the role of tragic Hollywood actress Frances Farmer in Frances (1982), Jessica Lange reportedly beat out Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Jane Fonda, Katharine Ross, Sissy Spacek, Mia Farrow, Liza Minnelli, Susan Sarandon and Tuesday Weld. Ironically, all those actresses have performed nude scenes throughout their careers, while the real-life Frances Farmer never got around to doing so. The Seattle-born beauty proved to be a provocateur from early on, composing a high-school essay doubting the existence of God and later visiting the Soviet Union as a communist sympathizer. Therefore, stripping on camera would have fit in perfectly with Frances’s desire to shock. Unfortunately, it was she who ended up shocked—being subjected to shock treatments and, ultimately, a lobotomy following a series of breakdowns. Jessica Lange brilliantly brings the story to life in all its naked outrage, getting naked herself several times and earning an Oscar nomination in the process. If only they had had Anatomy Awards back then!