Jessica Lange has acted in a movie written by Eugene O'Neill.
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill ( October 16 , 1888 -- November 27 , 1953 ) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature . Jessica Lange . She made her professional film debut in his 1976 remake of the 1933 action-adventure classic King Kong , for which she won her first Golden Globe Award , for New Star of the Year . In 1982 , she became the first performer in 40 years to receive two Oscar nominations within the same year ; she won her second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a soap opera star in Tootsie , and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the troubled actress Frances Farmer , in Frances .