Lange is one of a handful of actors that continues to get stronger during the course of her practicing her craft. She just keeps giving incredible performances & I love her for that :)

What is 30 years together, a failure? A tragedy? They chose their paths, which finally took them apart, but that's not a failure. That's their story, and that's their business.

Some actors are just a treat to watch on the big screen in whichever movie.Lange is one of them.

I liked them both and I had the biggest crush on Shepherd back when I was very young. He's beautiful to look at.

I found this very sad, I remember the chemistry, oh they were so crazy for each other, she was gorgeous and he had a mystery about him, they seemed the perfect match, she stayed 30 yrs and he kept coming back. I think they still loved each other to the end, they just couldn't be without each other but had to for her sanity as he had this deep failure within him.

One of the most beautiful women ever.. She is just a natural beauty. I ll always remember the movie Tootsie. She was unbelievably beautiful in it. And she is a great actress.

I’ve been in love with Jessica since “Frances”.I performed in several of Shepherds plays throughout my career. Both of them are genius. I thank them from the bottom of my heart for their sharing.

30 years together, I'd say that counts as making it work even if they eventually split up.

Definitely one of the most interesting Hollywood couples.

One of the most beautiful female stars of our time ,and a woman who sacrificed so much for her kids, but they both loved each other, could of times left the marriage but now Sam is gone ,no regrets for the love of her life ,much respect to Jessica a true woman with value and commitment.

it's not up to women to save men, the situation sounds abusive

I always thought they were a sexy and romantic and smart couple. I'm sorry he died way to soon. Jessica still putting out the juiciest performances. Such a beautiful complicated mysterious woman. GOOD FOR HER!

J.Lange should get the Golden Globe Lifetime Achievement Award, or the SAGs AA, --actually all achievement awards there is! What a talented woman!

So very sad! You can't fix broken people! Many people try loving that person more to compensate for that person's lack of self love and worth. In the end, it is not your problem to own or to fix! It is theirs and theirs alone! I applaud Jessica for trying! God bless her! So heartbreaking! 💔

I followed Shepard for years and read many of his books and plays. I even have a signed first edition of Hawk Moon by him. The Motel Chronicles was another good book by him. He was abused by his father. He was a charming intelligent guy but who also seemed to have a mean streak and a coldness to him that you see in a lot of men who were battered and physically and emotionally abused by their fathers.

tortured souls are hard to live with, at least he did voice his regret for not being there for family

They were really the essence of Monroe and Miller. This video is a beautiful tribute to Sam and Jessica.

I went to middle school in North Hollywood with Sam Shepard's first wife, Olan Johnson (known professionally as Olan Jones.) Her mother, Scarlett, ran one of the first hippie communes there. She was about ten years ahead of her time. At the time, in 1962, I would not have figured Olan would marry one of the legendary, multi-talented sex symbols of the late 20th century.

Someone told me to never meet your heroes. Always remember who you thought they were. Great video.

Jessica Lange is one of the best EVER! Living Legend!

Always a big fan of them both and it broke my heart when they parted and when he passed on. One of Hollywood's hottest men and actor. Jessica is always an Oscar winner!!

OMG!!! I Saw Sam Shepard A Few Years Ago While Shopping At Ralph's I Was Soo Shocked That He Was Soo Tall And An Absolutely GORGEOUS Man Even At His Age😍I Told Him Too!! He Was Soo Amused And Threw His Head Back And Let Out The Biggest Laugh😂 Woww Jessica Was Really Blessed And Lucky To Have A Man Like Sam♥

They are both amazing actors ! at least them were together a long time ..hang on to that .

You guys definitely should do a video on Elizabeth Taylor and mike Todd

Elizabeth Taylor felt the same way about Richard Burton and even after 2 marriages they couldn't even stay together.

When the passion becomes less , the love must EVOLVE .

She is an incredible actress, very intense

It's sad how things fell apart between them because they had a love for each other 😥💓💔

Hmm, I would not call men like him misterious, because they seem distant and keep dissapearing when whenever they want to. They are simply emotional cripples and cowards. Relationships that have only hemistry/passion as a foundation are exhausting and doomed. It so sad how many women don't know what self-love is and how to preserve yourself.

Her performance in Francis was epic. Haunts me to this day.

An interesting yet complex relationship and lives. I've read Johnny Dark's book on Shepard whose own father was also an alcoholic., so it's epigenetic, meaning it gets passed on from one generation to the next. Also in the Bible, "The sins of the father are visited upon the son". Read also that Jessica broke her collar bone and arm after falling down the stairs. Not attibuted to Shepard's drinking? A couple of other things that Shepard mentioned was that "men lie", so he may have been lying about that incident which has been covereed up in the media and that "the great American tragedy is that families fall apart", which we see all the time, not just in Hollywood, either. After my 42 year marriage ended in widowhood, I can relate to some of this. Not trying to stereotype, but it's a known fact that a great many actors/writers have been and are alcoholics if one knows the great Irish writers/actors as well as American ones and others from other ethnic backgrounds! Shepard also stated he couldn't live anywhere east of the Hudson River, so after they moved to NYC, he probably felt out of place and then bought a horse farm in Kentucky. Lange also stated that when they broke up it felt like a divorce so it doesn't matter whether there's a legal paper involved of not, feelings are feelings. I love what the French Parisian women say that learn this from their mother's knee from the time they're little girls, "It never ends well"! You either break up after an affair, go through a divorce after getting married or end up a widow or widower, so enjoy it while it lasts if you can! They're very pragmatic about love relationships which most of their French films are about! Experts on the topic! Lange probably has had her own co-dependent traits as well! Their personalities attracted each other i.e. their passion, but it was hard to hold that relationship together along with their other personality traits, "for better or worse"! I'm sure she also felt like a widow when her beloved Sam passed away from Lou Gehrig disease, ALS! May he rest in peace.

Thirty years isn't a doomed failure.

love them both so much

Ela é uma excelente atriz👏👏👏👏👏

She is one of my favorite actresses. All her roles on AHS were absolutely amazing and flawless.

They loved life so much that they each thought they had forever

I always liked both of them.

Love both Sam and Jessica's work. I've always loved her voice and her natural sexiness.

I LOVE BOTH OF THEM !!!! I GET WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH : A BEAUTIFUL COUPLE WHO LOVE TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES !!!! HUGS BLESSINGS SALVE BELOVEDS 🙏😇🗝🌸🌿💖🇺🇸✋💐🎁💝🏅 R.I.P. SAM SHEPHARD 💦😞💖🌸 SHANTI

''SOMETIMES .........LOVE ISN'T ENOUGH ''

So beautiful and such a sexy voice. She’s always been one of my favorite actresses. I remember being a kid and seeing Tootsie and thinking that is the most beautiful woman ever. They were so cute together and I am so sorry it didn’t end well

I just love Jessica ! I think when I watched King Kong I wondered who she was. I love all her movies tho I have missed maybe one or two. She’s so down to Earth and a midwestern like me!

He was punching above his weight

You'd think that him being a lone wolf and her being a successful and very sought-after actress would be a good fit. Regarding Sam's quote at the end; I realized years after my divorce that I first became interested in my ex because I saw myself in him.

They were a stunning looking couple like a Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie of there time ! 💞🥰❤️🥰💞

They stayed married! No marriage is perfect! We all experience changes in life, as we age. Most of the time, women outlive men, and end up alone. What counts, is, how u adjust to being retired ,whether u r famous or not.

It's hard to keep love alive when one of the partner's a heavy drinker.The moods swings the passive aggressive behavior all bad for relation ship.

Both great talent and human beings

After watching her in 'Sweet Dreams', I saw her as the real Patsy Cline. Great actress. She lived in Stillwater with Sam, 7 miles from me.

I love my mama but can you imagine how great it would be to have Jessica Lange as your mother? 🙌🏼

Beautiful Lady.

Nothing is harder to deal with than an alcoholic Scorpio!

To me its pretty simple. She is a very strong woman. The dynamic of the relationship was between her strength and his weakness of character notwithstanding his great talent. In the end Jessica is a successful actress but very standard and Sam a mysterious one of a kind talent.

"They broke up decades after she said that. How does that makes sense.

Sam and Patti Smith were close

He unfortunately struggled with alcohol and was a mean drunk. He beat her bad in 2009, broke her collarbone.. I believe she said she fell at home. 2 years later it came out that they split in 2009. For his part, Shepherd admitted he mistreated her in a 2014 interview. He was a brilliant, but tortured artist.

They both were truly brilliant together. The problem IMO is they were so beyond par, remarkably past individual stories and experiences. It's too much to bear, for the both of them.

It was a cheezy movie but liked her in Blue Sky

I saw Jessica Lange at the airport in Los Angeles many years ago. She struck me as unfriendly and dismissive, didn't want to be bothered for an autograph when I approached her for one.

When he died she had no good things to say about him at all in the press.

Their romance was unbelievable. But finIte.

2009 & 2010 So many breakups !!! My did too. Duluth huh? I was born there too.

What a woman.👏💜💙🧡

What a wonderful life.

You have to love a lot to spend three decades with a person with addictions and ignorance. This is not for me because I love myself always first...

Beautiful ,talented, actress. And Sam is a favorite

Not sure who he is but she deserved much better. She was fabulous in Rob Roy and King Kong was really good too.

A love story

Alcohol. Alcoholics are restless.

What a epic love. Kept the ring?

I loved Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard. Jessica is a great actress and Sam was a very talented writer. I think Hollywood and stardom really messed with his soul. When I was a young teenager I dreamed of finding a man like SS and being madly in love like I imagined them to be. When I found out they split up I was sad for them. I found the love of my life and have that crazy wild passionate love. We are still together 30 yrs later and still crazy about each other. Wished they would have made it to the end. From what I have read she didn’t go see him when he was bedridden at the end. And he was with some young girl right before he was sick. I think people need to cut him a break. He was a proud dude and knew what was to come with the illness. I think that is why he started drinking heavily again. Rest In Peace Sam 🙏. And I hope everyone finds passion in their lives and that one great love ❤️

What about JL's relationship with Mikhail Baryshnikov?

Sam was lucky to have her and put up with him!

Oh, this story gets boring.

I wouldn’t label it ‘traffic’.

I loved ger role playing Joan Crawford.

In the famous words of Prince Charles, "Whatever love is".

Sam Shepard was never married to Jessica Lange. He was married to actress O-Lan Jones.

Alcoholism destroys so many lives.

A real tragedy

Hot talented and she spent decades being a distant 2nd place behind the bottle

She was great in "Music Box". Check it out.

I hate the typing sound as the text unravels. We had enough of that with "Doogie Howser"

Typical Scorpio and Taurus connection.

In her prime BLUE SKY ? NO ONE had more SENSUALITY.There are better lookin women in Hollywood ,she is at the top in my book.

I remember the rumors of him abusing her, like she'd have a broken wrist one month, had "fallen down the stairs" another. I don't doubt he beat her.

For someone to be so beautiful and talented yet so insecure. I feel Jessica Lange was always attracted to damaging men. The Russian ballet dancer and Sam Shepherd. She wasted her life on these two. I bet if you ask her she’d wish she had this time back to do differently.

After Shepherd died, Jessica was asked for a comment, she could only say what a complicated man he was.

Basically he cheated on his former wife and cheated on Lange. And was a severe alcoholic. Nothing romantic about either of those. This is a silly puff piece.

Why are you so afraid to say what he died of. He had ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, Anterior Lateral Sclerosis.

Were the two kids he was there whence born his?

After making so many BORING movies (lol) Her American Horror arc really did seal her legacy. Its stiff baffling to me how she gave up that project after only 4 years (AHS Apocalypse doesn't count) and continues to talk down to the series. She can waste years on a toxic relationship yet not commit to the best project shes ever done. What a shame!

He was given not save sexual life

That Canadian or northern state accent of the narrator is distracting. 👂

Drunk. He knew he could have both women and booze.

I never found him interesting or handsome, poor couple

Of course the relationship didn't last ,it didn't start honorably!

Sexiest woman in the world at the time

He looked like an alcoholic!

So, Jessica was a home wrecker. Shepherd didn't think enough of her to marry her. That often happens when a man leaves his family for another woman, he realizes she wasn't worth it but he can't go back either. Shepherd didn't "stay with Lange", he left her as offend as possible and I doubt he slept alone all of those nights away either. Actors and the romantic stories they make up about themselves.