"We had such fun, traveling and going to all these incredible places," Lange said. "It would have been like going on vacation if we hadn't had to do all that pesky acting."

Lange and the cast wrapped up work on "Bonneville" in 2006, but post-production has taken considerable time. ("They had to make sure they were completely happy with the film before releasing it in theaters," she said.)

And since then, she completed shooting a new television version of "Sybil" and is currently working on two films.

In the fact-based drama "Grey Gardens," she plays the eccentric aunt of Jackie Kennedy. (Jeanne Tripplehorn and Drew Barrymore co-star as the former first lady and her equally eccentric first cousin, respectively.)

And she's set to star in an adaptation of the Brenda Walker novel "One More River." "I've been very fortunate in terms of my recent work schedule," she said. "And I'm grateful. I'm going to working as long as these terrific offers keep coming my way."

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