Jessica Lange is fighting through the pain as she promotes new TV movie Grey Gardens in America - after a horrific fall at her home in Minnesota sent her to hospital with multiple broken bones.
Calling last month's (Mar09) nasty fall a "stupid thing", the actress is still embarrassed by the fuss it caused.
The 59-year-old star says, "I fell through a railing off of my porch up at my cabin. I fell head first about eight or nine feet and hit my old, like, iron garden pump.
"I knew the railing was being repaired and I was actually emptying the dustpan... and just the momentum of tossing (the dust)... I set my hand for a moment and the whole thing gave way and just carried me right off the porch.
"I broke my collarbone and shoulder blade and ribs... Obviously I was in shock... and the brain shuts down, so I don't remember the impact."
Grey Gardens sees Lange team up with Drew Barrymore and follow the life stories of the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jackie Kennedy who withdrew from New York society to take shelter in their Long Island home.
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