Jane Alexander
October 28, 1939 (85 years old) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an American actress, author, and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts. Although perhaps best known for playing the female lead in The Great White Hope on both stage and screen, Alexander has played a wide array of roles in both theater and film, and has committed herself to a variety of charitable causes.
Known For
Credits
- 2020 · The Man in the Woods as Vivien Waldorf
- 2020 · Tales from the Loop as Klara
- 2019 · Modern Love as Margot
- 2019 · Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
- 2018 · Christmas Around the Corner as Mrs. Tumulty
- 2017 · Three Christs as Dr. Abraham
- 2017 · The Good Fight as Judge Suzanne Morris
- 2015 · Show Boat as Parthy Hawks
- 2015 · The Book of Negroes as Maria
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Diane Fowler
- 2013 · Mr. Morgan's Last Love as Joan Morgan
- 2012 · Elementary as C.
- 2012 · William & Catherine: A Royal Romance as HM Queen Elizabeth II
- 2011 · Deck the Halls as Nora Regan Reilly
- 2011 · Dream House as Dr. Greeley
- 2011 · John Muir in the New World as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · The Loving Story as Eleanor
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Judge Suzanne Morris
- 2009 · Terminator Salvation as Virginia
- 2009 · The Unborn as Sofi Kozma
- 2008 · Gigantic as Barbara Weathersby
- 2008 · Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women as Ednah Cheney
- 2007 · La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
- 2007 · Feast of Love as Esther Stevenson
- 2007 · Tell Me You Love Me as Dr. May Foster
- 2007 · The Powder & the Glory as Herself - Narrator
- 2006 · Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus as Gertrude Nemerov
- 2006 · The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
- 2006 · Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" as Self
- 2005 · Warm Springs as Sara Delano Roosevelt
- 2003 · Elisa di Rivombrosa as Lucrezia Van Necker Beauville
- 2002 · The Ring as Dr. Grasnik
- 2002 · Sunshine State as Delia Temple
- 2001 · Jenifer as Marilyn Estess
- 2001 · Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' as Self
- 1999 · The Cider House Rules as Nurse Edna
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Regina Mulroney
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · Le donne non vogliono più as
- 1992 · Stay the Night as Blanche Kettman
- 1990 · Law & Order as Regina Mulroney
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1989 · Glory as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
- 1989 · Mountain View as Bartender
- 1989 · Building Bombs as Narrator
- 1988 · Open Admissions as Ginny Carlsen
- 1988 · A Friendship in Vienna as Hannah Dournenvald
- 1988 · Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide as Self
- 1987 · In Love and War as Sybil Stockdale
- 1987 · Square Dance as Juanelle
- 1987 · Sweet Country as Anna
- 1986 · American Masters as Narrator
- 1986 · Blood & Orchids as Doris Ashley
- 1986 · Blood & Orchids as Doris Ashley
- 1985 · Malice in Wonderland as Hedda Hopper
- 1984 · City Heat as Addy
- 1984 · Calamity Jane as Calamity Jane
- 1984 · When She Says No as Nora Strangis
- 1983 · Testament as Carol Wetherly
- 1982 · In the Custody of Strangers as Sandy Caldwell
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1982 · Kennedy's Children as Wanda
- 1982 · Night Crossing as Doris Strelzyk
- 1980 · Playing for Time as Alma Rose
- 1980 · Brubaker as Lillian Gray
- 1979 · Kramer vs. Kramer as Margaret Phelps
- 1978 · Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II as Mary MacCracken
- 1978 · A Question of Love as Barbara Moreland
- 1978 · The Betsy as Alicia Hardeman
- 1977 · Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1976 · All the President's Men as Bookkeeper
- 1976 · Eleanor and Franklin as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
- 1976 · Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 · Death Be Not Proud as Frances Gunther
- 1974 · This Is the West That Was as Sarah Shaw
- 1973 · Miracle on 34th Street as Karen Walker
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1972 · The New Centurions as Dorothy Fehler
- 1972 · Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol as Anne Palmer
- 1971 · A Gunfight as Nora Tenneray
- 1970 · The Great White Hope as Eleanor
- 1968 · Film Night as
- 1968 · Adam-12 as Records Clerk (uncredited)
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Co-Hostess/Nominee
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee / Performer
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Performer
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Testament at 20 as