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