Jane Alexander
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 28, 1939 (age 87)
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Testament at 20
Movie
Lillian, Next Door
Movie · as Lillian Wallingford Blanton
Everything's on Fire
Movie · as Lorraine
American Classic
TV · as Ethel Bean · 8 eps
Severance
TV · as Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel · 1 ep
The Man in the Woods
Movie · as Vivien Waldorf
Tales from the Loop
TV · as Klara · 3 eps
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie · as Self
Modern Love
TV · as Margot · 1 ep
Christmas Around the Corner
Movie · as Mrs. Tumulty
Three Christs
Movie · as Dr. Abraham
Everything Old Is New Again
Movie · as Self
The Good Fight
TV · as Judge Suzanne Morris · 2 eps
Show Boat
Movie · as Parthy Hawks
The Book of Negroes
TV · as Maria · 6 eps
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Movie · as Joan Morgan
The Blacklist
TV · as Diane Fowler · 4 eps
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
Movie · as HM Queen Elizabeth II
Elementary
TV · as C. · 2 eps
Dream House
Movie · as Dr. Greeley
Deck the Halls
Movie · as Nora Regan Reilly
The Loving Story
Movie · as Eleanor
John Muir in the New World
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Terminator Salvation
Movie · as Virginia
The Unborn
Movie · as Sofi Kozma
The Good Wife
TV · as Judge Suzanne Morris · 5 eps
Gigantic
Movie · as Barbara Weathersby
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Movie · as Ednah Cheney
Feast of Love
Movie · as Esther Stevenson
The Powder & the Glory
Movie · as Herself - Narrator
Tell Me You Love Me
TV · as Dr. May Foster · 10 eps
La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa
TV · as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker · 8 eps
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Movie · as Gertrude Nemerov
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Movie · as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie · as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Warm Springs
Movie · as Sara Delano Roosevelt
Testament: Nuclear Thoughts
Movie · as Self
The Ring
Movie · as Dr. Grasnik
Sunshine State
Movie · as Delia Temple
Jenifer
Movie · as Marilyn Estess
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Movie · as Self
The Cider House Rules
Movie · as Nurse Edna
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Regina Mulroney · 1 ep
Le donne non vogliono più
Movie
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Stay the Night
Movie · as Blanche Kettman
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
Law & Order
TV · as Regina Mulroney · 1 ep
Building Bombs
Movie · as Narrator
Glory
Movie · as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
Mountain View
Movie · as Bartender
A Friendship in Vienna
Movie · as Hannah Dournenvald
Open Admissions
Movie · as Ginny Carlsen
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Movie · as Self
The Artist Was a Woman
Movie · as Narrator
Square Dance
Movie · as Juanelle
In Love and War
Movie · as Sybil Stockdale
Sweet Country
Movie · as Anna
American Masters
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Blood & Orchids
TV · as Doris Ashley · 2 eps
Malice in Wonderland
Movie · as Hedda Hopper
City Heat
Movie · as Addy
Calamity Jane
Movie · as Calamity Jane
When She Says No
Movie · as Nora Strangis
Testament
Movie · as Carol Wetherly
Night Crossing
Movie · as Doris Strelzyk
Kennedy's Children
Movie · as Wanda
In the Custody of Strangers
Movie · as Sandy Caldwell
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
American Playhouse
TV · as Carol Wetherly, Georgia O'Keeffe · 1 ep
Dear Liar
Movie · as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Brubaker
Movie · as Lillian
Playing for Time
Movie · as Alma Rose
Kramer vs. Kramer
Movie · as Margaret Phelps
The Betsy
Movie · as Alicia Hardeman
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
Movie · as Mary MacCracken
A Question of Love
Movie · as Barbara Moreland
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Movie · as Eleanor Roosevelt
A Circle of Children
Movie · as Mary McCracken
All the President's Men
Movie · as Bookkeeper
Eleanor and Franklin
TV · as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60 · 2 eps
Death Be Not Proud
Movie · as Frances Gunther
This Is the West That Was
Movie · as Sarah Shaw
Miracle on 34th Street
Movie · as Karen Walker
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The New Centurions
Movie · as Dorothy Fehler
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Movie · as Anne Palmer
A Gunfight
Movie · as Nora Tenneray
The Great White Hope
Movie · as Eleanor
Adam-12
TV · as Records Clerk (uncredited) · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Presenter, Self - Co-Hostess / Nominee · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Grandma Moses (age 5) · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep