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