Jane Alexander
Born: 1939-10-28 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- American Classic as Ethel Bean
- Everything's on Fire as Lorraine
2022
- Severance as Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
2020
- Tales from the Loop as Klara
- The Man in the Woods as Vivien Waldorf
2019
- Modern Love as Margot
- Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
2018
- Christmas Around the Corner as Mrs. Tumulty
2017
- The Good Fight as Judge Suzanne Morris
- Three Christs as Dr. Abraham
2015
- The Book of Negroes as Maria
- Show Boat as Parthy Hawks
2013
- The Blacklist as Diane Fowler
- Mr. Morgan's Last Love as Joan Morgan
2012
- Elementary as C.
- William & Catherine: A Royal Romance as HM Queen Elizabeth II
2011
- Dream House as Dr. Greeley
- The Loving Story as Eleanor
- Deck the Halls as Nora Regan Reilly
- John Muir in the New World as Narrator (voice)
2009
- The Good Wife as Judge Suzanne Morris
- Terminator Salvation as Virginia
- The Unborn as Sofi Kozma
2008
- Gigantic as Barbara Weathersby
- Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women as Ednah Cheney
2007
- Tell Me You Love Me as Dr. May Foster
- Feast of Love as Esther Stevenson
- La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
- The Powder & the Glory as Herself - Narrator
2006
- Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus as Gertrude Nemerov
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as 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" as Self
2005
- Warm Springs as Sara Delano Roosevelt
2004
- Testament: Nuclear Thoughts as Self
2002
- The Ring as Dr. Grasnik
- Sunshine State as Delia Temple
2001
- Jenifer as Marilyn Estess
- Knights Of The Quest ... (Dialogue Coach)
- Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' as Self
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Regina Mulroney
- The Cider House Rules as Nurse Edna
1993
1992
- Stay the Night as Blanche Kettman
1990
- Law & Order as Regina Mulroney
- Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1989
- Glory as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
- Mountain View as Bartender
- Building Bombs as Narrator
1988
- Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide as Self
- A Friendship in Vienna as Hannah Dournenvald
- Open Admissions as Ginny Carlsen
- The Artist Was a Woman as Narrator
1987
- Square Dance as Juanelle
- In Love and War as Sybil Stockdale
- Sweet Country as Anna
1986
- American Masters as Narrator
- Blood & Orchids as Doris Ashley
1985
- Malice in Wonderland as Hedda Hopper
1984
- City Heat as Addy
- When She Says No as Nora Strangis
- Calamity Jane as Calamity Jane
1983
- Testament as Carol Wetherly
1982
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
- Night Crossing as Doris Strelzyk
- In the Custody of Strangers as Sandy Caldwell
- Kennedy's Children as Wanda
1981
- Dear Liar as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
1980
- Brubaker as Lillian
- Playing for Time as Alma Rose
1979
- Kramer vs. Kramer as Margaret Phelps
1978
- The Betsy as Alicia Hardeman
- A Question of Love as Barbara Moreland
- Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II as Mary MacCracken
1977
- Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Eleanor Roosevelt
1976
- All the President's Men as Bookkeeper
- Eleanor and Franklin as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
1975
- Death Be Not Proud as Frances Gunther
1974
- This Is the West That Was as Sarah Shaw
1973
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- Miracle on 34th Street as Karen Walker
1972
- The New Centurions as Dorothy Fehler
- Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol as Anne Palmer
1971
- A Gunfight as Nora Tenneray
1970
- The Great White Hope as Eleanor
1968
- Adam-12 as Records Clerk (uncredited)
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Host
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee