Jane Alexander
Biography
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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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Acting History
2022
Severance as Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
2020The Man in the Woods as Vivien Waldorf
2020Tales from the Loop as Klara
2019Modern Love as Margot
2019Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
2018Christmas Around the Corner as Mrs. Tumulty
2017Three Christs as Dr. Abraham
2017The Good Fight as Judge Suzanne Morris
2015Show Boat as Parthy Hawks
2015The Book of Negroes as Maria
2013The Blacklist as Diane Fowler
2013Mr. Morgan's Last Love as Joan Morgan
2012Elementary as C.
2012William & Catherine: A Royal Romance as HM Queen Elizabeth II
2011Deck the Halls as Nora Regan Reilly
2011Dream House as Dr. Greeley
2011John Muir in the New World as Narrator (voice)
2011The Loving Story as Eleanor
2009The Good Wife as Judge Suzanne Morris
2009Terminator Salvation as Virginia
2009The Unborn as Sofi Kozma
2008Gigantic as Barbara Weathersby
2008Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women as Ednah Cheney
2007La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
2007Feast of Love as Esther Stevenson
2007Tell Me You Love Me as Dr. May Foster
2007The Powder & the Glory as Herself - Narrator
2006Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus as Gertrude Nemerov
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
2006Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" as Self
2005Warm Springs as Sara Delano Roosevelt
2003Elisa di Rivombrosa as Lucrezia Van Necker Beauville
2002The Ring as Dr. Grasnik
2002Sunshine State as Delia Temple
2001Jenifer as Marilyn Estess
2001Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' as Self
1999The Cider House Rules as Nurse Edna
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Regina Mulroney
1993Intimate Portrait as Self
1993Le donne non vogliono più
1992Stay the Night as Blanche Kettman
1990Law & Order as Regina Mulroney
1990Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1989Glory as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
1989Mountain View as Bartender
1989Building Bombs as Narrator
1988Open Admissions as Ginny Carlsen
1988A Friendship in Vienna as Hannah Dournenvald
1988The Artist Was a Woman as Narrator
1988Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide as Self
1987In Love and War as Sybil Stockdale
1987Square Dance as Juanelle
1987Sweet Country as Anna
1986American Masters as Narrator
1986Blood & Orchids as Doris Ashley
1986Blood & Orchids as Doris Ashley
1985Malice in Wonderland as Hedda Hopper
1984City Heat as Addy
1984Calamity Jane as Calamity Jane
1984When She Says No as Nora Strangis
1983Testament as Carol Wetherly
1982In the Custody of Strangers as Sandy Caldwell
1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
1982Kennedy's Children as Wanda
1982Night Crossing as Doris Strelzyk
1981Dear Liar as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
1980Playing for Time as Alma Rose
1980Brubaker as Lillian Gray
1979Kramer vs. Kramer as Margaret Phelps
1978Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II as Mary MacCracken
1978A Question of Love as Barbara Moreland
1978The Betsy as Alicia Hardeman
1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Eleanor Roosevelt
1976All the President's Men as Bookkeeper
1976Eleanor and Franklin as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
1975Death Be Not Proud as Frances Gunther
1974This Is the West That Was as Sarah Shaw
1973Miracle on 34th Street as Karen Walker
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1972The New Centurions as Dorothy Fehler
1972Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol as Anne Palmer
1971A Gunfight as Nora Tenneray
1970The Great White Hope as Eleanor
1968Adam-12 as Records Clerk (uncredited)
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1956Tony Awards as Self - Co-Hostess/Nominee
1956Tony Awards as Self - Host
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee / Performer
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Performer
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
—American Classic as Ethel Bean
—Testament at 20