Jane Alexander
Acting • Born 1939-10-28
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
87 credits
All the President's Men
Movie • 1976
Bookkeeper
Terminator Salvation
Movie • 2009
Virginia
The Ring
Movie • 2002
Dr. Grasnik
Brubaker
Movie • 1980
Lillian
The Cider House Rules
Movie • 1999
Nurse Edna
Testament
Movie • 1983
Carol Wetherly
Kramer vs. Kramer
Movie • 1979
Margaret Phelps
The Unborn
Movie • 2009
Sofi Kozma
Gigantic
Movie • 2008
Barbara Weathersby
The New Centurions
Movie • 1972
Dorothy Fehler
City Heat
Movie • 1984
Addy
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Movie • 2006
Gertrude Nemerov
Dream House
Movie • 2011
Dr. Greeley
Playing for Time
Movie • 1980
Alma Rose
A Gunfight
Movie • 1971
Nora Tenneray
Deck the Halls
Movie • 2011
Nora Regan Reilly
Night Crossing
Movie • 1982
Doris Strelzyk
Square Dance
Movie • 1987
Juanelle
Kennedy's Children
Movie • 1982
Wanda
Testament at 20
Movie
Building Bombs
Movie • 1989
Narrator
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Movie • 2013
Joan Morgan
In the Custody of Strangers
Movie • 1982
Sandy Caldwell
A Friendship in Vienna
Movie • 1988
Hannah Dournenvald
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
Movie • 2012
HM Queen Elizabeth II
In Love and War
Movie • 1987
Sybil Stockdale
Malice in Wonderland
Movie • 1985
Hedda Hopper
Miracle on 34th Street
Movie • 1973
Karen Walker
Jenifer
Movie • 2001
Marilyn Estess
Calamity Jane
Movie • 1984
Calamity Jane
The Great White Hope
Movie • 1970
Eleanor
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Movie • 1977
Eleanor Roosevelt
Death Be Not Proud
Movie • 1975
Frances Gunther
The Loving Story
Movie • 2011
Eleanor
This Is the West That Was
Movie • 1974
Sarah Shaw
The Betsy
Movie • 1978
Alicia Hardeman
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
Movie • 1978
Mary MacCracken
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie • 1990
Self
Open Admissions
Movie • 1988
Ginny Carlsen
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Movie • 1972
Anne Palmer
Stay the Night
Movie • 1992
Blanche Kettman
Feast of Love
Movie • 2007
Esther Stevenson
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Movie • 2006
Self
Three Christs
Movie • 2017
Dr. Abraham
A Question of Love
Movie • 1978
Barbara Moreland
When She Says No
Movie • 1984
Nora Strangis
Sweet Country
Movie • 1987
Anna
The Man in the Woods
Movie • 2020
Vivien Waldorf
The Powder & the Glory
Movie • 2007
Herself - Narrator
Show Boat
Movie • 2015
Parthy Hawks
Christmas Around the Corner
Movie • 2018
Mrs. Tumulty
Glory
Movie • 1989
Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie • 2006
Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Sunshine State
Movie • 2002
Delia Temple
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Movie • 2001
Self
Le donne non vogliono più
Movie • 1993
Warm Springs
Movie • 2005
Sara Delano Roosevelt
John Muir in the New World
Movie • 2011
Narrator (voice)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie • 2019
Self
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Movie • 1988
Self
Mountain View
Movie • 1989
Bartender
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Movie • 2008
Ednah Cheney
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
The Artist Was a Woman
Movie • 1988
Narrator
Dear Liar
Movie • 1981
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Everything's On Fire
Movie
Lorraine
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Regina Mulroney
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Tell Me You Love Me
TV • 2007
Dr. May Foster
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Diane Fowler
Elementary
TV • 2012
C.
The Book of Negroes
TV • 2015
Maria
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Regina Mulroney
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Records Clerk (uncredited)
La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa
TV • 2007
Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Judge Suzanne Morris
American Masters
TV • 1986
Narrator
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Judge Suzanne Morris
Eleanor and Franklin
TV • 1976
Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
Modern Love
TV • 2019
Margot
Tales from the Loop
TV • 2020
Klara
Blood & Orchids
TV • 1986
Doris Ashley
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Severance
TV • 2022
Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
American Classic
TV • 2026
Ethel Bean