Jane Alexander
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 28 October 1939 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Known for
Acting 69
- 2026Lillian, Next Door as Lillian Wallingford Blanton
- 2026Testament at 20
- 2026Everything's on Fire as Lorraine
- 2020The Man in the Woods as Vivien Waldorf
- 2019Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
- 2018Christmas Around the Corner as Mrs. Tumulty
- 2017Three Christs as Dr. Abraham
- 2015Show Boat as Parthy Hawks
- 2013Mr. Morgan's Last Love as Joan Morgan
- 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
- 2009Terminator Salvation as Virginia
- 2009The Unborn as Sofi Kozma
- 2008Gigantic as Barbara Weathersby
- 2008Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women as Ednah Cheney
- 2007Feast of Love as Esther Stevenson
- 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
- 2004Testament: Nuclear Thoughts as Self
- 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
- 1993Le donne non vogliono più
- 1992Stay the Night as Blanche Kettman
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1975Death Be Not Proud as Frances Gunther
- 1974This Is the West That Was as Sarah Shaw
- 1973Miracle on 34th Street as Karen Walker
- 1972The New Centurions as Dorothy Fehler
- 1972Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol as Anne Palmer
- 1971A Gunfight as Nora Tenneray
- 1970The Great White Hope as Eleanor
crew 1
- 2001Knights of the Quest · dialogue coach
Production 2
- 1987Square Dance · executive producer
- 1984Calamity Jane · producer