About
Jane Alexander
Overview
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 |
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| 2020 | The Man in the Woods | Actor | Vivien Waldorf | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Christmas Around the Corner | Actor | Mrs. Tumulty | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Three Christs | Actor | Dr. Abraham | 60 Fair |
| 2015 | Show Boat | Actor | Parthy Hawks | N/A N/A |
| 2015 | The Book of Negroes | Actor | Maria | 69 Fair |
| 2013 | Mr. Morgan's Last Love | Actor | Joan Morgan | 61 Fair |
| 2012 | William & Catherine: A Royal Romance | Actor | HM Queen Elizabeth II | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Deck the Halls | Actor | Nora Regan Reilly | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Dream House | Actor | Dr. Greeley | 61 Fair |
| 2011 | John Muir in the New World | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | The Loving Story | Actor | Eleanor | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | Actor | Virginia | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | The Unborn | Actor | Sofi Kozma | 53 Average |
| 2008 | Gigantic | Actor | Barbara Weathersby | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women | Actor | Ednah Cheney | 58 Average |
| 2007 | La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa | Actor | Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker | 69 Fair |
| 2007 | Feast of Love | Actor | Esther Stevenson | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | Tell Me You Love Me | Actor | Dr. May Foster | 68 Fair |
| 2007 | The Powder & the Glory | Actor | Herself - Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | Actor | Gertrude Nemerov | 59 Average |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Actor | Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig") | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Warm Springs | Actor | Sara Delano Roosevelt | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Elisa di Rivombrosa | Actor | Lucrezia Van Necker Beauville | 72 Good |
| 2002 | The Ring | Actor | Dr. Grasnik | 66 Fair |
| 2002 | Sunshine State | Actor | Delia Temple | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Jenifer | Actor | Marilyn Estess | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | Actor | Nurse Edna | 66 Fair |
| 1993 | Le donne non vogliono più | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1992 | Stay the Night | Actor | Blanche Kettman | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Glory | Actor | Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw | 71 Good |
| 1989 | Mountain View | Actor | Bartender | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Building Bombs | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Open Admissions | Actor | Ginny Carlsen | N/A N/A |
| 1988 | A Friendship in Vienna | Actor | Hannah Dournenvald | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | In Love and War | Actor | Sybil Stockdale | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Square Dance | Actor | Juanelle | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Sweet Country | Actor | Anna | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Blood & Orchids | Actor | Doris Ashley | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Blood & Orchids | Actor | Doris Ashley | 69 Fair |
| 1985 | Malice in Wonderland | Actor | Hedda Hopper | 59 Average |
| 1984 | City Heat | Actor | Addy | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Calamity Jane | Actor | Calamity Jane | 59 Average |
| 1984 | When She Says No | Actor | Nora Strangis | N/A N/A |
| 1983 | Testament | Actor | Carol Wetherly | 59 Average |
| 1982 | In the Custody of Strangers | Actor | Sandy Caldwell | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Kennedy's Children | Actor | Wanda | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | Night Crossing | Actor | Doris Strelzyk | 59 Average |
| 1980 | Playing for Time | Actor | Alma Rose | 60 Fair |
| 1980 | Brubaker | Actor | Lillian Gray | 64 Fair |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Actor | Margaret Phelps | 72 Good |
| 1978 | Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II | Actor | Mary MacCracken | 59 Average |
| 1978 | A Question of Love | Actor | Barbara Moreland | 58 Average |
| 1978 | The Betsy | Actor | Alicia Hardeman | 58 Average |
| 1977 | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Actor | Eleanor Roosevelt | 58 Average |
| 1976 | All the President's Men | Actor | Bookkeeper | 73 Good |
| 1976 | Eleanor and Franklin | Actor | Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60 | 68 Fair |
| 1976 | Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1975 | Death Be Not Proud | Actor | Frances Gunther | 58 Average |
| 1974 | This Is the West That Was | Actor | Sarah Shaw | N/A N/A |
| 1973 | Miracle on 34th Street | Actor | Karen Walker | 59 Average |
| 1972 | The New Centurions | Actor | Dorothy Fehler | 59 Average |
| 1972 | Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol | Actor | Anne Palmer | 59 Average |
| 1971 | A Gunfight | Actor | Nora Tenneray | 59 Average |
| 1970 | The Great White Hope | Actor | Eleanor | 59 Average |
| Testament at 20 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 1987 | Square Dance | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Calamity Jane | Production | Producer | 59 Average |