Jane Alexander
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 28, 1939 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Credits
- 93
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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.
Known for
Terminator Salvation
2009Movie
Virginia
The Ring
2002Movie
Dr. Grasnik
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Regina Mulroney
The Blacklist
2013TV
Diane Fowler
Severance
2022TV
Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979Movie
Margaret Phelps
Filmography
Everything's on Fire
2026Movie
Lorraine
American Classic
2026TV
Ethel Bean
Severance
2022TV
Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
The Man in the Woods
2020Movie
Vivien Waldorf
Tales from the Loop
2020TV
Klara
Modern Love
2019TV
Margot
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019Movie
Self
Christmas Around the Corner
2018Movie
Mrs. Tumulty
Three Christs
2017Movie
Dr. Abraham
Everything Old Is New Again
2017Movie
Self
The Good Fight
2017TV
Judge Suzanne Morris
Show Boat
2015Movie
Parthy Hawks
The Book of Negroes
2015TV
Maria
The Blacklist
2013TV
Diane Fowler
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
2013Movie
Joan Morgan
Elementary
2012TV
C.
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
2012Movie
HM Queen Elizabeth II
Deck the Halls
2011Movie
Nora Regan Reilly
Dream House
2011Movie
Dr. Greeley
John Muir in the New World
2011Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Loving Story
2011Movie
Eleanor
The Good Wife
2009TV
Judge Suzanne Morris
Terminator Salvation
2009Movie
Virginia
The Unborn
2009Movie
Sofi Kozma
Gigantic
2008Movie
Barbara Weathersby
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
2008Movie
Ednah Cheney
La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa
2007TV
Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
Feast of Love
2007Movie
Esther Stevenson
Tell Me You Love Me
2007TV
Dr. May Foster
The Powder & the Glory
2007Movie
Herself - Narrator
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006Movie
Gertrude Nemerov
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006Movie
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"
2006Movie
Self
Warm Springs
2005Movie
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Testament: Nuclear Thoughts
2004Movie
Self
The Ring
2002Movie
Dr. Grasnik
Sunshine State
2002Movie
Delia Temple
Jenifer
2001Movie
Marilyn Estess
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2001Movie
Self
The Cider House Rules
1999Movie
Nurse Edna
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Regina Mulroney
Intimate Portrait
1993TV
Self
Le donne non vogliono più
1993Movie
Stay the Night
1992Movie
Blanche Kettman
Law & Order
1990TV
Regina Mulroney
Night of 100 Stars III
1990Movie
Self
Glory
1989Movie
Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
Mountain View
1989Movie
Bartender
Building Bombs
1989Movie
Narrator
Open Admissions
1988Movie
Ginny Carlsen
A Friendship in Vienna
1988Movie
Hannah Dournenvald
The Artist Was a Woman
1988Movie
Narrator
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
1988Movie
Self
In Love and War
1987Movie
Sybil Stockdale
Square Dance
1987Movie
Juanelle
Sweet Country
1987Movie
Anna
American Masters
1986TV
Narrator
Blood & Orchids
1986TV
Doris Ashley
Malice in Wonderland
1985Movie
Hedda Hopper
City Heat
1984Movie
Addy
Calamity Jane
1984Movie
Calamity Jane
When She Says No
1984Movie
Nora Strangis
Testament
1983Movie
Carol Wetherly
In the Custody of Strangers
1982Movie
Sandy Caldwell
Night of 100 Stars
1982Movie
Self
Kennedy's Children
1982Movie
Wanda
Night Crossing
1982Movie
Doris Strelzyk
American Playhouse
1982TV
Carol Wetherly, Georgia O'Keeffe
Dear Liar
1981Movie
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Playing for Time
1980Movie
Alma Rose
Brubaker
1980Movie
Lillian
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979Movie
Margaret Phelps
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978Movie
Mary MacCracken
A Question of Love
1978Movie
Barbara Moreland
The Betsy
1978Movie
Alicia Hardeman
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977Movie
Eleanor Roosevelt
A Circle of Children
1977Movie
Mary McCracken
All the President's Men
1976Movie
Bookkeeper
Eleanor and Franklin
1976TV
Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
Death Be Not Proud
1975Movie
Frances Gunther
This Is the West That Was
1974Movie
Sarah Shaw
Miracle on 34th Street
1973Movie
Karen Walker
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973TV
Self
The New Centurions
1972Movie
Dorothy Fehler
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972Movie
Anne Palmer
A Gunfight
1971Movie
Nora Tenneray
The Great White Hope
1970Movie
Eleanor
Adam-12
1968TV
Records Clerk (uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Host, Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Co-Hostess / Nominee
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee
Lillian, Next Door
Movie
Lillian Wallingford Blanton
Testament at 20
Movie