Jane Alexander
Acting1939Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Known For
Acting History
Future
Everything's On Fire
as Lorraine
2026
American Classic
TVas Ethel Bean• 8 eps
2025
Severance
TVas Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel• 1 eps
2020
The Man in the Woods
as Vivien Waldorf
Tales from the Loop
TVas Klara• 3 eps
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
Modern Love
TVas Margot• 1 eps
2018
Christmas Around the Corner
as Mrs. Tumulty
2017
State of Mind
as Dr. Abraham
The Good Fight
TVas Judge Suzanne Morris• 2 eps
2015
Show Boat
as Parthy Hawks
The Book of Negroes
TVas Maria• 6 eps
2014
Elementary
TVas C.• 2 eps
2013
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
as Joan Morgan
The Blacklist
TVas Diane Fowler• 4 eps
2012
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
as HM Queen Elizabeth II
2011
Dream House
as Dr. Greeley
Deck the Halls
as Nora Regan Reilly
The Loving Story
as Eleanor
John Muir in the New World
as Narrator (voice)
American Masters
TVas Narrator• 1 eps
The Good Wife
TVas Judge Suzanne Morris• 5 eps
2009
Terminator Salvation
as Virginia
The Unborn
as Sofi Kozma
2008
Gigantic
as Barbara Weathersby
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
as Ednah Cheney
2007
Feast of Love
as Esther Stevenson
The Powder & the Glory
as Herself - Narrator
Tell Me You Love Me
TVas Dr. May Foster• 10 eps
La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa
TVas Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
2006
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
as Gertrude Nemerov
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
2005
Warm Springs
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
2002
The Ring
as Dr. Grasnik
Sunshine State
as Delia Temple
2001
Jenifer
as Marilyn Estess
Knights Of The Quest
Dialogue Coach
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Regina Mulroney• 1 eps
Law & Order
TVas Regina Mulroney• 1 eps
1999
The Cider House Rules
as Nurse Edna
Intimate Portrait
TVas Self• 2 eps
1993
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Nominee/Performer• 1 eps
1992
Stay the Night
as Blanche Kettman
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1989
1988
Open Admissions
as Ginny Carlsen
A Friendship in Vienna
as Hannah Dournenvald
The Artist Was a Woman
as Narrator
1987
In Love and War
as Sybil Stockdale
Square Dance
as Juanelle
Sweet Country
as Anna
Square Dance
Executive Producer
1986
Blood & Orchids
as Doris Ashley
Blood & Orchids
TVas Doris Ashley
1985
Malice in Wonderland
as Hedda Hopper
1984
1983
Testament
as Carol Wetherly
1982
Night Crossing
as Doris Strelzyk
In the Custody of Strangers
as Sandy Caldwell
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Kennedy's Children
as Wanda
1981
Dear Liar
as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
1980
1979
Kramer vs. Kramer
as Margaret Phelps
1978
A Question of Love
as Barbara Moreland
The Betsy
as Alicia Hardeman
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
as Mary MacCracken
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TVas Self• 1 eps
1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Eleanor Roosevelt
1976
All the President's Men
as Bookkeeper
Eleanor and Franklin
TVas Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
1975
Death Be Not Proud
as Frances Gunther
1974
This Is the West That Was
as Sarah Shaw
1973
Miracle on 34th Street
as Karen Walker
1972
The New Centurions
as Dorothy Fehler
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Anne Palmer
1971
A Gunfight
as Nora Tenneray
1970
The Great White Hope
as Eleanor
1969
Adam-12
TVas Records Clerk (uncredited)• 1 eps