Jane Alexander

Personal Info

Birthday

October 28, 1939

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Jane Quigley

Jane Kuigley

Jane Alexander

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

The Blacklist

American Masters

Elementary

Severance

The Good Wife

The Good Fight

Filmography

2020
The Man in the Woods
as Vivien Waldorf
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2018
Christmas Around the Corner
as Mrs. Tumulty
2017
Three Christs
as Dr. Abraham
2015
Show Boat
as Parthy Hawks
2013
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
as Joan Morgan
2012
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
as HM Queen Elizabeth II
2011
Deck the Halls
as Nora Regan Reilly
Dream House
as Dr. Greeley
John Muir in the New World
as Narrator (voice)
The Loving Story
as Eleanor
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
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")
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
as Self
2005
Warm Springs
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
2002
The Ring
as Dr. Grasnik
Sunshine State
as Delia Temple
2001
Jenifer
as Marilyn Estess
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
as Self
1999
The Cider House Rules
as Nurse Edna
1992
Stay the Night
as Blanche Kettman
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1989
Glory
as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
Mountain View
as Bartender
Building Bombs
as Narrator
1988
Open Admissions
as Ginny Carlsen
A Friendship in Vienna
as Hannah Dournenvald
The Artist Was a Woman
as Narrator
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
as Self
1987
In Love and War
as Sybil Stockdale
Square Dance
as Juanelle
Sweet Country
as Anna
1985
Malice in Wonderland
as Hedda Hopper
1984
City Heat
as Addy
Calamity Jane
as Calamity Jane
When She Says No
as Nora Strangis
1983
Testament
as Carol Wetherly
1982
In the Custody of Strangers
as Sandy Caldwell
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Kennedy's Children
as Wanda
Night Crossing
as Doris Strelzyk
1980
Playing for Time
as Alma Rose
Brubaker
as Lillian Gray
1979
Kramer vs. Kramer
as Margaret Phelps
1978
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
as Mary MacCracken
A Question of Love
as Barbara Moreland
The Betsy
as Alicia Hardeman
1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Eleanor Roosevelt
1976
All the President's Men
as Bookkeeper
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
as Self (archive footage)
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