Jane Alexander

Known for: Acting

Born: 1939-10-28 (age 86)

From: 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.

Filmography (91)

MOVIE
Everything's on Fire
2026
as Lorraine
TV★ 7.3
American Classic
2026
as Ethel Bean
TV★ 8.4
Severance
2022
as Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Man in the Woods
2020
as Vivien Waldorf
TV★ 7.0
Tales from the Loop
2020
as Klara
TV★ 7.3
Modern Love
2019
as Margot
MOVIE★ 6.5
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Christmas Around the Corner
2018
as Mrs. Tumulty
MOVIE★ 6.7
Three Christs
2017
as Dr. Abraham
TV★ 7.5
The Good Fight
2017
as Judge Suzanne Morris
MOVIE
Show Boat
2015
as Parthy Hawks
TV★ 6.5
The Book of Negroes
2015
as Maria
TV★ 7.6
The Blacklist
2013
as Diane Fowler
MOVIE★ 6.6
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
2013
as Joan Morgan
TV★ 7.6
Elementary
2012
as C.
MOVIE★ 5.4
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
2012
as HM Queen Elizabeth II
MOVIE★ 5.0
Deck the Halls
2011
as Nora Regan Reilly
MOVIE★ 6.2
Dream House
2011
as Dr. Greeley
MOVIE
John Muir in the New World
2011
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Loving Story
2011
as Eleanor
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as Judge Suzanne Morris
MOVIE★ 6.1
Terminator Salvation
2009
as Virginia
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Unborn
2009
as Sofi Kozma
MOVIE★ 5.6
Gigantic
2008
as Barbara Weathersby
MOVIE★ 7.0
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
2008
as Ednah Cheney
TV★ 7.3
La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa
2007
as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
MOVIE★ 6.2
Feast of Love
2007
as Esther Stevenson
TV★ 6.5
Tell Me You Love Me
2007
as Dr. May Foster
MOVIE
The Powder & the Glory
2007
as Herself - Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.1
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006
as Gertrude Nemerov
MOVIE
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
MOVIE★ 5.2
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Warm Springs
2005
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
MOVIE
Testament: Nuclear Thoughts
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Ring
2002
as Dr. Grasnik
MOVIE★ 6.4
Sunshine State
2002
as Delia Temple
MOVIE★ 6.2
Jenifer
2001
as Marilyn Estess
MOVIE★ 5.0
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Cider House Rules
1999
as Nurse Edna
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Regina Mulroney
TV★ 4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
Le donne non vogliono più
1993
MOVIE★ 4.0
Stay the Night
1992
as Blanche Kettman
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Regina Mulroney
MOVIE★ 4.0
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Glory
1989
as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
MOVIE
Mountain View
1989
as Bartender
MOVIE★ 6.3
Building Bombs
1989
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.0
Open Admissions
1988
as Ginny Carlsen
MOVIE★ 7.3
A Friendship in Vienna
1988
as Hannah Dournenvald
MOVIE
The Artist Was a Woman
1988
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 10.0
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
In Love and War
1987
as Sybil Stockdale
MOVIE★ 4.7
Square Dance
1987
as Juanelle
MOVIE★ 4.9
Sweet Country
1987
as Anna
TV★ 7.0
American Masters
1986
as Narrator
TV★ 7.2
Blood & Orchids
1986
as Doris Ashley
MOVIE★ 7.6
Malice in Wonderland
1985
as Hedda Hopper
MOVIE★ 5.5
City Heat
1984
as Addy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Calamity Jane
1984
as Calamity Jane
MOVIE★ 8.0
When She Says No
1984
as Nora Strangis
MOVIE★ 6.4
Testament
1983
as Carol Wetherly
MOVIE★ 6.4
In the Custody of Strangers
1982
as Sandy Caldwell
MOVIE★ 5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
MOVIE
Kennedy's Children
1982
as Wanda
MOVIE★ 6.2
Night Crossing
1982
as Doris Strelzyk
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Carol Wetherly
MOVIE★ 7.0
Dear Liar
1981
as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
MOVIE★ 6.9
Playing for Time
1980
as Alma Rose
MOVIE★ 7.1
Brubaker
1980
as Lillian
MOVIE★ 7.6
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
as Margaret Phelps
MOVIE★ 7.5
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978
as Mary MacCracken
MOVIE★ 5.2
A Question of Love
1978
as Barbara Moreland
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Betsy
1978
as Alicia Hardeman
MOVIE★ 4.9
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Eleanor Roosevelt
MOVIE★ 7.7
All the President's Men
1976
as Bookkeeper
TV★ 3.8
Eleanor and Franklin
1976
as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
MOVIE★ 6.0
Death Be Not Proud
1975
as Frances Gunther
MOVIE★ 9.0
This Is the West That Was
1974
as Sarah Shaw
MOVIE★ 7.0
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
as Karen Walker
TV★ 6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
The New Centurions
1972
as Dorothy Fehler
MOVIE★ 8.0
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Anne Palmer
MOVIE★ 5.8
A Gunfight
1971
as Nora Tenneray
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Great White Hope
1970
as Eleanor
TV★ 7.1
Adam-12
1968
as Records Clerk (uncredited)
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MOVIE
Lillian, Next Door
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as Lillian Wallingford Blanton
MOVIE
Testament at 20
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