Actor
· Acting
Jane Alexander
Born 1939-10-28
📍 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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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.
Filmography 89
Everything's on Fire
as Lorraine
2026
American Classic
as Ethel Bean
2026
Severance
as Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
2022
The Man in the Woods
as Vivien Waldorf
2020
Tales from the Loop
as Klara
2020
Modern Love
as Margot
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
Christmas Around the Corner
as Mrs. Tumulty
2018
Three Christs
as Dr. Abraham
2017
The Good Fight
as Judge Suzanne Morris
2017
Show Boat
as Parthy Hawks
2015
The Book of Negroes
as Maria
2015
The Blacklist
as Diane Fowler
2013
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
as Joan Morgan
2013
Elementary
as C.
2012
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
as HM Queen Elizabeth II
2012
Deck the Halls
as Nora Regan Reilly
2011
Dream House
as Dr. Greeley
2011
John Muir in the New World
as Narrator (voice)
2011
The Loving Story
as Eleanor
2011
The Good Wife
as Judge Suzanne Morris
2009
Terminator Salvation
as Virginia
2009
The Unborn
as Sofi Kozma
2009
Gigantic
as Barbara Weathersby
2008
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
as Ednah Cheney
2008
La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa
as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
2007
Feast of Love
as Esther Stevenson
2007
Tell Me You Love Me
as Dr. May Foster
2007
The Powder & the Glory
as Herself - Narrator
2007
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
as Gertrude Nemerov
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
2006
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
as Self
2006
Warm Springs
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
2005
The Ring
as Dr. Grasnik
2002
Sunshine State
as Delia Temple
2002
Jenifer
as Marilyn Estess
2001
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
as Self
2001
The Cider House Rules
as Nurse Edna
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Regina Mulroney
1999
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
Le donne non vogliono più
1993
Stay the Night
as Blanche Kettman
1992
Law & Order
as Regina Mulroney
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Glory
as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
1989
Mountain View
as Bartender
1989
Building Bombs
as Narrator
1989
Open Admissions
as Ginny Carlsen
1988
A Friendship in Vienna
as Hannah Dournenvald
1988
The Artist Was a Woman
as Narrator
1988
In Love and War
as Sybil Stockdale
1987
Square Dance
as Juanelle
1987
Sweet Country
as Anna
1987
American Masters
as Narrator
1986
Blood & Orchids
as Doris Ashley
1986
Malice in Wonderland
as Hedda Hopper
1985
City Heat
as Addy
1984
Calamity Jane
as Calamity Jane
1984
When She Says No
as Nora Strangis
1984
Testament
as Carol Wetherly
1983
In the Custody of Strangers
as Sandy Caldwell
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
Kennedy's Children
as Wanda
1982
Night Crossing
as Doris Strelzyk
1982
Playing for Time
as Alma Rose
1980
Brubaker
as Lillian
1980
Kramer vs. Kramer
as Margaret Phelps
1979
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
as Mary MacCracken
1978
A Question of Love
as Barbara Moreland
1978
The Betsy
as Alicia Hardeman
1978
All the President's Men
as Bookkeeper
1976
Eleanor and Franklin
as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
1976
Death Be Not Proud
as Frances Gunther
1975
This Is the West That Was
as Sarah Shaw
1974
Miracle on 34th Street
as Karen Walker
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
The New Centurions
as Dorothy Fehler
1972
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Anne Palmer
1972
A Gunfight
as Nora Tenneray
1971
The Great White Hope
as Eleanor
1970
Adam-12
as Records Clerk (uncredited)
1968
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Hostess / Nominee
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944