Jane Alexander
Known for Acting · 91 credits
- Born
- 1939-10-28 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Jane Quigley · Jane Kuigley
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
TV Shows (23)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Regina Mulroney
Law & Order
1990
as Regina Mulroney
The Blacklist
2013
as Diane Fowler
The Good Wife
2009
as Judge Suzanne Morris
Elementary
2012
as C.
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Nominee / Performer / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Presenter / Self - Co-Hostess / Nominee
Severance
2022
as Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
The Good Fight
2017
as Judge Suzanne Morris
Adam-12
1968
as Records Clerk (uncredited)
American Playhouse
1982
as Carol Wetherly / Georgia O'Keeffe
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
American Masters
1986
as Narrator
Modern Love
2019
as Margot
Tales from the Loop
2020
as Klara
Tell Me You Love Me
2007
as Dr. May Foster
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
American Classic
2026
as Ethel Bean
The Book of Negroes
2015
as Maria
La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa
2007
as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
Blood & Orchids
1986
as Doris Ashley
Eleanor and Franklin
1976
as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
Movies (68)
All the President's Men
1976
as Bookkeeper
The Ring
2002
as Dr. Grasnik
Terminator Salvation
2009
as Virginia
Glory
1989
as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
The Betsy
1978
as Alicia Hardeman
The Cider House Rules
1999
as Nurse Edna
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
as Margaret Phelps
Night Crossing
1982
as Doris Strelzyk
Show Boat
2015
as Parthy Hawks
The Unborn
2009
as Sofi Kozma
Three Christs
2017
as Dr. Abraham
Dream House
2011
as Dr. Greeley
Brubaker
1980
as Lillian
Testament
1983
as Carol Wetherly
Feast of Love
2007
as Esther Stevenson
Dear Liar
1981
as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
2013
as Joan Morgan
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006
as Gertrude Nemerov
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Warm Springs
2005
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
Open Admissions
1988
as Ginny Carlsen
Deck the Halls
2011
as Nora Regan Reilly
City Heat
1984
as Addy
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
Malice in Wonderland
1985
as Hedda Hopper
The New Centurions
1972
as Dorothy Fehler
Playing for Time
1980
as Alma Rose
Everything's on Fire
2026
as Lorraine
The Man in the Woods
2020
as Vivien Waldorf
The Artist Was a Woman
1988
as Narrator
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
In Love and War
1987
as Sybil Stockdale
The Great White Hope
1970
as Eleanor
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
as Karen Walker
A Gunfight
1971
as Nora Tenneray
A Friendship in Vienna
1988
as Hannah Dournenvald
Sunshine State
2002
as Delia Temple
Jenifer
2001
as Marilyn Estess
In the Custody of Strangers
1982
as Sandy Caldwell
Square Dance
1987
as Juanelle
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
2012
as HM Queen Elizabeth II
Calamity Jane
1984
as Calamity Jane
Stay the Night
1992
as Blanche Kettman
Christmas Around the Corner
2018
as Mrs. Tumulty
Death Be Not Proud
1975
as Frances Gunther
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006
as Self
Lillian, Next Door
as Lillian Wallingford Blanton
Sweet Country
1987
as Anna
Building Bombs
1989
as Narrator
Gigantic
2008
as Barbara Weathersby
John Muir in the New World
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978
as Mary MacCracken
Testament: Nuclear Thoughts
2004
as Self
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2001
as Self
The Powder & the Glory
2007
as Herself - Narrator
This Is the West That Was
1974
as Sarah Shaw
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Anne Palmer
A Question of Love
1978
as Barbara Moreland
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
1988
as Self
The Loving Story
2011
as Eleanor
Le donne non vogliono più
1993
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
2008
as Ednah Cheney
When She Says No
1984
as Nora Strangis
Kennedy's Children
1982
as Wanda
Testament at 20
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Mountain View
1989
as Bartender
About Jane Alexander
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. With 91 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Jane Alexander has appeared in 68 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jane Alexander Movies
- All the President's Men (1976) — as Bookkeeper
- The Ring (2002) — as Dr. Grasnik
- Terminator Salvation (2009) — as Virginia
- Glory (1989) — as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
- The Betsy (1978) — as Alicia Hardeman
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