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Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

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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.

Born

Oct 28, 1939

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Known For

Acting

Movies

70 acting

3 crew

Popularity

1.1

Known For

The Ring
The Ring
2002 • as Dr. Grasnik
★ 6.7
Terminator Salvation
Terminator Salvation
2009 • as Virginia
★ 6.1
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules
1999 • as Nurse Edna
★ 7.1
All the President's Men
All the President's Men
1976 • as Bookkeeper
★ 7.7
Kramer vs. Kramer
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 • as Margaret Phelps
★ 7.6
Glory
Glory
1989 • as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
★ 7.5
The Unborn
The Unborn
2009 • as Sofi Kozma
★ 5.2
Dream House
Dream House
2011 • as Dr. Greeley
★ 6.2
Brubaker
Brubaker
1980 • as Lillian
★ 7.1
Warm Springs
Warm Springs
2005 • as Sara Delano Roosevelt
★ 6.6
Show Boat
Show Boat
2015 • as Parthy Hawks
Testament
Testament
1983 • as Carol Wetherly
★ 6.4
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006 • as Gertrude Nemerov
★ 6.1
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
2013 • as Joan Morgan
★ 6.6
Three Christs
Three Christs
2017 • as Dr. Abraham
★ 6.7
Feast of Love
Feast of Love
2007 • as Esther Stevenson
★ 6.2
City Heat
City Heat
1984 • as Addy
★ 5.5
Night Crossing
Night Crossing
1982 • as Doris Strelzyk
★ 6.1
The Betsy
The Betsy
1978 • as Alicia Hardeman
★ 4.8
movie
Dear Liar
1981 • as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
★ 7.0
Open Admissions
Open Admissions
1988 • as Ginny Carlsen
★ 5.0
Christmas Around the Corner
Christmas Around the Corner
2018 • as Mrs. Tumulty
★ 6.4
Playing for Time
Playing for Time
1980 • as Alma Rose
★ 6.9
The New Centurions
The New Centurions
1972 • as Dorothy Fehler
★ 6.7
Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 • as Self
★ 4.3
Gigantic
Gigantic
2008 • as Barbara Weathersby
★ 5.6
The Great White Hope
The Great White Hope
1970 • as Eleanor
★ 6.3
The Artist Was a Woman
The Artist Was a Woman
1988 • as Narrator
In Love and War
In Love and War
1987 • as Sybil Stockdale
★ 5.0
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
2012 • as HM Queen Elizabeth II
★ 5.4
A Gunfight
A Gunfight
1971 • as Nora Tenneray
★ 5.8
Deck the Halls
Deck the Halls
2011 • as Nora Regan Reilly
★ 5.0
John Muir in the New World
John Muir in the New World
2011 • as Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
1982 • as Self
★ 5.8
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
★ 6.5
Death Be Not Proud
Death Be Not Proud
1975 • as Frances Gunther
★ 6.0
Jenifer
Jenifer
2001 • as Marilyn Estess
★ 6.2
When She Says No
When She Says No
1984 • as Nora Strangis
★ 8.0
The Man in the Woods
The Man in the Woods
2020 • as Vivien Waldorf
★ 4.6
A Question of Love
A Question of Love
1978 • as Barbara Moreland
★ 5.2
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street
1973 • as Karen Walker
★ 6.8
A Circle of Children
A Circle of Children
1977 • as Mary McCracken
★ 9.0
Sweet Country
Sweet Country
1987 • as Anna
★ 4.9
Square Dance
Square Dance
1987 • as Juanelle
★ 4.7
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 • as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Sunshine State
Sunshine State
2002 • as Delia Temple
★ 6.4
In the Custody of Strangers
In the Custody of Strangers
1982 • as Sandy Caldwell
★ 6.4
Malice in Wonderland
Malice in Wonderland
1985 • as Hedda Hopper
★ 7.6
movie
Lillian, Next Door
• as Lillian Wallingford Blanton
Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane
1984 • as Calamity Jane
★ 7.0
movie
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977 • as Eleanor Roosevelt
★ 4.9
This Is the West That Was
This Is the West That Was
1974 • as Sarah Shaw
★ 9.0
Everything's on Fire
Everything's on Fire
2026 • as Lorraine
A Friendship in Vienna
A Friendship in Vienna
1988 • as Hannah Dournenvald
★ 7.3
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972 • as Anne Palmer
★ 8.0
Stay the Night
Stay the Night
1992 • as Blanche Kettman
★ 4.2
movie
★ 10.0
The Powder & the Glory
The Powder & the Glory
2007 • as Herself - Narrator
movie
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978 • as Mary MacCracken
★ 7.5
Kennedy's Children
Kennedy's Children
1982 • as Wanda
The Loving Story
The Loving Story
2011 • as Eleanor
★ 6.9
Mountain View
Mountain View
1989 • as Bartender
Building Bombs
Building Bombs
1989 • as Narrator
★ 6.3