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