
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.

Bookkeeper
All the President's Men

Virginia
Terminator Salvation

Dr. Grasnik
The Ring

Lillian Gray
Brubaker

Nurse Edna
The Cider House Rules

Carol Wetherly
Testament

Margaret Phelps
Kramer vs. Kramer

Sofi Kozma
The Unborn

Barbara Weathersby
Gigantic

Dorothy Fehler
The New Centurions

Addy
City Heat

Gertrude Nemerov
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

Dr. Greeley
Dream House

Alma Rose
Playing for Time

Nora Tenneray
A Gunfight

Nora Regan Reilly
Deck the Halls

Doris Strelzyk
Night Crossing

Juanelle
Square Dance

Wanda
Kennedy's Children

Testament at 20

Narrator
Building Bombs

Joan Morgan
Mr. Morgan's Last Love

Sandy Caldwell
In the Custody of Strangers

Hannah Dournenvald
A Friendship in Vienna

HM Queen Elizabeth II
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

Sybil Stockdale
In Love and War

Hedda Hopper
Malice in Wonderland

Karen Walker
Miracle on 34th Street

Marilyn Estess
Jenifer

Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane

Eleanor
The Great White Hope

Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

Frances Gunther
Death Be Not Proud

Eleanor
The Loving Story

Sarah Shaw
This Is the West That Was

Alicia Hardeman
The Betsy

Mary MacCracken
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

Self
Night of 100 Stars III

Ginny Carlsen
Open Admissions

Anne Palmer
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

Blanche Kettman
Stay the Night

Doris Ashley
Blood & Orchids

Esther Stevenson
Feast of Love

Self
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"

Dr. Abraham
Three Christs

Barbara Moreland
A Question of Love

Nora Strangis
When She Says No

Anna
Sweet Country

Vivien Waldorf
The Man in the Woods

Herself - Narrator
The Powder & the Glory

Parthy Hawks
Show Boat

Mrs. Tumulty
Christmas Around the Corner

Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
Glory

Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Delia Temple
Sunshine State

Self
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'

Le donne non vogliono più

Sara Delano Roosevelt
Warm Springs

Narrator (voice)
John Muir in the New World

Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

Self
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

Bartender
Mountain View

Ednah Cheney
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Self
Night of 100 Stars

Narrator
The Artist Was a Woman

Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Dear Liar
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
66
Gender
Female
Birthday
1939-10-28
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Jane Quigley