Jane Alexander

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

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

Self (archive footage)

Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

66

Gender

Female

Birthday

1939-10-28

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Jane Quigley