Jane Alexander
Acting
95
Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Everything's on Fire
2026
as Lorraine
American Classic
2026
as Ethel Bean
Severance
2022
as Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
The Man in the Woods
2020
as Vivien Waldorf
Tales from the Loop
2020
as Klara
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
Modern Love
2019
as Margot
Christmas Around the Corner
2018
as Mrs. Tumulty
Three Christs
2017
as Dr. Abraham
The Good Fight
2017
as Judge Suzanne Morris
Show Boat
2015
as Parthy Hawks
The Book of Negroes
2015
as Maria
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
2013
as Joan Morgan
The Blacklist
2013
as Diane Fowler
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
2012
as HM Queen Elizabeth II
Elementary
2012
as C.
Dream House
2011
as Dr. Greeley
Deck the Halls
2011
as Nora Regan Reilly
The Loving Story
2011
as Eleanor
John Muir in the New World
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Terminator Salvation
2009
as Virginia
The Unborn
2009
as Sofi Kozma
The Good Wife
2009
as Judge Suzanne Morris
Gigantic
2008
as Barbara Weathersby
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
2008
as Ednah Cheney
Feast of Love
2007
as Esther Stevenson
The Powder & the Glory
2007
as Herself - Narrator
Tell Me You Love Me
2007
as Dr. May Foster
La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa
2007
as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006
as Gertrude Nemerov
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Warm Springs
2005
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
Testament: Nuclear Thoughts
2004
as Self
The Ring
2002
as Dr. Grasnik
Sunshine State
2002
as Delia Temple
Jenifer
2001
as Marilyn Estess
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2001
as Self
The Cider House Rules
1999
as Nurse Edna
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Regina Mulroney
Le donne non vogliono più
1993
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Stay the Night
1992
as Blanche Kettman
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Law & Order
1990
as Regina Mulroney
Building Bombs
1989
as Narrator
Glory
1989
as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
Mountain View
1989
as Bartender
A Friendship in Vienna
1988
as Hannah Dournenvald
Open Admissions
1988
as Ginny Carlsen
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
1988
as Self
The Artist Was a Woman
1988
as Narrator
Square Dance
1987
as Juanelle
In Love and War
1987
as Sybil Stockdale
Sweet Country
1987
as Anna
American Masters
1986
as Narrator
Blood & Orchids
1986
as Doris Ashley
Malice in Wonderland
1985
as Hedda Hopper
City Heat
1984
as Addy
Calamity Jane
1984
as Calamity Jane
When She Says No
1984
as Nora Strangis
Testament
1983
as Carol Wetherly
Night Crossing
1982
as Doris Strelzyk
Kennedy's Children
1982
as Wanda
In the Custody of Strangers
1982
as Sandy Caldwell
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
American Playhouse
1982
as Carol Wetherly
American Playhouse
1982
as Georgia O'Keeffe
Dear Liar
1981
as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Brubaker
1980
as Lillian
Playing for Time
1980
as Alma Rose
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
as Margaret Phelps
The Betsy
1978
as Alicia Hardeman
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978
as Mary MacCracken
A Question of Love
1978
as Barbara Moreland
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Eleanor Roosevelt
All the President's Men
1976
as Bookkeeper
Eleanor and Franklin
1976
as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
Death Be Not Proud
1975
as Frances Gunther
This Is the West That Was
1974
as Sarah Shaw
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
as Karen Walker
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The New Centurions
1972
as Dorothy Fehler
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Anne Palmer
A Gunfight
1971
as Nora Tenneray
The Great White Hope
1970
as Eleanor
Adam-12
1968
as Records Clerk (uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Performer
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Co-Hostess / Nominee
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee