
Jane Alexander
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.
Known For

All the President's Men
1976

Terminator Salvation
2009

The Ring
2002

Brubaker
1980

The Cider House Rules
1999

Testament
1983

Kramer vs. Kramer
1979

The Unborn
2009

Gigantic
2008

The New Centurions
1972

City Heat
1984

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006

Dream House
2011

Playing for Time
1980

A Gunfight
1971

Deck the Halls
2011

Night Crossing
1982

Square Dance
1987

Kennedy's Children
1982

Testament at 20
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Building Bombs
1989

Mr. Morgan's Last Love
2013

In the Custody of Strangers
1982

A Friendship in Vienna
1988

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
2012

In Love and War
1987

Malice in Wonderland
1985

Miracle on 34th Street
1973

Jenifer
2001

Calamity Jane
1984

The Great White Hope
1970

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977

Death Be Not Proud
1975

The Loving Story
2011

This Is the West That Was
1974

The Betsy
1978

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978

Night of 100 Stars III
1990

Open Admissions
1988

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972

Stay the Night
1992

Feast of Love
2007

Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006

Three Christs
2017

A Question of Love
1978

When She Says No
1984

Sweet Country
1987

The Man in the Woods
2020

The Powder & the Glory
2007

Show Boat
2015

Christmas Around the Corner
2018

Glory
1989

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006

Sunshine State
2002

Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2001

Le donne non vogliono più
1993

Warm Springs
2005

John Muir in the New World
2011

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019

Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
1988

Mountain View
1989

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
2008

Night of 100 Stars
1982

The Artist Was a Woman
1988

Dear Liar
1981

Everything's On Fire
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Tell Me You Love Me
2007

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973

The Blacklist
2013

Elementary
2012

The Book of Negroes
2015

Law & Order
1990

Intimate Portrait
1993

Adam-12
1968

La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa
2007

The Good Fight
2017

American Masters
1986

The Good Wife
2009

Eleanor and Franklin
1976

Modern Love
2019

Tales from the Loop
2020

Blood & Orchids
1986

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Severance
2022

American Classic
2026

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956