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