Jane Alexander
ActingFrom 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
Terminator Salvation
Virginia
The Cider House Rules
Nurse Edna
The Ring
Dr. Grasnik
Glory
Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
All the President's Men
Bookkeeper
Kramer vs. Kramer
Margaret Phelps
Dream House
Dr. Greeley
The Unborn
Sofi Kozma
Brubaker
Lillian
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Filmography — Acting
Terminator Salvation
Virginia
The Cider House Rules
Nurse Edna
The Ring
Dr. Grasnik
Glory
Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
All the President's Men
Bookkeeper
Kramer vs. Kramer
Margaret Phelps
Dream House
Dr. Greeley
The Unborn
Sofi Kozma
Brubaker
Lillian
Night of 100 Stars
Self
The New Centurions
Dorothy Fehler
Testament
Carol Wetherly
Feast of Love
Esther Stevenson
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Joan Morgan
Three Christs
Dr. Abraham
City Heat
Addy
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Gertrude Nemerov
Gigantic
Barbara Weathersby
Square Dance
Juanelle
Warm Springs
Sara Delano Roosevelt
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
The Betsy
Alicia Hardeman
Deck the Halls
Nora Regan Reilly
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
Sweet Country
Anna
Playing for Time
Alma Rose
Sunshine State
Delia Temple
The Man in the Woods
Vivien Waldorf
In Love and War
Sybil Stockdale
Jenifer
Marilyn Estess
Night Crossing
Doris Strelzyk
A Gunfight
Nora Tenneray
Christmas Around the Corner
Mrs. Tumulty
Miracle on 34th Street
Karen Walker
Malice in Wonderland
Hedda Hopper
Stay the Night
Blanche Kettman
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
HM Queen Elizabeth II
A Question of Love
Barbara Moreland
When She Says No
Nora Strangis
This Is the West That Was
Sarah Shaw
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Anne Palmer
The Great White Hope
Eleanor
In the Custody of Strangers
Sandy Caldwell
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Eleanor Roosevelt
Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
Mary MacCracken
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Self
A Friendship in Vienna
Hannah Dournenvald
Show Boat
Parthy Hawks
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Self
Mountain View
Bartender
Death Be Not Proud
Frances Gunther
The Loving Story
Eleanor
Open Admissions
Ginny Carlsen
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Self
The Powder & the Glory
Herself - Narrator
John Muir in the New World
Narrator (voice)
Le donne non vogliono più
Kennedy's Children
Wanda
Building Bombs
Narrator
The Artist Was a Woman
Narrator
Dear Liar
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Ednah Cheney
Lillian, Next Door
Lillian Wallingford Blanton
Everything's On Fire
Lorraine