Jane Alexander

Known for: Acting
Born: October 28, 1939, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Movies: 69

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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.

Best-Known Movies

6.1

Terminator Salvation

2009

6.7

The Ring

2002

7.6

Kramer vs. Kramer

1979

7.7

All the President's Men

1976

7.5

Glory

1989

5.2

The Unborn

2009

6.2

Dream House

2011

7.1

The Cider House Rules

1999

7.1

Brubaker

1980

6.6

Mr. Morgan's Last Love

2013

Filmography

2026	Everything's on Fire	Lorraine
2020	The Man in the Woods	Vivien Waldorf
2019	Alan Pakula: Going for Truth	Self
2018	Christmas Around the Corner	Mrs. Tumulty
2017	Three Christs	Dr. Abraham
2017	Everything Old Is New Again	Self
2015	Show Boat	Parthy Hawks
2013	Mr. Morgan's Last Love	Joan Morgan
2012	William & Catherine: A Royal Romance	HM Queen Elizabeth II
2011	Deck the Halls	Nora Regan Reilly
2011	Dream House	Dr. Greeley
2011	John Muir in the New World	Narrator (voice)
2011	The Loving Story	Eleanor
2009	Terminator Salvation	Virginia
2009	The Unborn	Sofi Kozma
2008	Gigantic	Barbara Weathersby
2008	Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women	Ednah Cheney
2007	Feast of Love	Esther Stevenson
2007	The Powder & the Glory	Herself - Narrator
2006	Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus	Gertrude Nemerov
2006	The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays	Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
2006	Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"	Self
2005	Warm Springs	Sara Delano Roosevelt
2004	Testament: Nuclear Thoughts	Self
2002	The Ring	Dr. Grasnik
2002	Sunshine State	Delia Temple
2001	Jenifer	Marilyn Estess
2001	Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'	Self
1999	The Cider House Rules	Nurse Edna
1993	Le donne non vogliono più
1992	Stay the Night	Blanche Kettman
1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self
1989	Glory	Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
1989	Mountain View	Bartender
1989	Building Bombs	Narrator
1988	Open Admissions	Ginny Carlsen
1988	A Friendship in Vienna	Hannah Dournenvald
1988	The Artist Was a Woman	Narrator
1988	Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide	Self
1987	In Love and War	Sybil Stockdale
1987	Square Dance	Juanelle
1987	Sweet Country	Anna
1985	Malice in Wonderland	Hedda Hopper
1984	City Heat	Addy
1984	Calamity Jane	Calamity Jane
1984	When She Says No	Nora Strangis
1983	Testament	Carol Wetherly
1982	In the Custody of Strangers	Sandy Caldwell
1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self
1982	Kennedy's Children	Wanda
1982	Night Crossing	Doris Strelzyk
1981	Dear Liar	Mrs. Patrick Campbell
1980	Playing for Time	Alma Rose
1980	Brubaker	Lillian
1979	Kramer vs. Kramer	Margaret Phelps
1978	Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II	Mary MacCracken
1978	A Question of Love	Barbara Moreland
1978	The Betsy	Alicia Hardeman
1977	Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years	Eleanor Roosevelt
1977	A Circle of Children	Mary McCracken
1976	All the President's Men	Bookkeeper
1975	Death Be Not Proud	Frances Gunther
1974	This Is the West That Was	Sarah Shaw
1973	Miracle on 34th Street	Karen Walker
1972	The New Centurions	Dorothy Fehler
1972	Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol	Anne Palmer
1971	A Gunfight	Nora Tenneray
1970	The Great White Hope	Eleanor

Directing, Writing & Producing

1984

Calamity Jane

Producer

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