Everything's on Fire
2026 · Movie
as Lorraine
Jane Alexander
1939-10-28
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Filmography
American Classic
2026 · TV Show
as Ethel Bean
Severance
2022 · TV Show
as Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
The Man in the Woods
2020 · Movie
as Vivien Waldorf
Tales from the Loop
2020 · TV Show
as Klara
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019 · Movie
as Self
Modern Love
2019 · TV Show
as Margot
Christmas Around the Corner
2018 · Movie
as Mrs. Tumulty
Three Christs
2017 · Movie
as Dr. Abraham
The Good Fight
2017 · TV Show
as Judge Suzanne Morris
Show Boat
2015 · Movie
as Parthy Hawks
The Book of Negroes
2015 · TV Show
as Maria
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
2013 · Movie
as Joan Morgan
The Blacklist
2013 · TV Show
as Diane Fowler
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
2012 · Movie
as HM Queen Elizabeth II
Elementary
2012 · TV Show
as C.
Dream House
2011 · Movie
as Dr. Greeley
Deck the Halls
2011 · Movie
as Nora Regan Reilly
The Loving Story
2011 · Movie
as Eleanor
John Muir in the New World
2011 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Terminator Salvation
2009 · Movie
as Virginia
The Unborn
2009 · Movie
as Sofi Kozma
The Good Wife
2009 · TV Show
as Judge Suzanne Morris
Gigantic
2008 · Movie
as Barbara Weathersby
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
2008 · Movie
as Ednah Cheney
Feast of Love
2007 · Movie
as Esther Stevenson
The Powder & the Glory
2007 · Movie
as Herself - Narrator
Tell Me You Love Me
2007 · TV Show
as Dr. May Foster
La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa
2007 · TV Show
as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006 · Movie
as Gertrude Nemerov
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006 · Movie
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Movie
as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Warm Springs
2005 · Movie
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
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Testament: Nuclear Thoughts
2004 · Movie
as Self
The Ring
2002 · Movie
as Dr. Grasnik
Sunshine State
2002 · Movie
as Delia Temple
Jenifer
2001 · Movie
as Marilyn Estess
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2001 · Movie
as Self
The Cider House Rules
1999 · Movie
as Nurse Edna
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Regina Mulroney
Le donne non vogliono più
1993 · Movie
Intimate Portrait
1993 · TV Show
as Self
Stay the Night
1992 · Movie
as Blanche Kettman
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Movie
as Self
Law & Order
1990 · TV Show
as Regina Mulroney
Building Bombs
1989 · Movie
as Narrator
Glory
1989 · Movie
as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
Mountain View
1989 · Movie
as Bartender
A Friendship in Vienna
1988 · Movie
as Hannah Dournenvald
Open Admissions
1988 · Movie
as Ginny Carlsen
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Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
1988 · Movie
as Self
The Artist Was a Woman
1988 · Movie
as Narrator
Square Dance
1987 · Movie
as Juanelle
In Love and War
1987 · Movie
as Sybil Stockdale
Sweet Country
1987 · Movie
as Anna
American Masters
1986 · TV Show
as Narrator
Blood & Orchids
1986 · TV Show
as Doris Ashley
Malice in Wonderland
1985 · Movie
as Hedda Hopper
City Heat
1984 · Movie
as Addy
Calamity Jane
1984 · Movie
as Calamity Jane
When She Says No
1984 · Movie
as Nora Strangis
Testament
1983 · Movie
as Carol Wetherly
Night Crossing
1982 · Movie
as Doris Strelzyk
Kennedy's Children
1982 · Movie
as Wanda
In the Custody of Strangers
1982 · Movie
as Sandy Caldwell
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
as Self
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
as Carol Wetherly, Georgia O'Keeffe
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Dear Liar
1981 · Movie
as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Brubaker
1980 · Movie
as Lillian
Playing for Time
1980 · Movie
as Alma Rose
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 · Movie
as Margaret Phelps
The Betsy
1978 · Movie
as Alicia Hardeman
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978 · Movie
as Mary MacCracken
A Question of Love
1978 · Movie
as Barbara Moreland
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977 · Movie
as Eleanor Roosevelt
All the President's Men
1976 · Movie
as Bookkeeper
Eleanor and Franklin
1976 · TV Show
as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
Death Be Not Proud
1975 · Movie
as Frances Gunther
This Is the West That Was
1974 · Movie
as Sarah Shaw
Miracle on 34th Street
1973 · Movie
as Karen Walker
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · TV Show
as Self
The New Centurions
1972 · Movie
as Dorothy Fehler
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972 · Movie
as Anne Palmer
A Gunfight
1971 · Movie
as Nora Tenneray
The Great White Hope
1970 · Movie
as Eleanor
Adam-12
1968 · TV Show
as Records Clerk (uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
as Self - Host, Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Co-Hostess / Nominee
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Nominee
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Testament at 20
· Movie
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Lillian, Next Door
· Movie
as Lillian Wallingford Blanton
