Jane Alexander
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1939-10-28 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also known As
Jane Quigley
Jane Kuigley
Jane Alexander
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.
Acting
1976
as Bookkeeper
2009
as Virginia
2002
as Dr. Grasnik
1980
as Lillian Gray
1999
as Nurse Edna
1983
as Carol Wetherly
1979
as Margaret Phelps
2009
as Sofi Kozma
2008
as Barbara Weathersby
1972
as Dorothy Fehler
1984
as Addy
2006
as Gertrude Nemerov
2011
as Dr. Greeley
1980
as Alma Rose
1971
as Nora Tenneray
2011
as Nora Regan Reilly
1982
as Doris Strelzyk
1987
as Juanelle
1982
as Wanda
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1989
as Narrator
2013
as Joan Morgan
1982
as Sandy Caldwell
1988
as Hannah Dournenvald
2012
as HM Queen Elizabeth II
1987
as Sybil Stockdale
1985
as Hedda Hopper
1973
as Karen Walker
2001
as Marilyn Estess
1984
as Calamity Jane
1970
as Eleanor
1977
as Eleanor Roosevelt
1975
as Frances Gunther
2011
as Eleanor
1974
as Sarah Shaw
1978
as Alicia Hardeman
1978
as Mary MacCracken
1990
as Self
1988
as Ginny Carlsen
1972
as Anne Palmer
1992
as Blanche Kettman
1986
as Doris Ashley
2007
as Esther Stevenson
2017
as Dr. Abraham
1978
as Barbara Moreland
1984
as Nora Strangis
1987
as Anna
2020
as Vivien Waldorf
2007
as Herself - Narrator
2015
as Parthy Hawks
2018
as Mrs. Tumulty
1989
as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
2006
as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
2002
as Delia Temple
2005
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
2011
as Narrator (voice)
2019
as Self
1988
1989
as Bartender
2008
as Ednah Cheney
1982
as Self
1988
as Narrator
Production
1987
as Executive Producer
1984
as Producer
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