Jane Alexander

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1939-10-28 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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

2009

2002

The Ring

as Dr. Grasnik

1980

Brubaker

as Lillian Gray

1999

1983

Testament

as Carol Wetherly

1979

Kramer vs. Kramer

as Margaret Phelps

2009

The Unborn

as Sofi Kozma

2008

Gigantic

as Barbara Weathersby

1972

The New Centurions

as Dorothy Fehler

1984

City Heat

as Addy

2011

Dream House

as Dr. Greeley

1980

Playing for Time

as Alma Rose

1971

A Gunfight

as Nora Tenneray

2011

Deck the Halls

as Nora Regan Reilly

1982

Night Crossing

as Doris Strelzyk

1987

Square Dance

as Juanelle

1982

1989

Building Bombs

as Narrator

2013

1982

1988

A Friendship in Vienna

as Hannah Dournenvald

2012

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

as HM Queen Elizabeth II

1987

In Love and War

as Sybil Stockdale

1985

Malice in Wonderland

as Hedda Hopper

1973

Miracle on 34th Street

as Karen Walker

2001

Jenifer

as Marilyn Estess

1984

Calamity Jane

as Calamity Jane

1970

1975

Death Be Not Proud

as Frances Gunther

2011

1974

1978

The Betsy

as Alicia Hardeman

1988

Open Admissions

as Ginny Carlsen

1992

Stay the Night

as Blanche Kettman

1986

Blood & Orchids

as Doris Ashley

2007

Feast of Love

as Esther Stevenson

2017

Three Christs

as Dr. Abraham

1978

A Question of Love

as Barbara Moreland

1984

When She Says No

as Nora Strangis

1987

2020

The Man in the Woods

as Vivien Waldorf

2007

The Powder & the Glory

as Herself - Narrator

2015

Show Boat

as Parthy Hawks

2018

1989

Glory

as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw

2006

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")

2002

Sunshine State

as Delia Temple

2005

Warm Springs

as Sara Delano Roosevelt

2011

John Muir in the New World

as Narrator (voice)

1989

Mountain View

as Bartender

1988

Production

1987

Square Dance

as Executive Producer

1984

Calamity Jane

as Producer

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