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

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2019Alan Pakula: Going for Truth — Self
• 2017Everything Old Is New Again — Self
• 2007The Powder & the Glory — Herself - Narrator
• 2006Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" — Self
• 2004Testament: Nuclear Thoughts — Self
• 2001Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• 1988Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Host, Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Presenter, Self - Co-Hostess / Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee