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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 28, 1939
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Jane Quigley
- Jane Kuigley
Jane Alexander
0.8 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.4
Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
Severance
2022
4.8
Vivien Waldorf
The Man in the Woods
2020
7.0
Klara
Tales from the Loop
2020
7.3
Margot
Modern Love
2019
6.5
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
6.4
Mrs. Tumulty
Christmas Around the Corner
2018
6.6
Dr. Abraham
Three Christs
2017
7.5
Judge Suzanne Morris
The Good Fight
2017
0.0
Parthy Hawks
Show Boat
2015
6.5
Maria
The Book of Negroes
2015
Credits
Severance
as Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
2022
8.4
The Man in the Woods
as Vivien Waldorf
2020
4.8
Tales from the Loop
as Klara
2020
7.0
Modern Love
as Margot
2019
7.3
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
6.5
Christmas Around the Corner
as Mrs. Tumulty
2018
6.4
Three Christs
as Dr. Abraham
2017
6.6
The Good Fight
as Judge Suzanne Morris
2017
7.5
Show Boat
as Parthy Hawks
2015
0.0
The Book of Negroes
as Maria
2015
6.5
The Blacklist
as Diane Fowler
2013
7.6
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
as Joan Morgan
2013
6.6
Elementary
as C.
2012
7.6
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
as HM Queen Elizabeth II
2012
5.4
Deck the Halls
as Nora Regan Reilly
2011
5.0
Dream House
as Dr. Greeley
2011
6.2
John Muir in the New World
as Narrator (voice)
2011
0.0
The Loving Story
as Eleanor
2011
6.9
The Good Wife
as Judge Suzanne Morris
2009
7.6
Terminator Salvation
as Virginia
2009
6.1
The Unborn
as Sofi Kozma
2009
5.2
Gigantic
as Barbara Weathersby
2008
5.6
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
as Ednah Cheney
2008
7.0
La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa
as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
2007
7.3
Feast of Love
as Esther Stevenson
2007
6.2
Tell Me You Love Me
as Dr. May Foster
2007
6.5
The Powder & the Glory
as Herself - Narrator
2007
0.0
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
as Gertrude Nemerov
2006
6.1
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
2006
0.0
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
as Self
2006
5.2
Warm Springs
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
2005
6.6
Elisa di Rivombrosa
as Lucrezia Van Necker Beauville
2003
8.3
The Ring
as Dr. Grasnik
2002
6.7
Sunshine State
as Delia Temple
2002
6.3
Jenifer
as Marilyn Estess
2001
5.8
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
as Self
2001
4.2
The Cider House Rules
as Nurse Edna
1999
7.1
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Regina Mulroney
1999
7.9
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Le donne non vogliono più
1993
2.7
Stay the Night
as Blanche Kettman
1992
1.0
Law & Order
as Regina Mulroney
1990
7.4
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
4.0
Glory
as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
1989
7.5
Mountain View
as Bartender
1989
0.0
Building Bombs
as Narrator
1989
6.0
Open Admissions
as Ginny Carlsen
1988
1.0
A Friendship in Vienna
as Hannah Dournenvald
1988
6.0
The Artist Was a Woman
as Narrator
1988
0.0
🎬
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
as Self
1988
0.0
In Love and War
as Sybil Stockdale
1987
4.0
Square Dance
as Juanelle
1987
4.5
Sweet Country
as Anna
1987
4.4
American Masters
as Narrator
1986
7.5
Blood & Orchids
as Doris Ashley
1986
6.5
Blood & Orchids
as Doris Ashley
1986
6.5
Malice in Wonderland
as Hedda Hopper
1985
7.1
City Heat
as Addy
1984
5.5
Calamity Jane
as Calamity Jane
1984
7.0
When She Says No
as Nora Strangis
1984
0.0
Testament
as Carol Wetherly
1983
6.3
In the Custody of Strangers
as Sandy Caldwell
1982
6.3
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Kennedy's Children
as Wanda
1982
0.0
Night Crossing
as Doris Strelzyk
1982
6.1
🎬
Dear Liar
as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
1981
0.0
Playing for Time
as Alma Rose
1980
6.8
Brubaker
as Lillian Gray
1980
7.1
Kramer vs. Kramer
as Margaret Phelps
1979
7.6
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
as Mary MacCracken
1978
5.0
A Question of Love
as Barbara Moreland
1978
4.8
The Betsy
as Alicia Hardeman
1978
4.5
🎬
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Eleanor Roosevelt
1977
4.4
All the President's Men
as Bookkeeper
1976
7.7
Eleanor and Franklin
as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
1976
2.3
Death Be Not Proud
as Frances Gunther
1975
6.0
This Is the West That Was
as Sarah Shaw
1974
0.0
Miracle on 34th Street
as Karen Walker
1973
6.8
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
The New Centurions
as Dorothy Fehler
1972
6.6
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Anne Palmer
1972
8.0
A Gunfight
as Nora Tenneray
1971
5.7
The Great White Hope
as Eleanor
1970
6.2
Adam-12
as Records Clerk (uncredited)
1968
7.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Hostess/Nominee
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Performer
1956
5.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
8.6
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
🎬
American Classic
as Ethel Bean
N/A
0.0
🎬
Testament at 20
N/A
0.0