Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

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.

The Man in the Woods
2020
Vivien Waldorf
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
Self
Christmas Around the Corner
2018
Mrs. Tumulty
Three Christs
2017
Dr. Abraham
Show Boat
2015
Parthy Hawks
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
2013
Joan Morgan
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
2012
HM Queen Elizabeth II
Dream House
2011
Dr. Greeley
Deck the Halls
2011
Nora Regan Reilly
The Loving Story
2011
Eleanor
John Muir in the New World
2011
Narrator (voice)
Terminator Salvation
2009
Virginia
The Unborn
2009
Sofi Kozma
Gigantic
2008
Barbara Weathersby
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
2008
Ednah Cheney
Feast of Love
2007
Esther Stevenson
The Powder & the Glory
2007
Herself - Narrator
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006
Gertrude Nemerov
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006
Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Warm Springs
2005
Sara Delano Roosevelt
The Ring
2002
Dr. Grasnik
Sunshine State
2002
Delia Temple
Jenifer
2001
Marilyn Estess
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2001
Self
The Cider House Rules
1999
Nurse Edna
Le donne non vogliono più
1993
Stay the Night
1992
Blanche Kettman
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Self
Building Bombs
1989
Narrator
Glory
1989
Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
Mountain View
1989
Bartender
A Friendship in Vienna
1988
Hannah Dournenvald
Open Admissions
1988
Ginny Carlsen
The Artist Was a Woman
1988
Narrator
Square Dance
1987
Executive Producer
In Love and War
1987
Sybil Stockdale
Sweet Country
1987
Anna
Blood & Orchids
1986
Doris Ashley
Malice in Wonderland
1985
Hedda Hopper
Calamity Jane
1984
Producer
City Heat
1984
Addy
When She Says No
1984
Nora Strangis
Testament
1983
Carol Wetherly
Night Crossing
1982
Doris Strelzyk
Kennedy's Children
1982
Wanda
In the Custody of Strangers
1982
Sandy Caldwell
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Self
Brubaker
1980
Lillian Gray
Playing for Time
1980
Alma Rose
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
Margaret Phelps
The Betsy
1978
Alicia Hardeman
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978
Mary MacCracken
A Question of Love
1978
Barbara Moreland
All the President's Men
1976
Bookkeeper
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
1976
Self (archive footage)
Death Be Not Proud
1975
Frances Gunther
This Is the West That Was
1974
Sarah Shaw
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
Karen Walker
The New Centurions
1972
Dorothy Fehler
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
Anne Palmer
A Gunfight
1971
Nora Tenneray
The Great White Hope
1970
Eleanor