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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Blacklist

Law & Order

The Good Wife

Elementary

Golden Globe Awards

Adam-12

Tony Awards

All Movies (68)

• Everything's on Fire2026 · as Lorraine
• The Man in the Woods2020 · as Vivien Waldorf
• Alan Pakula: Going for Truth2019 · as Self
• Christmas Around the Corner2018 · as Mrs. Tumulty
• Three Christs2017 · as Dr. Abraham
• Show Boat2015 · as Parthy Hawks
• Mr. Morgan's Last Love2013 · as Joan Morgan
• William & Catherine: A Royal Romance2012 · as HM Queen Elizabeth II
• Deck the Halls2011 · as Nora Regan Reilly
• Dream House2011 · as Dr. Greeley
• John Muir in the New World2011 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Loving Story2011 · as Eleanor
• Terminator Salvation2009 · as Virginia
• The Unborn2009 · as Sofi Kozma
• Gigantic2008 · as Barbara Weathersby
• Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women2008 · as Ednah Cheney
• Feast of Love2007 · as Esther Stevenson
• The Powder & the Glory2007 · as Herself - Narrator
• Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus2006 · as Gertrude Nemerov
• The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays2006 · as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
• Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"2006 · as Self
• Warm Springs2005 · as Sara Delano Roosevelt
• Testament: Nuclear Thoughts2004 · as Self
• The Ring2002 · as Dr. Grasnik
• Sunshine State2002 · as Delia Temple
• Jenifer2001 · as Marilyn Estess
• Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'2001 · as Self
• The Cider House Rules1999 · as Nurse Edna
• Le donne non vogliono più1993
• Stay the Night1992 · as Blanche Kettman
• Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
• Glory1989 · as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
• Mountain View1989 · as Bartender
• Building Bombs1989 · as Narrator
• Open Admissions1988 · as Ginny Carlsen
• A Friendship in Vienna1988 · as Hannah Dournenvald
• The Artist Was a Woman1988 · as Narrator
• Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide1988 · as Self
• In Love and War1987 · as Sybil Stockdale
• Square Dance1987 · as Juanelle
• Sweet Country1987 · as Anna
• Malice in Wonderland1985 · as Hedda Hopper
• City Heat1984 · as Addy
• Calamity Jane1984 · as Calamity Jane
• When She Says No1984 · as Nora Strangis
• Testament1983 · as Carol Wetherly
• In the Custody of Strangers1982 · as Sandy Caldwell
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• Kennedy's Children1982 · as Wanda
• Night Crossing1982 · as Doris Strelzyk
• Dear Liar1981 · as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
• Playing for Time1980 · as Alma Rose
• Brubaker1980 · as Lillian
• Kramer vs. Kramer1979 · as Margaret Phelps
• Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II1978 · as Mary MacCracken
• A Question of Love1978 · as Barbara Moreland
• The Betsy1978 · as Alicia Hardeman
• Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years1977 · as Eleanor Roosevelt
• All the President's Men1976 · as Bookkeeper
• Death Be Not Proud1975 · as Frances Gunther
• This Is the West That Was1974 · as Sarah Shaw
• Miracle on 34th Street1973 · as Karen Walker
• The New Centurions1972 · as Dorothy Fehler
• Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol1972 · as Anne Palmer
• A Gunfight1971 · as Nora Tenneray
• The Great White Hope1970 · as Eleanor
• Testament at 20—
• Lillian, Next Door— · as Lillian Wallingford Blanton

All TV Shows (27)

• American Classic2026 · as Ethel Bean
• Severance2022 · as Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
• Tales from the Loop2020 · as Klara
• Modern Love2019 · as Margot
• The Good Fight2017 · as Judge Suzanne Morris
• The Book of Negroes2015 · as Maria
• The Blacklist2013 · as Diane Fowler
• Elementary2012 · as C.
• The Good Wife2009 · as Judge Suzanne Morris
• La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa2007 · as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
• Tell Me You Love Me2007 · as Dr. May Foster
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Regina Mulroney
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Law & Order1990 · as Regina Mulroney
• American Masters1986 · as Narrator
• Blood & Orchids1986 · as Doris Ashley
• Eleanor and Franklin1976 · as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• Adam-121968 · as Records Clerk (uncredited)
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Host
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee / Performer
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Co-Hostess / Nominee
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee