Jane Alexander

Born: 1939-10-28

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.


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The Ring

as Dr. Grasnik
Released: 2002-10-18

Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers....

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as Virginia
Released: 2009-05-20

All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against...

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The Cider House Rules

as Nurse Edna
Released: 1999-12-17

Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch....

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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

as Gertrude Nemerov
Released: 2006-08-30

In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband,...

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Three Christs

as Dr. Abraham
Released: 2017-09-23

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on...

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Kramer vs. Kramer

as Margaret Phelps
Released: 1979-12-07

Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot...

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All the President's Men

as Bookkeeper
Released: 1976-04-09

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial...

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Glory

as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
Released: 1989-12-15

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting...

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Brubaker

as Lillian Gray
Released: 1980-06-20

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after...

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The Unborn

as Sofi Kozma
Released: 2009-01-09

A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.

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City Heat

as Addy
Released: 1984-12-07

Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name,...

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Dream House

as Dr. Greeley
Released: 2011-09-29

Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their...

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Mr. Morgan's Last Love

as Joan Morgan
Released: 2013-08-22

A widowed professor living in Paris develops a special relationship with a younger French woman.

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Night Crossing

as Doris Strelzyk
Released: 1982-02-05

Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they...

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William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

as HM Queen Elizabeth II
Released: 2012-04-30

The film is based on the story of William of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton. Shown in the...

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Feast of Love

as Esther Stevenson
Released: 2007-09-28

A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon....

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Deck the Halls

as Nora Regan Reilly
Released: 2011-12-20

Detective Regan Reilly and cleaning-woman-turned-private-eye Alvirah Meegan, investigate the...

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Testament

as Carol Wetherly
Released: 1983-11-04

It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly,...

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Playing for Time

as Alma Rose
Released: 1980-09-30

When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other...

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Gigantic

as Barbara Weathersby
Released: 2008-09-09

Young mattress salesman Brian decides to adopt a baby from China but is distracted when he forms...

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Miracle on 34th Street

as Karen Walker
Released: 1973-12-14

A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that...

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The Betsy

as Alicia Hardeman
Released: 1978-02-02

Ruthless patriarch Loren hires racecar driver Angelo to build a more efficient vehicle against...

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The New Centurions

as Dorothy Fehler
Released: 1972-08-03

An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is...

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The Great White Hope

as Eleanor
Released: 1970-10-11

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing...

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Stay the Night

as Blanche Kettman
Released: 1992-04-26

Based on a true story, Barbara Hershey and Morgan Weisser portray two star crossed lovers who...

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The Man in the Woods

as Vivien Waldorf
Released: 2020-11-24

On a snowy night in 1963 Pennsylvania, a boarding school student goes missing in the woods. Her...

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Christmas Around the Corner

as Mrs. Tumulty
Released: 2018-12-14

Claire (Alexandra Breckenridge), a savvy venture capitalist from New York City, escapes to a...

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A Gunfight

as Nora Tenneray
Released: 1971-08-25

Will Tenneray and Abe Cross are two aging, famous gunfighters, both in need of money. Tenneray...

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Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

as Mary MacCracken
Released: 1978-12-13

A sequel to "A Circle of Children" (1977). A teacher of "emotionally disturbed" children takes...

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The Loving Story

as Eleanor
Released: 2011-04-15

This documentary film tells the dramatic story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial...

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A Question of Love

as Barbara Moreland
Released: 1978-11-26

A lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband.

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Jenifer

as Marilyn Estess
Released: 2001-10-21

The true story of three sisters who unite in the face of adversity when one of them is diagnosed...

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Night of 100 Stars

as Self
Released: 1982-03-08

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...

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A Friendship in Vienna

as Hannah Dournenvald
Released: 1988-08-27

Inge Dournenvald and Lise Mueller are best friends in pre-WW2 Austria, despite the fact that...

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In the Custody of Strangers

as Sandy Caldwell
Released: 1982-05-26

A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in...

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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Released: 2006-05-02

The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of...

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Warm Springs

as Sara Delano Roosevelt
Released: 2005-04-30

Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in...

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Open Admissions

as Ginny Carlsen
Released: 1988-09-08

An indifferent speech professor doing hack work in an urban college suddenly finds herself...

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Sunshine State

as Delia Temple
Released: 2002-06-21

A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must...

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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

as Self
Released: 2019-10-12

"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula,...

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Sweet Country

as Anna
Released: 1987-01-23

An American couple in Chile is drawn into the turmoil that followed President Salvador Allende's...

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In Love and War

as Sybil Stockdale
Released: 1987-03-16

This movie is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's 8 year imprisonment in North...

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Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"

as Self
Released: 2006-02-28

A short documentary on the making of "All the President's Men."

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Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'

as Self
Released: 2001-02-20

A behind-the-scenes look at this Oscar-winning classic about a man who finds himself a single...

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Blood & Orchids

as Doris Ashley
Released: 1986-02-23

Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach...

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Square Dance

as Juanelle
Released: 1987-03-01

An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in...

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Death Be Not Proud

as Frances Gunther
Released: 1975-02-04

Based on the book by famed author John Gunther about the life and early death of his teenage son...

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Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

as Ednah Cheney
Released: 2008-08-09

Louisa May Alcott, author of "Little Women," leads a literary double life, writing under the...

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Mountain View

as Bartender
Released: 1989-08-07

A dance drama work that, through movement and very little spoken text, details the interaction...

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Show Boat

as Parthy Hawks
Released: 2015-10-16

The landmark musical brought vividly to life by the New York Philharmonic, with an all-star cast...

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This Is the West That Was

as Sarah Shaw
Released: 1974-12-17

A lighthearted look at the saga of Wild Bill Hickok and his relationship with Calamity Jane as...

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Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1976-01-01

Hoffman, Redford, Bernstein, Woodward, Pakula and Bradlee. Creators and creatures involved in...

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Kennedy's Children

as Wanda
Released: 1982-02-11

In 1974, five former activists from the 1960s meet in a bar, but do not relate. Each is lost in...

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Night of 100 Stars III

as Self
Released: 1990-05-21

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

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Calamity Jane

as Calamity Jane
Released: 1984-03-06

An exploration of the myths surrounding the colorful Western heroine and both the legendary Wild...

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Malice in Wonderland

as Hedda Hopper
Released: 1985-01-01

Struggling actress Hedda Hopper can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintence of...

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The Powder & the Glory

as Herself - Narrator
Released: 2007-04-07

The story of pioneering entrepreneurs Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein, who built cosmetics...

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Le donne non vogliono più

as uncredited
Released: 1993-01-01

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Building Bombs

as Narrator
Released: 1989-05-09

This Oscar-nominated documentary chronicles everyday life in Aiken, S.C. -- ground zero for...

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Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

as Anne Palmer
Released: 1972-01-30

An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive...

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When She Says No

as Nora Strangis
Released: 1984-01-30

After divorced college professor Rose Michaels invites three of her male colleagues to her room...

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John Muir in the New World

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2011-04-18

The life and the career of John Muir come to life through this inspiring and beautiful...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Regina Mulroney
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order

as Regina Mulroney
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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The Blacklist

as Diane Fowler
First aired: 2013-09-23

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI...

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Elementary

as C.
First aired: 2012-09-27

A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases....

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The Good Wife

as Judge Suzanne Morris
First aired: 2009-09-22

Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce...

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The Good Fight

as Judge Suzanne Morris
First aired: 2017-02-19

Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an...

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Adam-12

as Records Clerk (uncredited)
First aired: 1968-09-21

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Hostess/Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Host
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee / Performer
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee/Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee/Performer
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Modern Love

as Margot
First aired: 2019-10-18

An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that...

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Intimate Portrait

as Self
First aired: 1993-11-14

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network...

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Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1944-01-20

An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...

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American Masters

as Narrator
First aired: 1986-06-23

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers,...

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Tales from the Loop

as Klara
First aired: 2020-04-03

The story of the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and...

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Tell Me You Love Me

as Dr. May Foster
First aired: 2007-09-09

This riveting and provocative drama series explores issues of intimacy within the lives of three...

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Elisa di Rivombrosa

as Lucrezia Van Necker Beauville
First aired: 2003-12-17

Set in Piemonte of Carlo Emanuele III, Elisa di Rivombrosa tells the love story between Count...

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The Book of Negroes

as Maria
First aired: 2015-01-07

Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self
First aired: 1973-04-02

In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...

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Blood & Orchids

as Doris Ashley
First aired: 1986-02-23

Blood & Orchids is a 1986 made-for-TV crime-drama film. Written for the screen by Norman Katkov,...

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La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa

as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
First aired: 2007-11-04

La figlia di Elisa – Ritorno a Rivombrosa is an Italian television series, the third season of...

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Eleanor and Franklin

as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
First aired: 1976-01-11

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, from early youth to his election as President of...

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