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Jane Alexander

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Penwoman | * 10/28/1939 (84) | Boston, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
Jane Alexander (née Quigley; born October 28, 1939) is an American-Canadian actress and author. She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and nominations for four Academy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. From 1993 to 1997, Alexander served as the chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Alexander won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway production of The Great White Hope. Other Broadway credits include 6 Rms Riv Vu (1972), The Night of the Iguana (1988), The Sisters Rosensweig (1993) and Honour (1998). She has received a total of eight Tony Award nominations and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994. Her film breakthrough came with the romantic drama The Great White Hope (1970), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her subsequent Oscar nominations were for her roles in All the President's Men (1976), Kr..."> ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Mystery

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Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking ...

Kramer vs. Kramer

PG

1979 | 3.8/5 | 1h 45min
Drama
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Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks d ...

The Ring

PG-13

2002 | 3.3/5 | 1h 55min
Horror, Mystery
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It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more loc ...

Testament

PG

1983 | 3.2/5 | 1h 30min
Drama, Science Fiction
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Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physic ...

The Cider House Rules

PG-13

1999 | 3.5/5 | 2h 6min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Jane Alexander

2x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 2x Academy Award for Best Actress 6x Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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Movies with Jane Alexander as Actress(61)

as Serena2022 Backstage - Dietro le quinte
as Vivien Waldorf2020 The Man in the Woods
as herself2019 Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Mrs. Tumulty2018 Christmas Around the Corner
as Dr. Abraham2017 Three Christs
as Parthy Hawks2015 Show Boat
as Joan Morgan2013 Mr. Morgan's Last Love
as HM Queen Elizabeth II2012 William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
as Nora Regan Reilly2011 Deck the Halls
as Dr. Greeley2011 Dream House
as Virginia2009 Terminator Salvation
as Sofi Kozma2009 The Unborn
as Barbara Weathersby2008 Gigantic
as Ednah Cheney2008 Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
as Herself - Narrator2007 The Powder & the Glory
as Esther Stevenson2007 Feast of Love
as Gertrude Nemerov2006 Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
as herself2006 Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
as Sara Delano Roosevelt2005 Warm Springs
as Delia Temple2002 Sunshine State
as Dr. Grasnik2002 The Ring
as Marilyn Estess2001 Jenifer
as herself2001 Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
as Elizabeth Camden1999 The Legend of the Titanic
as Nurse Edna1999 The Cider House Rules
1993 Le donne non vogliono più
as Blanche Kettman1992 Stay the Night
as herself1990 Night Of 100 Stars III
as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw1989 Glory
as Narrator1989 Building Bombs
as Ginny Carlsen1988 Open Admissions
as herself1988 Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
as Hannah Dournenvald1988 A Friendship in Vienna
as Sybil Stockdale1987 In Love and War
as Juanelle1987 Square Dance
as Anna1987 Sweet Country
as Doris Ashley1986 Blood & Orchids
as Hedda Hopper1985 Malice in Wonderland
as Nora Strangis1984 When She Says No
as Addy1984 City Heat
as Calamity Jane1984 Calamity Jane
as Carol Wetherly1983 Testament
as Sandy Caldwell1982 In the Custody of Strangers
as Doris Strelzyk1982 Night Crossing
as Wanda1982 Kennedy's Children
as Lillian Gray1980 Brubaker
as Alma Rose1980 Playing for Time
as Margaret Phelps1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
as Barbara Moreland1978 A Question of Love
as Alicia Hardeman1978 The Betsy
as Mary MacCracken1978 Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
as Eleanor Roosevelt1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Self (archive footage)1976 Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
as Bookkeeper1976 All the President's Men
as Frances Gunther1975 Death Be Not Proud
as Sarah Shaw1974 This Is the West That Was
as Karen Walker1973 Miracle on 34th Street
as Anne Palmer1972 Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Dorothy Fehler1972 The New Centurions
as Nora Tenneray1971 A Gunfight
as Eleanor1970 The Great White Hope

TV Shows/Series with Jane Alexander as Actress(16)

as Klara2020 Tales from the Loop
as Margot2019 Modern Love
as Judge Suzanne Morris2017 The Good Fight
as Maria2015 The Book of Negroes
as Diane Fowler2013 The Blacklist
as C.2012 Elementary
as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker2007 La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa
as Dr. May Foster2007 Tell Me You Love Me
as Lucrezia Van Necker Beauville2003 Elisa di Rivombrosa
as Regina Mulroney1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Regina Mulroney1990 Law & Order
as Narrator1986 American Masters
as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-601976 Eleanor and Franklin
as herself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1968 Adam-12
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Jane Alexander as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer1987 Square Dance

Full Name: Jane Alexander
Born: Saturday, 10/28 1939 (October) in Boston, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 84 years + 321 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Sarah Lawrence College, Beaver Country Day School
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Spouses (current/former): Edwin Sherin
Children: Jace Alexander
Other names for Jane Alexander (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jane Quigley"
Jane Alexander frequently works together with these people:
Robert Turano (13x, Actor)
Lou Martini Jr. (13x, Actor)
Adam LeFevre (12x, Actor)
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (12x, Actor)
William H. Burns (12x, Actor)
John Doman (11x, Actor)
Richard Thomas (11x, Actor)
Terry Serpico (11x, Actor)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
Dustin Hoffman (6x, Actor)

Other people with this name: Jane Alexander (GB/IT)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:11976, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 09/10/2024