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Jane Alexander is an American author, actress, and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a Tony Award winner and two-time Emmy Award winner.
Birth Name
Jane Quigley
Born
Saturday, 28 October 1939
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | 2023 |
The Man in the Woods | Vivien Waldorf | 2020 |
Tales from the Loop | Klara | 2020 |
Visible: Out on Television | Self (actor - A Question of Love) | 2020 |
Modern Love | Margot | 2019 |
Christmas Around the Corner | Mrs. Tumulty | 2018 |
Three Christs | Dr. Abraham / Dr. Abrams | 2017 |
The Good Fight | Judge Suzanne Morris | 2017 |
The Book of Negroes | Maria | 2015 |
Forever | Nora Morgan | 2014 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | 2023 |
The Man in the Woods | Vivien Waldorf | 2020 |
Tales from the Loop | Klara | 2020 |
Visible: Out on Television | Self (actor - A Question of Love) | 2020 |
Modern Love | Margot | 2019 |
Christmas Around the Corner | Mrs. Tumulty | 2018 |
Three Christs | Dr. Abraham / Dr. Abrams | 2017 |
The Good Fight | Judge Suzanne Morris | 2017 |
The Book of Negroes | Maria | 2015 |
Forever | Nora Morgan | 2014 |
The Divide | Elizabeth | 2014 |
The Blacklist | Diane Fowler | 2013 |
Last Love | Joan Morgan | 2013 |
Elementary | C. | 2012 |
Deck the Halls | Nora Regan Reilly | 2011 |
Dream House | Dr. Greeley | 2011 |
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance | HM Queen Elizabeth II | 2011 |
The Loving Story | Eleanor | 2011 |
The Good Wife | Judge Suzanne Morris | 2009 |
Terminator Salvation | Virginia | 2009 |
The Powder & the Glory | Self - Narrator / Herself - Narrator | 2009 |
The Unborn | Sofi Kozma | 2009 |
Gigantic | Barbara Weathersby | 2008 |
Feast of Love | Esther Stevenson | 2007 |
Tell Me You Love Me | Dr. May Foster | 2007 |
The 61st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2007 |
The States | Self (Massachusetts) | 2007 |
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | Gertrude Nemerov | 2006 |
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig") | 2006 |
Warm Springs | Sara Delano Roosevelt | 2005 |
Carry Me Home | Mrs. Gortimer | 2004 |
Freedom: A History of US | Jane Addams | 2003 |
The Ring | Dr. Grasnik | 2002 |
Sunshine State | Delia Temple | 2002 |
Jenifer | Marilyn Estess | 2001 |
Art in the Twenty-First Century | Self | 2001 |
The Cider House Rules | Nurse Edna | 1999 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Regina Mulroney | 1999 |
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1998 |
The Walt Disney Company and McDonald's Present the American Teacher Awards | Self | 1995 |
The 49th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Accepting the Award for the National Endowment for the Arts | 1995 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1994 |
The 48th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1994 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1993 |
The 47th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee & Performer | 1993 |
The 65th Annual Academy Awards | Self | 1993 |
HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
The 46th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1992 |
Building Bombs | Narrator | 1991 |
Law & Order | Regina Mulroney | 1990 |
Daughter of the Streets | Peggy Ryan | 1990 |
Glory | Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw | 1989 |
A Friendship in Vienna | Hannah Dournenvald | 1988 |
All About Babies | Narrator | 1988 |
The 41st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1987 |
Square Dance | Juanelle | 1987 |
Sweet Country | Anna | 1987 |
In Love and War | Sybil Stockdale | 1987 |
American Masters | Narrator / Ednah Cheney | 1986 |
Blood & Orchids | Doris Ashley | 1986 |
Blood & Orchids | Doris Ashley | 1986 |
Malice in Wonderland | Hedda Hopper | 1985 |
City Heat | Addy | 1984 |
The 56th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee & Presenter | 1984 |
Calamity Jane | Calamity Jane / Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary) | 1984 |
Testament | Carol Wetherly | 1983 |
In the Custody of Strangers | Sandy Caldwell | 1982 |
Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982 |
Night Crossing | Doris Strelzyk | 1982 |
The 35th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1981 |
Playing for Time | Alma Rose | 1980 |
Brubaker | Lillian Gray | 1980 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1979 |
Kramer vs. Kramer | Margaret Phelps | 1979 |
The 33rd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Co-Hostess & Nominee | 1979 |
A Question of Love | Barbara Moreland | 1978 |
20/20 | Bookkeeper | 1978 |
The Betsy | Alicia Hardeman / Alicia / Hardeman III's wife | 1978 |
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Eleanor Roosevelt | 1977 |
All the President's Men | Bookkeeper | 1976 |
Live from Lincoln Center | Parthy Hawks | 1976 |
Eleanor and Franklin | Eleanor Roosevelt, age 18-60 | 1976 |
Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
Death Be Not Proud | Frances Gunther | 1975 |
Miracle on 34th Street | Karen Walker | 1973 |
The New Centurions | Dorothy / Dorothy Fehler | 1972 |
A Gunfight | Nora Tenneray | 1971 |
The Great White Hope | Eleanor | 1970 |
The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
Adam-12 | Records Clerk | 1968 |
The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 1968 |
N.Y.P.D. | Maggie | 1967 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Square Dance | 1987 |
Calamity Jane | 1984 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2005 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Won |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1985 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
1984 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1984 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
1984 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Won |
1980 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1980 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture | Nominated |
1977 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1977 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special | Nominated |
1976 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special | Nominated |
1971 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1971 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Nominated |