Jane Alexander
Acting
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.
Born: October 28, 1939
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Severance
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
Elisa di Rivombrosa
Set in Piemonte of Carlo Emanuele III, Elisa di Rivombrosa tells the love story between Count Fabrizio Ristori and the maid Elisa Scalzi, lady companion of countess Agnes, mother of Fabrizio. The couple will face many difficulties, intrigues of all kinds, a mockery of fate and various misfortunes.
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive the memories of life in his home town. When he is finally released from the camp, and is discharged from the military, he goes back to his town - but he can find no trace whatsoever of it.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
All the President's Men
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
The Blacklist
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.
Elementary
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
The Good Wife
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
Kramer vs. Kramer
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 care of himself and their young son Billy.
Filmography
as Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel
as Vivien Waldorf
as Klara
as Margot
as Self
as Mrs. Tumulty
as Dr. Abraham
as Judge Suzanne Morris
as Parthy Hawks
as Maria
as Diane Fowler
as Joan Morgan
as C.
as HM Queen Elizabeth II
as Nora Regan Reilly
as Dr. Greeley
as Narrator (voice)
as Eleanor
as Judge Suzanne Morris
as Virginia
as Sofi Kozma
as Barbara Weathersby
as Ednah Cheney
as Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker
as Esther Stevenson
as Dr. May Foster
as Herself - Narrator
as Gertrude Nemerov
as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
as Lucrezia Van Necker Beauville
as Dr. Grasnik
as Delia Temple
as Marilyn Estess
as Nurse Edna
as Regina Mulroney
as Self
as Blanche Kettman
as Regina Mulroney
as Self
as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
as Bartender
as Narrator
as Ginny Carlsen
as Hannah Dournenvald
as Narrator
as Sybil Stockdale
as Juanelle
as Anna
as Narrator
as Doris Ashley
as Doris Ashley
as Hedda Hopper
as Addy
as Calamity Jane
as Nora Strangis
as Carol Wetherly
as Sandy Caldwell
as Self
as Wanda
as Doris Strelzyk
as Alma Rose
as Lillian Gray
as Margaret Phelps
as Mary MacCracken
as Barbara Moreland
as Alicia Hardeman
as Bookkeeper
as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60
as Frances Gunther
as Sarah Shaw
as Karen Walker
as Dorothy Fehler
as Anne Palmer
as Nora Tenneray
as Eleanor
as Records Clerk (uncredited)
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Co-Hostess/Nominee
as Self - Host
as Self - Nominee / Performer
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
as Self - Nominee/Performer
as Self - Nominee