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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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| Square Dance | 1987 |
| Calamity Jane | 1984 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 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 |
