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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

Tales from the Loop	Klara	2020
Visible: Out on Television	Self (actor - A Question of Love)	2020
Modern Love	Margot	2019
Three Christs	Dr. Abraham	2017
The Good Fight	Judge Suzanne Morris	2017
The Book of Negroes	Maria	2015
Forever	Nora Morgan	2014
The Divide	Elizabeth	2014
Anita B.	Sarah	2014
The Blacklist	Diane Fowler	2013

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Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Tales from the Loop	Klara	2020
Visible: Out on Television	Self (actor - A Question of Love)	2020
Modern Love	Margot	2019
Three Christs	Dr. Abraham	2017
The Good Fight	Judge Suzanne Morris	2017
The Book of Negroes	Maria	2015
Forever	Nora Morgan	2014
The Divide	Elizabeth	2014
Anita B.	Sarah	2014
The Blacklist	Diane Fowler	2013
Last Love	Joan Morgan	2013
Elementary	C.	2012
Sadako 3D		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	Herself - Narrator (voice)	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 States	Herself (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
The Ring Two		2005
Carry Me Home	Mrs. Gortimer	2004
In Search of the Titanic	Various (voice)	2004
Elisa di Rivombrosa	Lucrezia Van Necker Beauville	2003
Mama/M.A.M.A.	Herself	2003
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	Herself	2001
The Cider House Rules	Nurse Edna	1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Regina Mulroney	1999
The Legend of the Titanic	Elizabeth Camden	1999
HBO First Look	Herself	1992
Building Bombs	Narrator	1991
Law & Order	Regina Mulroney	1990
Daughter of the Streets	Peggy Ryan	1990
Glory	Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw	1989
Eight Men Out	Dickie Kerr	1988
A Friendship in Vienna	Hannah Dournenvald	1988
Square Dance	Juanelle	1987
Sweet Country	Anna	1987
In Love And War	Sybil Stockdale	1987
American Masters	Ednah Cheney, Narrator	1986
Blood & Orchids	Doris Ashley	1986
Malice in Wonderland	Hedda Hopper	1985
City Heat	Addy	1984
Calamity Jane	Calamity Jane	1984
Testament	Carol Wetherly	1983
In The Custody Of Strangers	Sandy Caldwell	1982
Night Crossing	Doris Strelzyk	1982
Playing for Time	Alma Rose	1980
Brubaker	Lillian Gray	1980
Kramer Vs. Kramer	Margaret Phelps	1979
A Question of Love	Barbara Moreland	1978
20/20	Bookkeeper (archive footage)	1978
The Betsy	Alicia Hardeman	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	1972
A Gunfight	Nora Tenneray	1971
The Great White Hope	Eleanor Backman	1970
The David Frost Show	Herself - Guest	1969
Adam-12	Records Clerk	1968
The Dick Cavett Show	Herself - Guest	1968
N.Y.P.D.		1967
Hallmark Hall of Fame		1951

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