Jane Alexander

Acting

Born: 1939-10-28

From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Gender: Female

Popularity: 1

Also Known As

Jane QuigleyJane Kuigley

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.

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Awards & Nominations8 won · 10 nominated

🏆 Won

Radcliffe Medal

2013

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Warm Springs

2005

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

1998

🏆 Won

Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award

1996

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

1993

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

1992

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

Testament

1984

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Playing for Time

1981

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Kramer vs. Kramer

1980

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

1979

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

All the President's Men

1977

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

1974

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

1973

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

The Great White Hope

1971

🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

1969

🏆 Won

Theatre World Award

1969

🏆 Won

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

Jane Alexander

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations8 won · 10 nominated

Acting84 titles

This Is the West That Was

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Severance

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

When She Says No

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

All the President's Men

Kramer vs. Kramer

Malice in Wonderland

The Blacklist

Elementary

The Good Wife

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

Glory

The Good Fight

Modern Love

A Friendship in Vienna

Law & Order

La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa

American Classic

Blood & Orchids

Golden Globe Awards

Brubaker

The Cider House Rules

Adam-12

Miracle on 34th Street

Calamity Jane

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

American Masters

Tales from the Loop

Playing for Time

The Loving Story

Night of 100 Stars

The Ring

The New Centurions

Mr. Morgan's Last Love

Three Christs

Warm Springs

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

Tell Me You Love Me

The Book of Negroes

Testament

Building Bombs

In the Custody of Strangers

Christmas Around the Corner

Sunshine State

The Great White Hope

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Dream House

Night Crossing

Jenifer

Feast of Love

Terminator Salvation

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

Death Be Not Proud

A Gunfight

Gigantic

City Heat

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

The Unborn

Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"

A Question of Love

Deck the Halls

In Love and War

Open Admissions

Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'

Sweet Country

The Betsy

The Man in the Woods

Square Dance

Le donne non vogliono più

Intimate Portrait

Night of 100 Stars III

Stay the Night