Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

Birthday: 1939-10-28

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Movies

All the President's Men
All the President's Men

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate s...

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Terminator Salvation
Terminator Salvation

All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the in...

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The Ring
The Ring

Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There i...

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Brubaker
Brubaker

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially...

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The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules

Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr....

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Testament
Testament

It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, new...

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Kramer vs. Kramer
Kramer vs. Kramer

Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take th...

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The Unborn
The Unborn

A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her....

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Gigantic
Gigantic

Young mattress salesman Brian decides to adopt a baby from China but is distracted when he forms a r...

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The New Centurions
The New Centurions

An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctr...

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City Heat
City Heat

Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer....

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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a p...

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Dream House
Dream House

Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daug...

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Playing for Time
Playing for Time

When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians fi...

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A Gunfight
A Gunfight

Will Tenneray and Abe Cross are two aging, famous gunfighters, both in need of money. Tenneray comes...

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Deck the Halls
Deck the Halls

Detective Regan Reilly and cleaning-woman-turned-private-eye Alvirah Meegan, investigate the kidnapp...

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Night Crossing
Night Crossing

Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can ta...

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Square Dance
Square Dance

An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort...

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Kennedy's Children
Kennedy's Children

In 1974, five former activists from the 1960s meet in a bar, but do not relate. Each is lost in his ...

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Testament at 20
Testament at 20

Interviews with crew and cast look back 20 years to the filming and release of "Testament" in 1983....

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Building Bombs
Building Bombs

This Oscar-nominated documentary chronicles everyday life in Aiken, S.C. -- ground zero for America'...

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Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Mr. Morgan's Last Love

A widowed professor living in Paris develops a special relationship with a younger French woman....

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In the Custody of Strangers
In the Custody of Strangers

A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the h...

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A Friendship in Vienna
A Friendship in Vienna

Inge Dournenvald and Lise Mueller are best friends in pre-WW2 Austria, despite the fact that Inge is...

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William & Catherine: A Royal Romance
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

The film is based on the story of William of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton. Shown in the same li...

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In Love and War
In Love and War

This movie is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's 8 year imprisonment in North Vietnam...

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Malice in Wonderland
Malice in Wonderland

Struggling actress Hedda Hopper can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintence of hers ...

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Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street

A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he ...

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Jenifer
Jenifer

The true story of three sisters who unite in the face of adversity when one of them is diagnosed wit...

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Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane

An exploration of the myths surrounding the colorful Western heroine and both the legendary Wild Bil...

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The Great White Hope
The Great White Hope

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing est...

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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House....

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Death Be Not Proud
Death Be Not Proud

Based on the book by famed author John Gunther about the life and early death of his teenage son Joh...

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The Loving Story
The Loving Story

This documentary film tells the dramatic story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple ...

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This Is the West That Was
This Is the West That Was

A lighthearted look at the saga of Wild Bill Hickok and his relationship with Calamity Jane as he is...

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The Betsy
The Betsy

Ruthless patriarch Loren hires racecar driver Angelo to build a more efficient vehicle against the w...

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Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

A sequel to "A Circle of Children" (1977). A teacher of "emotionally disturbed" children takes on a ...

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Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy....

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Open Admissions
Open Admissions

An indifferent speech professor doing hack work in an urban college suddenly finds herself challenge...

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Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive the me...

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Stay the Night
Stay the Night

Based on a true story, Barbara Hershey and Morgan Weisser portray two star crossed lovers who will s...

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Blood & Orchids
Blood & Orchids

Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and...

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Feast of Love
Feast of Love

A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. It i...

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

A short documentary on the making of "All the President's Men."...

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Three Christs
Three Christs

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three pa...

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A Question of Love
A Question of Love

A lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband....

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When She Says No
When She Says No

After divorced college professor Rose Michaels invites three of her male colleagues to her room duri...

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Sweet Country
Sweet Country

An American couple in Chile is drawn into the turmoil that followed President Salvador Allende's 197...

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The Man in the Woods
The Man in the Woods

On a snowy night in 1963 Pennsylvania, a boarding school student goes missing in the woods. Her frie...

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The Powder & the Glory
The Powder & the Glory

The story of pioneering entrepreneurs Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein, who built cosmetics emp...

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Show Boat
Show Boat

The landmark musical brought vividly to life by the New York Philharmonic, with an all-star cast led...

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Christmas Around the Corner
Christmas Around the Corner

Claire (Alexandra Breckenridge), a savvy venture capitalist from New York City, escapes to a quaint ...

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Glory
Glory

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of...

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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broa...

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Sunshine State
Sunshine State

A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal...

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

A behind-the-scenes look at this Oscar-winning classic about a man who finds himself a single parent...

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Le donne non vogliono più
Le donne non vogliono più

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Warm Springs
Warm Springs

Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the...

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John Muir in the New World
John Muir in the New World

The life and the career of John Muir come to life through this inspiring and beautiful documentary s...

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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a l...

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Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

Ken Howard hosts a series of role-playing vignettes (featuring some of Hollywood's top stars) to hel...

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Mountain View
Mountain View

A dance drama work that, through movement and very little spoken text, details the interaction of se...

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Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Louisa May Alcott, author of "Little Women," leads a literary double life, writing under the pseudon...

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Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place ...

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The Artist Was a Woman
The Artist Was a Woman

The history of Western art has few examples of great women artists. This documentary uncovers the wo...

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Dear Liar
Dear Liar

1981 TV movie...

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