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Jane Alexander

Acting

Born October 28, 1939 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also known as Jane Quigley · Jane Kuigley

Biography

Jane Alexander is an American-Canadian actress and author. She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and nominations for four Academy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. From 1993 to 1997, Alexander served as the chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Awards & recognition

  • Radcliffe Medal · 2013
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2005
  • Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award · 1996
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1981
  • Theatre World Award · 1969
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  • Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 1969
  • Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actress in a Play
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1998 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1993 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1992 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1984 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1980 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1979 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1977 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1974 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1973 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1971 · nominated

Filmography48 titles

Severance

2022as Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Regina Mulroney

All the President's Men

1976as Bookkeeper

The Blacklist

2013as Diane Fowler

Elementary

2012as C.

The Good Wife

2009as Judge Suzanne Morris

Kramer vs. Kramer

1979as Margaret Phelps

The Good Fight

2017as Judge Suzanne Morris

Glory

1989as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw

American Classic

2026as Ethel Bean

Modern Love

2019as Margot

Law & Order

1990as Regina Mulroney

The Cider House Rules

1999as Nurse Edna

Brubaker

1980as Lillian

Adam-12

1968as Records Clerk (uncredited)

Tales from the Loop

2020as Klara

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

2008as Ednah Cheney

American Masters

1986as Narrator

The Loving Story

2011as Eleanor

The Ring

2002as Dr. Grasnik

Three Christs

2017as Dr. Abraham

The Book of Negroes

2015as Maria

Last Love

2013as Joan Morgan

Warm Springs

2005as Sara Delano Roosevelt

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

2019as Self

Tell Me You Love Me

2007as Dr. May Foster

Christmas Around the Corner

2018as Mrs. Tumulty

Sunshine State

2002as Delia Temple

Building Bombs

1989as Narrator

Testament

1983as Carol Wetherly

In the Custody of Strangers

1982as Sandy Caldwell

Dream House

2011as Dr. Greeley

Feast of Love

2007as Esther Stevenson

Jenifer

2001as Marilyn Estess

Night Crossing

1982as Doris Strelzyk

Terminator Salvation

2009as Virginia

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

2006as Gertrude Nemerov

A Gunfight

1971as Nora Tenneray

Gigantic

2008as Barbara Weathersby

City Heat

1984as Addy

William & Catherine: A Royal Romance

2012as HM Queen Elizabeth II

The Unborn

2009as Sofi Kozma

Deck the Halls

2011as Nora Regan Reilly

In Love and War

1987as Sybil Stockdale

The Man in the Woods

2020as Vivien Waldorf

The Betsy

1978as Alicia Hardeman

Eleanor and Franklin

1976as Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60

The Powder & the Glory

2007as Herself - Narrator