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Jane Alexander
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- Works
- 71
Top works
- Detox
- Sofshavuʻa raguʻa
- Mindfulness Book
- Zoe and the Wishing Star
- Kramer vs. Kramer
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Film & TV
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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…
Known for
- Everything's on Fire — Lorraine2026
- American Classic — Ethel Bean2026
- Severance — Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel2022
- The Man in the Woods — Vivien Waldorf2020
- Tales from the Loop — Klara2020
- Alan Pakula: Going for Truth — Self2019
- Modern Love — Margot2019
- Christmas Around the Corner — Mrs. Tumulty2018
- Three Christs — Dr. Abraham2017
- The Good Fight — Judge Suzanne Morris2017
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Key facts
- Born
- Jane Quigley , ( 1939-10-28 ) October 28, 1939 (age 86) , Boston , Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- Sarah Lawrence College ( BA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1963–present
- Spouses
- Robert Alexander ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1974 ) Edwin Sherin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1975 ; died 2017 )
- Children
- Jace Alexander
- Relatives
- Maddie Corman (daughter-in-law)
- Preceded by
- John Frohnmayer
- Succeeded by
- Kathryn Higgins
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jane
- Family name
- Alexander
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Spouse
- Edwin Sherin
- Child
- Jace Alexander
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- chairperson
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- JaneAlexanderMarch08.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Jane Alexander (actress born 1939)
- date of birth
- 1939-10-28
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
- birth name
- Jane Quigley
- name in native language
- Jane Alexander
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Jane Alexander (née Quigley; born October 28, 1939) 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.
Alexander won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway production of The Great White Hope. Other Broadway credits include 6 Rms Riv Vu (1972), The Night of the Iguana (1988), The Sisters Rosensweig (1993) and Honour (1998). She has received a total of eight Tony Award nominations and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994.
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