Jane Alexander: movies and TV shows
Jane Alexander has 100 credits in the archive: 71 films and 29 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 1956 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | American Classic | Ethel Bean | TV | 7.3 | 86 |
| 2026 | Everything's on Fire | Lorraine | Film | — | 86 |
| 2022 | Severance | Celestine 'Sissy' Cobel | TV | 8.4 | 82 |
| 2020 | Tales from the Loop | Klara | TV | 7.0 | 80 |
| 2020 | The Man in the Woods | Vivien Waldorf | Film | 4.8 | 80 |
| 2019 | Modern Love | Margot | TV | 7.3 | 79 |
| 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | Film | 6.5 | 79 |
| 2018 | Christmas Around the Corner | Mrs. Tumulty | Film | 6.4 | 78 |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Judge Suzanne Morris | TV | 7.6 | 77 |
| 2017 | Three Christs | Dr. Abraham | Film | 6.7 | 77 |
| 2015 | Show Boat | Parthy Hawks | Film | — | 75 |
| 2015 | The Book of Negroes | Maria | TV | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Diane Fowler | TV | 7.6 | 73 |
| 2013 | Mr. Morgan's Last Love | Joan Morgan | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2012 | Elementary | C. | TV | 7.6 | 72 |
| 2012 | William & Catherine: A Royal Romance | HM Queen Elizabeth II | Film | 5.4 | 72 |
| 2011 | Dream House | Dr. Greeley | Film | 6.2 | 71 |
| 2011 | Deck the Halls | Nora Regan Reilly | Film | 5.0 | 71 |
| 2011 | The Loving Story | Eleanor | Film | 6.9 | 71 |
| 2011 | John Muir in the New World | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 71 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Judge Suzanne Morris | TV | 7.6 | 69 |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | Virginia | Film | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2009 | The Unborn | Sofi Kozma | Film | 5.2 | 69 |
| 2008 | Gigantic | Barbara Weathersby | Film | 5.6 | 68 |
| 2008 | Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women | Ednah Cheney | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2007 | Tell Me You Love Me | Dr. May Foster | TV | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2007 | Feast of Love | Esther Stevenson | Film | 6.2 | 67 |
| 2007 | La Figlia di Elisa Rivombrosa | Marquise Lucrezia Adelaide Priscilla Van Necker | TV | 7.3 | 67 |
| 2007 | The Powder & the Glory | Herself - Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 2006 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | Gertrude Nemerov | Film | 6.1 | 66 |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig") | Film | — | 66 |
| 2006 | Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" | Self | Film | 5.2 | 66 |
| 2005 | Warm Springs | Sara Delano Roosevelt | Film | 6.6 | 65 |
| 2004 | Testament: Nuclear Thoughts | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 2002 | The Ring | Dr. Grasnik | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 2002 | Sunshine State | Delia Temple | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 2001 | Knights Of The Quest | Film | 4.9 | 61 | |
| 2001 | Jenifer | Marilyn Estess | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 2001 | Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' | Self | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Regina Mulroney | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | Nurse Edna | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self | TV | 4.5 | 53 |
| 1993 | Le donne non vogliono più | Film | 4.5 | 53 | |
| 1992 | Stay the Night | Blanche Kettman | Film | 4.0 | 52 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Regina Mulroney | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | Film | 4.0 | 50 |
| 1989 | Glory | Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1989 | Building Bombs | Narrator | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1989 | Mountain View | Bartender | Film | — | 49 |
| 1988 | Open Admissions | Ginny Carlsen | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1988 | The Artist Was a Woman | Narrator | Film | — | 48 |
| 1988 | A Friendship in Vienna | Hannah Dournenvald | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1988 | Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide | Self | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1987 | Square Dance | Juanelle | Film | 4.7 | 47 |
| 1987 | Square Dance | Film | 4.7 | 47 | |
| 1987 | In Love and War | Sybil Stockdale | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1987 | Sweet Country | Anna | Film | 4.9 | 47 |
| 1986 | American Masters | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1986 | Blood & Orchids | Doris Ashley | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1985 | Malice in Wonderland | Hedda Hopper | Film | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1984 | City Heat | Addy | Film | 5.5 | 44 |
| 1984 | Calamity Jane | Calamity Jane | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1984 | Calamity Jane | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1984 | When She Says No | Nora Strangis | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1983 | Testament | Carol Wetherly | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Carol Wetherly | TV | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Georgia O'Keeffe | TV | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1982 | Night Crossing | Doris Strelzyk | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1982 | In the Custody of Strangers | Sandy Caldwell | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1982 | Kennedy's Children | Wanda | Film | — | 42 |
| 1981 | Dear Liar | Mrs. Patrick Campbell | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1980 | Brubaker | Lillian | Film | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1980 | Playing for Time | Alma Rose | Film | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Margaret Phelps | Film | 7.6 | 39 |
| 1978 | The Betsy | Alicia Hardeman | Film | 4.8 | 38 |
| 1978 | Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II | Mary MacCracken | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1978 | A Question of Love | Barbara Moreland | Film | 5.2 | 38 |
| 1977 | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Eleanor Roosevelt | Film | 4.9 | 37 |
| 1976 | All the President's Men | Bookkeeper | Film | 7.7 | 36 |
| 1976 | Eleanor and Franklin | Eleanor Roosevelt, Age 18-60 | TV | 3.8 | 36 |
| 1975 | Death Be Not Proud | Frances Gunther | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1974 | This Is the West That Was | Sarah Shaw | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1973 | Miracle on 34th Street | Karen Walker | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1972 | The New Centurions | Dorothy Fehler | Film | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1972 | Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol | Anne Palmer | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1971 | A Gunfight | Nora Tenneray | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1970 | The Great White Hope | Eleanor | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Records Clerk (uncredited) | TV | 7.1 | 28 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host | TV | — | 16 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Performer | TV | — | 16 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter | TV | — | 16 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 16 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 16 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Co-Hostess / Nominee | TV | — | 16 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | TV | 8.8 | 11 | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 4 |
| Lillian, Next Door | Lillian Wallingford Blanton | Film | — | — | |
| Testament at 20 | Film | — | — |