JANE ALEXANDER
Sponsor and passholder reception
Thursday, Nov.10, 5:30 pm
The Studios at Linden Oaks
Appearance at Thursday night film, 7 pm, Dryden
Theatre
Leonard Maltin calls Jane Alexander “one of
the finest actresses working in America to-day (in any medium).” This proudly
unglamorous actress, coming to us fresh from her Emmy win for her performance
in the HBO film WARM SPRINGS, is noted for her finely delineated
characterizations. Alexander made her Broadway debut in 1969 in The Great White
Hope, for which she won a Tony Award and snagged an Oscar nomination for
reprising the role on film. She picked up two other nominations for ALL THE
PRESIDENT’S MEN and KRAMER VS. KRAMER, and then played her signature role,
Eleanor Roosevelt, in two Emmy-winning dramas: ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN and ELEANOR
AND FRANKLIN: THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS. She won another Oscar nomination for her
role in TESTAMENT. Most of her best opportunities have come in made-for-TV
movies: PLAYING FOR TIME (Emmy Award), CALAMITY JANE, MALICE IN WONDERLAND,
BLOOD AND ORCHIDS, IN LOVE AND WAR and DAUGHTER OF THE STREETS. In 1993,
Alexander was named by President Clinton to head the National Endowment for the
Arts. She serves on the Boards of Wildlife Conservation Society, Project
Greenhope, the National Stroke Association, and Women’s Action for Nuclear
Disarmament. She has been honored with the Israel Cultural Award and the Helen
Caldicott Leadership Award.