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    Birthday: October 28, 1939

    A graduate of Sarah Lawrence University and the University of Edinburgh, American actress Jane Alexander first gained national fame for her Tony-winning performance in the 1965 Broadway play The Great White Hope. She repeated her portrayal of the white mistress of a turn-of-century black heavyweight boxing champ (played by James Earl Jones) for the 1969 film version of Hope, which ...more
    • 2005
    • Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
    • Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
    • Warm Springs
    • win
    • 1983
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • Testament
    • nom
    • 1983
    • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
    • Best Actress
    • Testament
    • nom
    • 1979
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion P
    • Kramer vs. Kramer
    • nom
    • 1979
    • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Kramer vs. Kramer
    • nom


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