Jane Alexander
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Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an award-winning 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 causes.

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  • Things come up suddenly these days, but that`s all right because I work better under pressure.
  • I never thought of myself as pretty as a child and I have tried to bring that awareness to my roles.
  • You have to have the ability to persevere, to get knocked down and get back up again. Just talent isn`t enough.
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  • Was the commencement speaker for Duke University's Class of 1996.
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  • Was the Commencement speaker for Bennington College's Class of 1997.
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  • One of a few performers to get an Oscar-nomination for their movie debut.
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  • Played the mother of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Warm Springs (2005) (TV) and his wife Eleanor Roosevelt in the made-for-TV films Eleanor and Franklin (1976) (TV) and Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977) (TV).
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  • Won Broadway`s 1969 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "The Great White Hope," a role she recreated in an Oscar-nominated performance in the film version of the same title, The Great White Hope (1970). Since, then she has received six additional Tony nominations: as Best Actress (Dramatic), in 1973 for "6 Rms Riv Vu," and in 1974 for "Find Your Way Hone;" and as Best Actress (Play): in 1979 for "First Monday in October," in 1992 for a revival of "The Visit," in 1993 for "The Sisters Rosensweig," and in 1998 for "Honour."
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  • Was the commencement speaker for Duke University`s Class of 1996. Was the Commencement speaker for Bennington College`s Class of 1997.
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  • Was the Commencement speaker for Smith College`s Class of 1999.
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  • Received the Women`s International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1988.
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  • Named to head the National Endowment for the Arts in August 1993.
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  • Received an Honorary Degree from Smith College in Northampton, MA. [1999]
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  • Spouse: Edwin Sherin (29 March 1975 - present); Robert Alexander (23 July 1962 - 1974) (divorced) 1 child
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  • Born in Boston, Massachusetts USA
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