Jane Alexander was born on October 28, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts.

In the hit 2002 movie THE RING, Jane Alexander played Dr. Grasnik.

Playing Matthew Broderick's mother, Jane Alexander took an uncredited role in GLORY as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw. In the film WARM SPRINGS, Jane Alexander played FDR's mother. Previously Jane Alexander portrayed Eleanor Roosevelt in two films ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN and then again in ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN: THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS.

The film that famed Jane Alexander was the role of a strong mother in TESTAMENT about the aftermath of a nuclear attack.

Edwin Sherin and Jane Alexander were married in March of 1975, Sherin is a wonderful director with shows like LAW & ORDER, SOUTH BEACH and HILL STREET BLUES.

THE GREAT WHITE HOPE won Jane Alexander a Broadway's Tony Award. This was a role that she re-created for an Oscar-nominated performance in the film version of the same title, released in 1970.

Made for TV movies have given Jane Alexander some of her best roles. The 1980 TV movie PLAYNG FOR TIME earned her an Emmy Award. In 1984 Alexander had two great roles, playing the title role in CALAMITY JANE and portraying gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in MALICE IN WONDERLAND.

Not only playing Winona Ryder's mother in SQUARE DANCE in 1987, Jane Alexander also turned producer on this project.

Jane Alexander's other notable credits include...

FEAST OF LOVE (2007)

FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS (2006)

THE RING (2002)

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (1999)

CITY HEAT (1984)

KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)

A GUNFIGHT (1971)

THE GREAT WHITE HOPE (1970)