JANE ALEXANDER was born and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, and attended Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Edinburgh. Alexander has appeared in sixty films for screen and television and was nominated for an Academy Award for her roles in The Great White Hope, All the President’s Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, and Testament. She received an Emmy Award for Playing for Time and Warm Springs. Her career in theater has taken her from Broadway to London’s West End. She is the recipient of a Tony Award and an Obie, and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. Alexander was chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1993 to 1997. She is a former trustee of the Wildlife Conservation Society and a commissioner of New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and is on the board of the Audubon Society. Alexander was the recipient of the first Global Wildlife Ambassador Award given by the Indianapolis Prize. She lives in Nova Scotia and upstate New York.
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An extraordinary work of history and original reporting that reveals the ways in which presidential marriages have affected the tone, character, and policies of twelve administrations, from Woodrow and Edith Wilson to George W. and Laura Bush. Each of ... SEE MORE