Actress Jane Alexander talks about her appointment as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1993, and how her Academy Award-nominated performance in the 1970 film Great White Hope received angry backlash for playing half of an interracial couple.
“I grew up understanding that the greatness of our democracy is the difference of opinion and the ability to voice it freely,” she says of her battle to turn around the negative opinion that congress had of the NEA because of a couple of controversial grants.
S01 E08
www.newseuminstitute.org
Originally aired on June 6, 2000
published: 20 Oct 2015
Jane Alexander, "Wild Things, Wild Places"
http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780385354363
Alexander served as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1993 to 1997; a much lauded actress, her extensive stage and screen career has earned her numerous prizes, including a Tony and two Emmys. Alexander is also an impassioned naturalist, and her book is a global tour of some of the most beautiful and most imperiled landscapes. Visiting places as diverse as Idaho and Ecuador, Myanmar and Newfoundland, Hawaii and East Africa, Alexander follows field scientists as they work to preserve habitat and wildlife, and her rich descriptions remind us of how essential these projects are.
Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics & Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a g...
published: 29 Nov 2016
Jane Alexander: Resistance Art
Jane Alexander is a well known South African artist who started her career during apartheid. This video looks at her seminal artwork: Butcher Boys, that she completed as part of her Master's degree, which shot her to fame.
published: 09 Sep 2020
Jane Alexander & Judith Ivey | FIREFLIES
Actresses Jane Alexander and Judith Ivey talk getting the oppotunity to finally work together, the scarcity of roles for older female performers, and why they were drawn to Matthew Barber's FIREFLIES.
FIREFLIES
A WORLD PREMIERE ROMANCE
By Matthew Barber
From the novel ELEANOR & ABEL by Annette Sanford
Directed by Gordon Edelstein
OCT 11 - NOV 5, 2017
Tickets at longwharf.org/fireflies or 203-787-4282
published: 27 Oct 2017
Jane Alexander Interview: Do you still want to act?
published: 23 Sep 2017
An Evening with Jane Alexander and Ed Sherin
The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center hosts an evening with one of the most distinguished couples in American theater: Jane Alexander, an award-winning actress and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Ed Sherin, renowned director, producer, and actor. The American Repertory Theatre's Robert Brustein moderates Alexander and Sherin's discussion of their marriage, their careers, and the state of American theater.
Hosted by Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on October 24, 2007.
Título Original : Seconds to Spare
Sinopse : Ex-agente do DEA investiga o paradeiro de um antigo inimigo e acaba se tornando a salvação de 30 passageiros de um trem, que foi tomado por um grupo de eco-terroristas.
Direção : Brian Trenchard-Smith
Elenco : Antonio Sabato Jr., Brad McMurray, Nick Tate, Alexander Petersons, Alyssa-Jane
published: 26 Mar 2025
Leta Powell Drake Interview with Jane Alexander
Junket interview with Jane Alexander regarding the film Night Crossing. Conducted in 1982. Interview broadcast on KOLN/KGIN-TV (Lincoln, NE).
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Actress Jane Alexander talks about her appointment as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1993, and how her Academy Award-nominated per...
Actress Jane Alexander talks about her appointment as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1993, and how her Academy Award-nominated performance in the 1970 film Great White Hope received angry backlash for playing half of an interracial couple.
“I grew up understanding that the greatness of our democracy is the difference of opinion and the ability to voice it freely,” she says of her battle to turn around the negative opinion that congress had of the NEA because of a couple of controversial grants.
S01 E08
www.newseuminstitute.org
Originally aired on June 6, 2000
Actress Jane Alexander talks about her appointment as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1993, and how her Academy Award-nominated performance in the 1970 film Great White Hope received angry backlash for playing half of an interracial couple.
“I grew up understanding that the greatness of our democracy is the difference of opinion and the ability to voice it freely,” she says of her battle to turn around the negative opinion that congress had of the NEA because of a couple of controversial grants.
S01 E08
www.newseuminstitute.org
Originally aired on June 6, 2000
http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780385354363
Alexander served as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1993 to 1997; a much lauded actress, her...
http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780385354363
Alexander served as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1993 to 1997; a much lauded actress, her extensive stage and screen career has earned her numerous prizes, including a Tony and two Emmys. Alexander is also an impassioned naturalist, and her book is a global tour of some of the most beautiful and most imperiled landscapes. Visiting places as diverse as Idaho and Ecuador, Myanmar and Newfoundland, Hawaii and East Africa, Alexander follows field scientists as they work to preserve habitat and wildlife, and her rich descriptions remind us of how essential these projects are.
Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics & Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics & Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. Visit them on the web at http://www.politics-prose.com/
Produced by Michael A. Kowaleski
http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780385354363
Alexander served as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1993 to 1997; a much lauded actress, her extensive stage and screen career has earned her numerous prizes, including a Tony and two Emmys. Alexander is also an impassioned naturalist, and her book is a global tour of some of the most beautiful and most imperiled landscapes. Visiting places as diverse as Idaho and Ecuador, Myanmar and Newfoundland, Hawaii and East Africa, Alexander follows field scientists as they work to preserve habitat and wildlife, and her rich descriptions remind us of how essential these projects are.
Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics & Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics & Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. Visit them on the web at http://www.politics-prose.com/
Produced by Michael A. Kowaleski
Jane Alexander is a well known South African artist who started her career during apartheid. This video looks at her seminal artwork: Butcher Boys, that she com...
Jane Alexander is a well known South African artist who started her career during apartheid. This video looks at her seminal artwork: Butcher Boys, that she completed as part of her Master's degree, which shot her to fame.
Jane Alexander is a well known South African artist who started her career during apartheid. This video looks at her seminal artwork: Butcher Boys, that she completed as part of her Master's degree, which shot her to fame.
Actresses Jane Alexander and Judith Ivey talk getting the oppotunity to finally work together, the scarcity of roles for older female performers, and why they w...
Actresses Jane Alexander and Judith Ivey talk getting the oppotunity to finally work together, the scarcity of roles for older female performers, and why they were drawn to Matthew Barber's FIREFLIES.
FIREFLIES
A WORLD PREMIERE ROMANCE
By Matthew Barber
From the novel ELEANOR & ABEL by Annette Sanford
Directed by Gordon Edelstein
OCT 11 - NOV 5, 2017
Tickets at longwharf.org/fireflies or 203-787-4282
Actresses Jane Alexander and Judith Ivey talk getting the oppotunity to finally work together, the scarcity of roles for older female performers, and why they were drawn to Matthew Barber's FIREFLIES.
FIREFLIES
A WORLD PREMIERE ROMANCE
By Matthew Barber
From the novel ELEANOR & ABEL by Annette Sanford
Directed by Gordon Edelstein
OCT 11 - NOV 5, 2017
Tickets at longwharf.org/fireflies or 203-787-4282
The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center hosts an evening with one of the most distinguished couples in American theater: Jane Alexander, an award-winning ac...
The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center hosts an evening with one of the most distinguished couples in American theater: Jane Alexander, an award-winning actress and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Ed Sherin, renowned director, producer, and actor. The American Repertory Theatre's Robert Brustein moderates Alexander and Sherin's discussion of their marriage, their careers, and the state of American theater.
Hosted by Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on October 24, 2007.
The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center hosts an evening with one of the most distinguished couples in American theater: Jane Alexander, an award-winning actress and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Ed Sherin, renowned director, producer, and actor. The American Repertory Theatre's Robert Brustein moderates Alexander and Sherin's discussion of their marriage, their careers, and the state of American theater.
Hosted by Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on October 24, 2007.
Título Original : Seconds to Spare
Sinopse : Ex-agente do DEA investiga o paradeiro de um antigo inimigo e acaba se tornando a salvação de 30 passageiros de um...
Título Original : Seconds to Spare
Sinopse : Ex-agente do DEA investiga o paradeiro de um antigo inimigo e acaba se tornando a salvação de 30 passageiros de um trem, que foi tomado por um grupo de eco-terroristas.
Direção : Brian Trenchard-Smith
Elenco : Antonio Sabato Jr., Brad McMurray, Nick Tate, Alexander Petersons, Alyssa-Jane
Título Original : Seconds to Spare
Sinopse : Ex-agente do DEA investiga o paradeiro de um antigo inimigo e acaba se tornando a salvação de 30 passageiros de um trem, que foi tomado por um grupo de eco-terroristas.
Direção : Brian Trenchard-Smith
Elenco : Antonio Sabato Jr., Brad McMurray, Nick Tate, Alexander Petersons, Alyssa-Jane
Junket interview with Jane Alexander regarding the film Night Crossing. Conducted in 1982. Interview broadcast on KOLN/KGIN-TV (Lincoln, NE).
Support History N...
Junket interview with Jane Alexander regarding the film Night Crossing. Conducted in 1982. Interview broadcast on KOLN/KGIN-TV (Lincoln, NE).
Support History Nebraska and help us digitize more of our video collection for everyone to see!
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Junket interview with Jane Alexander regarding the film Night Crossing. Conducted in 1982. Interview broadcast on KOLN/KGIN-TV (Lincoln, NE).
Support History Nebraska and help us digitize more of our video collection for everyone to see!
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Actress Jane Alexander talks about her appointment as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1993, and how her Academy Award-nominated performance in the 1970 film Great White Hope received angry backlash for playing half of an interracial couple.
“I grew up understanding that the greatness of our democracy is the difference of opinion and the ability to voice it freely,” she says of her battle to turn around the negative opinion that congress had of the NEA because of a couple of controversial grants.
S01 E08
www.newseuminstitute.org
Originally aired on June 6, 2000
http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780385354363
Alexander served as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1993 to 1997; a much lauded actress, her extensive stage and screen career has earned her numerous prizes, including a Tony and two Emmys. Alexander is also an impassioned naturalist, and her book is a global tour of some of the most beautiful and most imperiled landscapes. Visiting places as diverse as Idaho and Ecuador, Myanmar and Newfoundland, Hawaii and East Africa, Alexander follows field scientists as they work to preserve habitat and wildlife, and her rich descriptions remind us of how essential these projects are.
Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics & Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics & Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. Visit them on the web at http://www.politics-prose.com/
Produced by Michael A. Kowaleski
Jane Alexander is a well known South African artist who started her career during apartheid. This video looks at her seminal artwork: Butcher Boys, that she completed as part of her Master's degree, which shot her to fame.
Actresses Jane Alexander and Judith Ivey talk getting the oppotunity to finally work together, the scarcity of roles for older female performers, and why they were drawn to Matthew Barber's FIREFLIES.
FIREFLIES
A WORLD PREMIERE ROMANCE
By Matthew Barber
From the novel ELEANOR & ABEL by Annette Sanford
Directed by Gordon Edelstein
OCT 11 - NOV 5, 2017
Tickets at longwharf.org/fireflies or 203-787-4282
The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center hosts an evening with one of the most distinguished couples in American theater: Jane Alexander, an award-winning actress and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Ed Sherin, renowned director, producer, and actor. The American Repertory Theatre's Robert Brustein moderates Alexander and Sherin's discussion of their marriage, their careers, and the state of American theater.
Hosted by Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on October 24, 2007.
Título Original : Seconds to Spare
Sinopse : Ex-agente do DEA investiga o paradeiro de um antigo inimigo e acaba se tornando a salvação de 30 passageiros de um trem, que foi tomado por um grupo de eco-terroristas.
Direção : Brian Trenchard-Smith
Elenco : Antonio Sabato Jr., Brad McMurray, Nick Tate, Alexander Petersons, Alyssa-Jane
Junket interview with Jane Alexander regarding the film Night Crossing. Conducted in 1982. Interview broadcast on KOLN/KGIN-TV (Lincoln, NE).
Support History Nebraska and help us digitize more of our video collection for everyone to see!
Become a member at https://history.nebraska.gov/membership
or
Give a one-time donation at https://www.historynebraskafoundation.org
Actress Jane Alexander talks about her appointment as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1993, and how her Academy Award-nominated performance in the 1970 film Great White Hope received angry backlash for playing half of an interracial couple.
“I grew up understanding that the greatness of our democracy is the difference of opinion and the ability to voice it freely,” she says of her battle to turn around the negative opinion that congress had of the NEA because of a couple of controversial grants.
S01 E08
www.newseuminstitute.org
Originally aired on June 6, 2000
Actress Jane Alexander talks about her appointment as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1993, and how her Academy Award-nominated performance in the 1970 film Great White Hope received angry backlash for playing half of an interracial couple.
“I grew up understanding that the greatness of our democracy is the difference of opinion and the ability to voice it freely,” she says of her battle to turn around the negative opinion that congress had of the NEA because of a couple of controversial grants.
S01 E08
www.newseuminstitute.org
Originally aired on June 6, 2000
http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780385354363
Alexander served as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1993 to 1997; a much lauded actress, her extensive stage and screen career has earned her numerous prizes, including a Tony and two Emmys. Alexander is also an impassioned naturalist, and her book is a global tour of some of the most beautiful and most imperiled landscapes. Visiting places as diverse as Idaho and Ecuador, Myanmar and Newfoundland, Hawaii and East Africa, Alexander follows field scientists as they work to preserve habitat and wildlife, and her rich descriptions remind us of how essential these projects are.
Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics & Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics & Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. Visit them on the web at http://www.politics-prose.com/
Produced by Michael A. Kowaleski
Jane Alexander is a well known South African artist who started her career during apartheid. This video looks at her seminal artwork: Butcher Boys, that she completed as part of her Master's degree, which shot her to fame.
Actresses Jane Alexander and Judith Ivey talk getting the oppotunity to finally work together, the scarcity of roles for older female performers, and why they were drawn to Matthew Barber's FIREFLIES.
FIREFLIES
A WORLD PREMIERE ROMANCE
By Matthew Barber
From the novel ELEANOR & ABEL by Annette Sanford
Directed by Gordon Edelstein
OCT 11 - NOV 5, 2017
Tickets at longwharf.org/fireflies or 203-787-4282
The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center hosts an evening with one of the most distinguished couples in American theater: Jane Alexander, an award-winning actress and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Ed Sherin, renowned director, producer, and actor. The American Repertory Theatre's Robert Brustein moderates Alexander and Sherin's discussion of their marriage, their careers, and the state of American theater.
Hosted by Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center on October 24, 2007.
Título Original : Seconds to Spare
Sinopse : Ex-agente do DEA investiga o paradeiro de um antigo inimigo e acaba se tornando a salvação de 30 passageiros de um trem, que foi tomado por um grupo de eco-terroristas.
Direção : Brian Trenchard-Smith
Elenco : Antonio Sabato Jr., Brad McMurray, Nick Tate, Alexander Petersons, Alyssa-Jane
Junket interview with Jane Alexander regarding the film Night Crossing. Conducted in 1982. Interview broadcast on KOLN/KGIN-TV (Lincoln, NE).
Support History Nebraska and help us digitize more of our video collection for everyone to see!
Become a member at https://history.nebraska.gov/membership
or
Give a one-time donation at https://www.historynebraskafoundation.org