2004Nominee
Best Performance
Eye Opener
Jane Elliott
Actor · Writer
November 30, 1933
Biography
American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, Jane Elliott became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The classroom exercise was filmed in 1970, becoming the documentary The Eye of the Storm. PBS series Frontline featured a reunion of the 1970 class, as well as Elliott's work with adults, in its 1985 episode "A Class Divided".
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1996Nominee
Best Performance
Blue Eyed
1970Winner
Best Performance
The Eye of the Storm
Career Highlights
2026Highlight
Best Performance
Jane Elliott Against the World
2004Highlight
Best Performance
Indecently Exposed!
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Blue Eyed
The Eye of the Storm
A Class Divided