---
name: "Jane Goodall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jane-goodall"
fi1m_id: "jane-goodall"
imdb_id: "nm0328762"
tmdb_id: 186329
wikidata_id: "Q184746"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 April 1934"
died: "1 October 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T23:58:37.078606+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jane Goodall

## Identity

Jane Goodall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jane-goodall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jane-goodall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0328762
- **TMDB ID:** 186329
- **Wikidata ID:** Q184746
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184746, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0328762/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/186329

Writer. Born 3 April 1934 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. Died 1 October 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 April 1934, Hampstead, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 October 2025
- **Also known as:** Dame Jane Morris Goodall, Jane Morris Goodall, Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall, Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, Jeyn Morris Goodall, Dr. Jane Goodall
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184746, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0328762/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/186329

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Jane*](https://film.one/film/jane.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Jane* (2017), Fi1m 78, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/jane.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Anyone lived in a pretty how town* (2026), as Narrator
- *Humans and Other Animals* (2024), as Elle-même
- *Jane* (2023), series, as Jane Goodall
- *She Walks with Apes* (2020), series, Actor
- *Jane, un message d'espoir* (2020), Actor
- *Countdown to Year Zero* (2019), Actor
- *Jane* (2017), as Other — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/jane.md)
- *Trio. Jane's Music of Life* (2015), Actor
- *Me...Jane* (2015), as voice
- *Life Is Bearable at Times...* (2010), Actor
- *Jane Goodall's When Animals Talk* (2005), Actor
- *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), series, as Jane Goodall (voice)
- *You Rang, M'Lord?* (1990), series, as Fighting Woman
- *Chimps: So Like Us* (1990), Actor
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Jane Goodall (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe* (1988), Writer
- *Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa* (1973), as Narrator
- *Matriarch*, series, Executive Producer
- *Untitled Jane Goodall Film*, Producer
- *Howl*, Producer
- *Howl*, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Jane Goodall](https://film.one/media/person/4170415/gallery-69ba156d00b6.jpg) Jane Goodall — U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Deputy_Secretary_Higginbottom_Poses_for_a_Photo_With_Dr._Jane_Goodall_and_the_State_Department%27s_Global_Health_Diplomacy_Director_Jordan_in_Washington_%2822365513310%29_%282%29_%28cropped_2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jane Goodall, britische Verhaltensforscherin (1934 - 2025) Das Bild zeigt Jane Goodall am 2. Mai 2023 kurz vor einem Gespräch mit Journalisten im Münchner Press](https://film.one/media/person/4170415/gallery-28c55b63aef6.jpg) Jane Goodall, britische Verhaltensforscherin (1934 - 2025) Das Bild zeigt Jane Goodall am 2. Mai 2023 kurz vor einem Gespräch mit Journalisten im Münchner Press — Michael Lucan, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/2023-05-02_Jane_Goodall_7977.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Entebbe (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/4170415/gallery-439edf11adf1.jpg) Entebbe (2007) — Dave Proffer, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Entebbe_-_Flickr_-_Dave_Proffer.jpg/1280px-Entebbe_-_Flickr_-_Dave_Proffer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fryday with Jane Goodall (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/4170415/gallery-e908bc22c084.jpg) Fryday with Jane Goodall (2025) — Etanzeceo1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Fryday_w-_Goodall.jpg/1280px-Fryday_w-_Goodall.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fryday with Jane Goodall (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/4170415/gallery-a2721c184cdc.jpg) Fryday with Jane Goodall (2025) — Etanzeceo1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Fryday_w-_Goodall_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Fryday with Jane Goodall (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/4170415/gallery-b5967bd9eaaa.jpg) Fryday with Jane Goodall (2025) — Etanzeceo1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Fryday_w-_Goodall_%28cropped1%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 30 won

- Presidential Medal of Freedom 2025: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- honorary degree 2024: honorary degree (won)
- Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau 2023: Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (won)
- Templeton Prize 2021: Templeton Prize (won)
- honorary doctorate of Hasselt University 2020: honorary doctorate of Hasselt University (won)
- honorary doctor of the University of Zurich 2020: honorary doctor of the University of Zurich (won)
- honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense 2018: honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (won)
- International Cosmos Prize 2017: International Cosmos Prize (won)
- John Muir Award 2017: John Muir Award (won)
- Catalonia International Prize 2015: Catalonia International Prize (won)
- President's Medal 2014: President's Medal (won)
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 2011: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (won)
- Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto 2007: Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto (won)
- Officer of the Legion of Honour 2006: Officer of the Legion of Honour (won)
- honorary doctor of Syracuse University 2005: honorary doctor of Syracuse University (won)
- Nierenberg Prize 2004: Nierenberg Prize (won)
- Benjamin Franklin Medal 2003: Benjamin Franklin Medal (won)
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2003: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won)
- Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research 2003: Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (won)
- Huxley Memorial Medal 2002: Huxley Memorial Medal (won)
- Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 1997: Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (won)
- William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement 1996: William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (won)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1995: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won)
- Hubbard Medal 1995: Hubbard Medal (won)
- honorary doctor of the University of Miami 1993: honorary doctor of the University of Miami (won)
- Edinburgh Medal 1991: Edinburgh Medal (won)
- Gold Medal of the Society of Woman Geographers 1990: Gold Medal of the Society of Woman Geographers (won)
- Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences 1990: Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (won)
- Gregor Mendel Medal 1987: Gregor Mendel Medal (won)
- J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership 1984: J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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