Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

Acting

April 3, 1934 — October 1, 2025Hampstead, London, England, UK

Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall, 3 April 1934 – 1 October 2025), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall was best known for her 55+ year study of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania.

Known for

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

The Wild Thornberrys

The Wild Thornberrys

1998

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

Racing Extinction

Racing Extinction

2015

Jane

Jane

2017

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Acting86

Anyone lived in a pretty how town

Anyone lived in a pretty how town

2026

Narrator

The Man Who Saves the World?

The Man Who Saves the World?

2025

Self

Famous Last Words: Dr. Jane Goodall

Famous Last Words: Dr. Jane Goodall

2025

Self

Nature : pour une réconciliation

Nature : pour une réconciliation

2025

Self

People & Wolves: a story of coexistence

People & Wolves: a story of coexistence

2024

Self - Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace

A Life Among Elephants

A Life Among Elephants

2024

Self - Interviewee

La Revuelta

La Revuelta

2024

Self - Guest

Humans and Other Animals

Humans and Other Animals

2024

Elle-même

Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope

Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope

2023

Self

Jane

Jane

2023

Jane Goodall

Gutsy

Gutsy

2022

Self

Earth Emergency

Earth Emergency

2021

Self

Stories of a Generation - with Pope Francis

Stories of a Generation - with Pope Francis

2021

Self

Animal

Animal

2021

Self

Milked

Milked

2021

Self

Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo with Jane Goodall

Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo with Jane Goodall

2021

Self

The Last Tourist

The Last Tourist

2021

Self - Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute

The Center: Gibbons and Guardians

The Center: Gibbons and Guardians

2021

Self

Great Minds

Great Minds

2021

Self

Planet Without Apes

Planet Without Apes

2021

Self

Menschenaffen

Menschenaffen

2021

Self

We Are Nature

We Are Nature

2021

Self

She Walks with Apes

She Walks with Apes

2020

Pant Hoot

Pant Hoot

2020

Herself

Jane Goodall and the Guardians of Biodiversity

Jane Goodall and the Guardians of Biodiversity

2020

Self

Corona: The Pandemic and the Pangolin

Corona: The Pandemic and the Pangolin

2020

Self

Dear...

Dear...

2020

Self

Food for Change

Food for Change

2020

Self

Jane Goodall: The Hope

Jane Goodall: The Hope

2020

Self

Jane New Generation

Jane New Generation

2020

Herself

Jane, un message d'espoir

Jane, un message d'espoir

2020

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Self

Countdown to Year Zero

Countdown to Year Zero

2019

Into the Jungle

Into the Jungle

2018

Self

Jane Goodall: Saving Paradise

Jane Goodall: Saving Paradise

2018

Self

Jane

Jane

2017

Self

Modified

Modified

2017

Self

Seed: The Untold Story

Seed: The Untold Story

2016

Self

H.O.P.E.: What You Eat Matters

H.O.P.E.: What You Eat Matters

2016

Herself

Attenborough at 90

Attenborough at 90

2016

Self

Trio. Jane's Music of Life

Trio. Jane's Music of Life

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Self

Time to Choose

Time to Choose

2015

Self

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

2015

Self

Medicine of the Wolf

Medicine of the Wolf

2015

Herself

Racing Extinction

Racing Extinction

2015

Self

Me...Jane

Me...Jane

2015

voice

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Self - Guest

Precht

Precht

2012

Self

Surviving Progress

Surviving Progress

2011

Self

Jane's Journey

Jane's Journey

2011

Self

Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

2011

Self

Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts

Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts

2010

Self

Life Is Bearable at Times...

Life Is Bearable at Times...

2010

Q&A

Q&A

2008

Self - Panellist

Historisk film om Dyreparken | Den levende Parken

Historisk film om Dyreparken | Den levende Parken

2006

Self (archive footage)

Jane Goodall's When Animals Talk

Jane Goodall's When Animals Talk

2005

Jane Goodall's Return to Gombe

Jane Goodall's Return to Gombe

2004

Herself

ZIBB

2003

Self

One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps

One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps

2003

Self

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

Self

Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees

Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees

2002

Self

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

2000

herself

The Wild Thornberrys

The Wild Thornberrys

1998

Jane Goodall (voice)

Sternstunde Philosophie

Sternstunde Philosophie

1998

Self

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

Self

Tigerenten Club

Tigerenten Club

1996

Self

30 Years of National Geographic Specials

30 Years of National Geographic Specials

1995

Self (archive footage)

Gaia Symphony

Gaia Symphony

1992

Self

You Rang, M'Lord?

You Rang, M'Lord?

1990

Fighting Woman

The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall

The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall

1990

Self

Chimps: So Like Us

Chimps: So Like Us

1990

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

Jane Goodall (voice)

People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe

People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe

1988

Self

Among the Wild Chimpanzees

Among the Wild Chimpanzees

1984

Self

Natural World

Natural World

1983

Self

Nature

Nature

1982

Self

Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa

Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa

1973

Narrator

60 Minutes

60 Minutes

1968

Self

Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees

Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees

1965

Self

National Geographic Specials

National Geographic Specials

1965

Self

Horizon

Horizon

1964

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Self

Bambi

Bambi

1948

Self

Just Me, Jane

Self

Production4

Howl

Howl

Executive Producer

Untitled Jane Goodall Film

Untitled Jane Goodall Film

Producer

Howl

Producer

Matriarch

Executive Producer

Writing2

Jane

Jane

2017

Other

People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe

People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe

1988

Writer