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Jane Wyman was an American actress, singer, dancer, and philanthropist. Her career spanned more than seven decades. She was the winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for the 1948 film Johnny Belinda. She was also the first wife of actor Ronald Reagan. They married in 1940 and divorced in 1949. Wyman's professional career began at age 16 in 1933, when she signed with Warner Bros. Wyman followed common practice at the time when she added three years to her age. A popular contract player, she frequently played the leading lady, her roles including starring alongside William Hopper in Public Wedding (1937), Ronald Reagan and Eddie Albert in Brother Rat (1938) and its sequel Brother Rat and a Baby (1940), Dennis Morgan in Bad Men of Missouri (1941), Marlene Dietrich in Stage Fright (1950), and Sterling Hayden in So Big (1953). She was also featured opposite Rock Hudson in Magnificent Obsession (1954) and All That Heaven Allows (1955), both directed by Douglas Sirk. She was a three-time winner of a Golden Globe Award. She achieved continuing success in the television soap opera Falcon Crest (1981–1990), in which Wyman played the lead role of villainous matriarch Angela Channing.
Birth Name
Sarah Jane Mayfield
Born
Friday, 05 January 1917
Died
Monday, 10 September 2007
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Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Andy Warhol Diaries | Cary Scott | 2022 |
The Reagans | Self - First Wife of Ronald Reagan | 2020 |
L'homme a mangé la terre | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
Crosby in Search of Crosby: Bing the Truth Behind the Legend | Self | 2016 |
Reagan | Self | 2011 |
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger | Helen Phillips | 2010 |
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me | Self | 2009 |
Great Directors | Cary Scott | 2009 |
The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2008 |
How William Shatner Changed the World | Amanda | 2005 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Andy Warhol Diaries | Cary Scott | 2022 |
The Reagans | Self - First Wife of Ronald Reagan | 2020 |
L'homme a mangé la terre | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
Crosby in Search of Crosby: Bing the Truth Behind the Legend | Self | 2016 |
Reagan | Self | 2011 |
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger | Helen Phillips | 2010 |
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me | Self | 2009 |
Great Directors | Cary Scott | 2009 |
The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2008 |
How William Shatner Changed the World | Amanda | 2005 |
Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years | Self | 2001 |
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | 1998 |
Inside the Dream Factory | Self | 1995 |
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self | 1995 |
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Elizabeth Quinn | 1993 |
Rock Hudson's Home Movies | Helen Phillips | 1992 |
Classic Movie Bloopers | Self | 1990 |
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987 |
Biography | Self / Laura Wingfield | 1987 |
Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
Falcon Crest | Angela Channing / Angie Channing | 1981 |
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel | Granny Arrowroot | 1979 |
The Love Boat | Sister Patricia | 1977 |
Charlie's Angels | Eleanor Willard | 1976 |
The Sixth Sense | Ruth Ames | 1972 |
The Failing of Raymond | Mary Bloomquist | 1971 |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Sophia Ryder | 1971 |
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Dr. Amanda Fallon | 1969 |
How to Commit Marriage | Elaine Benson | 1969 |
Allen Ludden's Gallery | Self | 1969 |
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Self | 1969 |
The Jim Nabors Hour | Self - Guest | 1968 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Self - Guest | 1967 |
Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Addie Joslin | 1963 |
Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Herself | 1963 |
You Don't Say | Self | 1963 |
The Match Game | Self - Team Captain | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself / Herself - Guest | 1962 |
The Andy Williams Show | Self | 1962 |
Bon Voyage! | Katie Willard / Katherine "Katie" Willard | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Co-Hostess | 1961 |
The Investigators | Elaine | 1961 |
My Three Sons | Sylvia Cannon | 1960 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
Checkmate | Joan Talmadge | 1960 |
Pollyanna | Aunt Polly | 1960 |
Startime | Self - Host | 1959 |
Holiday for Lovers | Mrs. Mary Dean | 1959 |
The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Host | 1959 |
Some of Manie's Friends | Self | 1959 |
Lux Playhouse | Selena Shelby | 1958 |
The Lux Show | Self | 1957 |
Wagon Train | Hannah Barber / Dr. Carol Ames Willoughby | 1957 |
Miracle in the Rain | Ruth Wood | 1956 |
All That Heaven Allows | Cary Scott | 1955 |
Lucy Gallant | Lucy Gallant | 1955 |
MGM Parade | (archive footage) | 1955 |
Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Self - Hostess / Host / Cleary Penryn / Violet Fitzhugh / Widow / Wife / Amelia / Ann Baker / Ann Langley / Barbara Towne / Carol / Susan / Clarissa / Diane Nolan / Ellen Hensley / Emily Prince / Eve / Fran / Herself - Hostess / Helen Crane / Jean Bradford / Karen Foster / Katie Barns / Kristi Stone / Laura Ann Roberts / Laura Kincaid / Leslie Bell / Lieutenant Edith Collins / Lieutenant Meg / Liz / Madame Olivia / Marge / Marie / Martha Carroll / Martha Quillen / Mary / Maryann Goldsmith / Millie / Mrs. Norwood / Olivia / Paula Miller / Pauline / Peggy / Rita / Sarah March / Sidney Brandt / Sister Regina / Susan Clarke / Susanna Holt / Tita | 1955 |
This Is Your Life | Self - Filmed tribute | 1955 |
The Magical World of Disney | Katie Willard / Aunt Polly Harrington | 1954 |
Magnificent Obsession | Helen Phillips | 1954 |
So Big | Selina De Jong | 1953 |
Let's Do It Again | Constance 'Connie' Stuart / Constance Stuart | 1953 |
General Electric Theater | Dr. Amelia Morrow | 1953 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
Just for You | Carolina Hill | 1952 |
The Story of Will Rogers | Betty Rogers | 1952 |
Starlift | Jane Wyman | 1951 |
The Blue Veil | Louise Mason | 1951 |
The Red Skelton Hour | Clara Appleby | 1951 |
Here Comes the Groom | Emmadel Jones | 1951 |
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story | (archive footage) | 1951 |
Three Guys Named Mike | Marcy Lewis | 1951 |
The Glass Menagerie | Laura Wingfield | 1950 |
Life with Linkletter | Self | 1950 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | Lucy Gallant | 1950 |
Stage Fright | Eve Gill | 1950 |
What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
The Lady Takes a Sailor | Jennifer Smith | 1949 |
It's a Great Feeling | Jane Wyman | 1949 |
A Kiss in the Dark | Polly Haines | 1949 |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Herself | 1948 |
Johnny Belinda | Belinda McDonald | 1948 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Aunt Polly | 1948 |
Magic Town | Mary Peterman | 1947 |
Cheyenne | Ann Kincaid | 1947 |
Blow Ups of 1947 | Herself / Self | 1947 |
The Yearling | Orry Baxter | 1946 |
Night and Day | Gracie Harris | 1946 |
One More Tomorrow | Frankie Connors | 1946 |
The Lost Weekend | Helen St. James | 1945 |
Hollywood Canteen | Jane Wyman / Self | 1944 |
The Doughgirls | Vivian Marsden Halstead | 1944 |
Crime by Night | Robbie Vance | 1944 |
Make Your Own Bed | Susan Courtney | 1944 |
Princess O'Rourke | Jean Campbell | 1943 |
Footlight Serenade | Flo La Verne | 1942 |
My Favorite Spy | Connie | 1942 |
Larceny, Inc | Denny Costello | 1942 |
Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942 |
You're in the Army Now | Bliss Dobson | 1941 |
The Body Disappears | Joan Shotesbury | 1941 |
Breakdowns of 1941 | Self | 1941 |
Bad Men of Missouri | Mary Hathaway | 1941 |
Honeymoon for Three | Elizabeth Clochessy | 1941 |
Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Peggy Armstrong | 1940 |
My Love Came Back | Joy O'Keefe | 1940 |
Gambling on the High Seas | Laurie Ogden | 1940 |
Flight Angels | Nan Hudson | 1940 |
An Angel from Texas | Marge Allen | 1940 |
Alice in Movieland | Carlo's Guest | 1940 |
Brother Rat and a Baby | Claire Terry | 1940 |
Private Detective | Myrna Winslow | 1939 |
Kid Nightingale | Judy Craig | 1939 |
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite | Torchy Blane | 1939 |
The Kid from Kokomo | Marian Bronson | 1939 |
Tail Spin | Alabama | 1939 |
Brother Rat | Claire Adams | 1938 |
The Crowd Roars | Vivian Lee / Vivian | 1938 |
Wide Open Faces | Betty Martin | 1938 |
Fools for Scandal | Party Guest | 1938 |
He Couldn't Say No | Violet Coney | 1938 |
The Spy Ring | Elaine Burdette | 1938 |
Over the Goal | Co-ed | 1937 |
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Marjorie Day | 1937 |
Public Wedding | Florence 'Flip' Lane / Florence "Flip" Lane | 1937 |
The Singing Marine | Joan | 1937 |
Slim | Stumpy's Girl | 1937 |
The King and the Chorus Girl | Babette Latour | 1937 |
Ready, Willing and Able | Dot | 1937 |
Breakdowns of 1937 | Herself / Self | 1937 |
Smart Blonde | Dixie - Hatcheck Girl / Dixie | 1937 |
Gold Diggers of 1937 | Chorus Girl | 1936 |
Polo Joe | Girl at Polo Field | 1936 |
The Sunday Round-Up | Butte Soule | 1936 |
Here Comes Carter | Nurse | 1936 |
Cain and Mabel | Chorus Girl | 1936 |
Stage Struck | Bessie Funfnick | 1936 |
My Man Godfrey | Socialite | 1936 |
Bengal Tiger | Saloon Girl | 1936 |
Anything Goes | Chorus Girl | 1936 |
King of Burlesque | Dancer | 1936 |
Freshman Love | Co-Ed | 1935 |
Broadway Hostess | Chorus Girl | 1935 |
Stolen Harmony | Chorine | 1935 |
George White's 1935 Scandals | Chorine | 1935 |
All the King's Horses | Chorine on Train | 1935 |
Rumba | Chorus Girl | 1935 |
College Rhythm | Chorine | 1934 |
Harold Teen | Graduate | 1934 |
Elmer, the Great | Game Spectator | 1933 |
The Kid from Spain | Goldwyn Girl | 1932 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1984 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Won |
1983 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Nominated |
1959 | Emmy | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series | Nominated |
1957 | Emmy | Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Series | Nominated |
1955 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1952 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1952 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Drama | Won |
1949 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won |
1949 | Golden Globe | Best Actress | Won |
1947 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |