Forest Lawn Mortuary and Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California
Occupations
Actress
singer
dancer
producer
philanthropist
Years active
1932–1993
Known for
The Lost Weekend The Yearling Johnny Belinda Stage Fright The Blue Veil Magnificent Obsession All That Heaven Allows The Jane Wyman Show Pollyanna Falcon Crest
Political party
Republican
Spouses
Ernest Wyman
(m. 1933; div. 1935)
Myron Futterman
(m. 1937; div. 1938)
Ronald Reagan
(m. 1940; div. 1949)
Frederick Karger
(m. 1952; div. 1955)
(m. 1961; div. 1965)
Children
3, including Maureen Reagan and Michael Reagan
Jane Wyman (/ˈwaɪmən/WY-mən; born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007)[1] was an American actress. She received an Academy Award (1948), four Golden Globe Awards (1948, 1950, 1951 and 1983) and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards (1957 and 1959).
Jane Wyman's motion picture career began at age 17 at Paramount Pictures dancing in the chorus for Dance Director LeRoy Prinz in 1934. She signed her first studio contract with Warner Bros. in 1936 at 19. A popular contract player, she quickly progressed from uncredited bit parts to "B" movies and second leads in her first 8 years at the studio.
After this extended apprenticeship she emerged as a dramatic actress and leading lady in 1945 after being cast in The Lost Weekend. More starring vehicles followed including The Yearling (1946), Stage Fright (1950), So Big (1953), Magnificent Obsession (1954), and All That Heaven Allows (1955). She received four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress between 1946 and 1954, winning for Johnny Belinda (1948).
In 1955 she formed her own television production company Lewman Productions Ltd.(co-owned with MCA Inc.) and assumed responsibility for producing the popular filmed anthology series the Fireside Theatre from Hal Roach Studios. She served as producer, host and frequent star of the NBC series from 1955 to 1958.
In her early forties Wyman continued to work in both film and television, enjoying a certain level of visibility from the syndication of The Jane Wyman Show but no longer in demand as a leading lady.
After a couple of periods of virtual retirement between 1963–1968 and 1974–1978 she returned to prominence on the prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest (1981–1990), portraying the role of villainous matriarch Angela Channing.
Wyman was the first wife of Hollywood actor and the future 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, and the first ex-wife of a U.S. president in American history.
^"Actress, Philanthropist Jane Wyman Dies". Jane-Wyman.com Retrieved September 10, 2007.
JaneWyman (/ˈwaɪmən/ WY-mən; born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American actress. She received an Academy Award (1948)...
Fireside Theatre (later known as JaneWyman Presents the Fireside Theatre, JaneWyman Theatre, The JaneWyman Show and JaneWyman Presents) is an American anthology...
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located northeast of San Francisco and modeled after the real Napa Valley. JaneWyman stars as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest...
first child of U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his first wife, actress JaneWyman. Her brother is Michael Reagan and her half-siblings are Patti Davis and...
character on the American prime time soap opera Falcon Crest, portrayed by JaneWyman from 1981 to 1990. Angela is the devious, tyrannical owner of the Falcon...
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starring Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane, Eddie Albert (in his film debut), JaneWyman, and Wayne Morris. The film is an adaptation of the successful Broadway...
adapted by Peg Fenwick from a novel by Edna L. Lee and Harry Lee. It stars JaneWyman and Rock Hudson in a tale about the social complications that arise following...
Rat. The film stars Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan in her final role, Eddie Albert, JaneWyman, and Ronald Reagan. The film was released by Warner...
American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Walters and starring JaneWyman, Van Johnson, Howard Keel, and Barry Sullivan. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
drama film noir directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Ray Milland and JaneWyman. It was based on Charles R. Jackson's 1944 novel of the same name about...
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Video Theatre, Season 7". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved May 5, 2015. "JaneWyman Theater". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved May 5, 2015. "Matinee Theater"...
film directed by Guy Green, starring Lindsay Wagner and JaneWyman (credited as Miss JaneWyman) with a supporting cast including Andrew Duggan, Gary Lockwood...
Francis Swann, Edmund Joseph and Richard Weil. The film stars Jack Carson, JaneWyman, Irene Manning, Alan Hale, Sr., George Tobias and Robert Shayne. The film...
was eventually filmed in 1950, Gertrude Lawrence was cast as Amanda and JaneWyman as Laura. In 1944, after several reworkings, while touring on the road...
Parrish and written by John Lee Mahin and Winston Miller. The film stars JaneWyman, Charlton Heston, Claire Trevor, Thelma Ritter, William Demarest and Wallace...
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