Jane Wyman
Born: 1917-01-05 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Died: 2007-09-10
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jane Wyman (born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American singer, dancer, and character actress of film and television. She began her film career in the 1930s, and was a prolific performer for two decades. She received an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Johnny Belinda (1948), and later achieved success during the 1980s for her leading role in the television series Falcon Crest. Wyman was the first wife of Ronald Reagan. They married in 1940 and divorced in 1948, before Reagan ran for public office. She is the only person to have won an Oscar and married a future President of the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Wyman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2019
- Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress as Self (archive footage)
2007
- When Fear Eats the Soul as Cary Scott (archive footage)
2004
- Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' as Self
2002
- Edith Head: The Paramount Years as Self (archive footage)
1995
- Inside the Dream Factory as Self
1993
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Elizabeth Quinn
1987
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1981
- Falcon Crest as Angela Channing
1979
- The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel as Granny Arrowroot
1977
- The Love Boat as Sister Patricia
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Eleanor Willard
1973
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- Amanda Fallon as Dr. Amanda Fallon
1972
1971
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Sophia Ryder
- The Failing of Raymond as Mary Bloomquist
1969
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Dr. Amanda Fallon
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- The Jim Nabors Hour
- How to Commit Marriage as Elaine Benson
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Addie Joslin
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Bon Voyage! as Katherine "Katie" Willard
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- The Investigators as Elaine
1960
- My Three Sons as Sylvia Cannon
- Checkmate
- Pollyanna as Aunt Polly
- Here's Hollywood
- Insight
1959
- Startime as Self – Host
- The Bell Telephone Hour as Self - Host
- Holiday for Lovers as Mrs. Mary Dean
1958
1957
- Wagon Train as Dr. Carol Ames Willoughby
- The Lux Show as Self
1956
- The Perry Como Show
- Miracle in the Rain as Ruth Wood
1955
- MGM Parade as Self
- All That Heaven Allows as Cary Scott
- The Jane Wyman Show as Host
- Hollywood Preview as Self
- Lucy Gallant as Lucy Gallant
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Aunt Polly Harrington
- Summer Playhouse
- Magnificent Obsession as Helen Phillips
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- General Electric Theater as Dr. Amelia Morrow
- So Big as Selina De Jong
- Let's Do It Again as Constance Stuart
- Three Lives as Self
1952
- The Story of Will Rogers as Betty Rogers
- Just for You as Carolina Hill
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Clara Crowley Appleby
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- Here Comes the Groom as Emmadel Jones
- The Blue Veil as Louise Mason
- Three Guys Named Mike as Marcy Lewis
- Starlift as Jane Wyman
- The Screen Director as Self (uncredited)
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Lucy Gallant (archive footage)
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
- Stage Fright as Eve Gill
- Star Time as Self
- The Glass Menagerie as Laura Wingfield
1949
- It's a Great Feeling as Jane Wyman (uncredited)
- The Lady Takes a Sailor as Jennifer Smith
- Breakdowns of 1949 as Self
- A Kiss in the Dark as Polly Haines
1948
- Johnny Belinda as Belinda McDonald
1947
- Cheyenne as Ann Kincaid
- Magic Town as Mary Peterman
- Blow-Ups of 1947 as Self
1946
- The Yearling as Orry Baxter
- Night and Day as Gracie Harris
- Movieland Magic as (archive footage)
- One More Tomorrow as Frankie Connors
1945
- The Lost Weekend as Helen St. James
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Hollywood Canteen as Self
- The Doughgirls as Vivian Marsden Halstead
- Crime by Night as Robbie Vance
- Make Your Own Bed as Susan Courtney
1943
- Princess O'Rourke as Jean Campbell
1942
- My Favorite Spy as Connie
- Larceny, Inc. as Denny Costello
- Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- Footlight Serenade as Flo La Verne
- Shoot Yourself Some Golf as Self
1941
- Bad Men of Missouri as Mary Hathaway
- Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- You're in the Army Now as Bliss Dobson
- Honeymoon for Three as Elizabeth Clochessy
- The Body Disappears as Joan Shotesbury
1940
- Alice in Movieland as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
- An Angel from Texas as Marge Allen
- Brother Rat and a Baby as Claire Terry
- My Love Came Back as Joy O'Keefe
- Flight Angels as Nan Hudson
- Tugboat Annie Sails Again as Peggy Armstrong
- Gambling on the High Seas as Laurie Ogden
1939
- Tail Spin as Alabama
- Breakdowns of 1939 as Self
- The Kid from Kokomo as Marian Bronson
- Kid Nightingale as Judy Craig
- Private Detective as Myrna Winslow
- Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite as Torchy Blane
1938
- Wide Open Faces as Betty Martin
- The Crowd Roars as Vivian
- He Couldn't Say No as Violet Coney
- Fools for Scandal as Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Spy Ring as Elaine Burdette
- Brother Rat as Claire Adams
1937
- The Singing Marine as Joan
- Slim as Stumpy's Girl
- Ready, Willing and Able as Dot
- Smart Blonde as Dixie
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as Marjorie Day
- Breakdowns of 1937 as Self
- Public Wedding as Florence "Flip" Lane
- Over the Goal as Co-ed
- The King and the Chorus Girl as Babette Latour
- Little Pioneer as Katie Snee
1936
- My Man Godfrey as Socialite (uncredited)
- Gold Diggers of 1937 as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- Anything Goes as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- Cain and Mabel as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- King of Burlesque as Dancer (uncredited)
- Freshman Love as Co-Ed (uncredited)
- Stage Struck as Bessie Funfnick (uncredited)
- Here Comes Carter as Nurse
- Polo Joe as Girl at Polo Field (uncredited)
- The Sunday Round-Up as Butte Soule
1935
- Stolen Harmony as Chorine (uncredited)
- Rumba as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- All the King's Horses as Chorine on Train (uncredited)
- Broadway Hostess as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- George White's 1935 Scandals as Chorine (uncredited)
1934
- Harold Teen as Graduate (uncredited)
- College Rhythm as Chorine
1933
- Gold Diggers of 1933 as Gold Digger (uncredited)
- Elmer, the Great as Game spectator (uncredited)
1932
- The Kid from Spain as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)