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person_profile-Jane Wyatt

Jane Wyatt Died at age: 96

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jane Wyatt

Date of Birth:

Aug 12, 1910

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 20, 2006

Biography of

Jane Wyatt

    From Wikipedia

    Jane Wyatt (August 12, 1910 – October 20, 2006) was an American actress best known for her role as the housewife and mother on the NBC and CBS television comedy series, Father Knows Best, and as Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock on the science fiction television series Star Trek. Wyatt was a three-time Emmy Award-winner.

    Jane Waddington Wyatt was born on August 12, 1910 in Mahwah, New Jersey, but raised in Manhattan. Her father, Christopher Billopp Wyatt, Jr., was a Wall Street investment banker, and her mother, the former Euphemia Van Rensselaer Waddington, was a drama critic for the Catholic World. Both of her parents were Roman Catholic converts.

    She made her film debut in 1934 in One More River. In arguably her most famous role, she co-starred as Ronald Colman's character's love interest in Frank Capra's Columbia Pictures film Lost Horizon (1937).

    Other film appearances included Gentleman's Agreement with Gregory Peck, None but the Lonely Heart with Cary Grant, Boomerang with Dana Andrews, and Our Very Own. Her film career suffered because of her outspoken opposition to Senator Joseph McCarthy, the chief figure in the anti-Communist investigations of that era, and was temporarily derailed for having assisted in hosting a performance by the Bolshoi Ballet during the Second World War, even though it was at the request of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Wyatt returned to her roots on the New York stage for a time and appeared in such plays as Lillian Hellman's The Autumn Garden, opposite Fredric March.

    For many people, Wyatt is best remembered as Margaret Anderson on Father Knows Best, which aired from 1954 to 1960. She played opposite Robert Young as the devoted wife and mother of the Anderson family in the Midwestern town of Springfield. This role won Wyatt three Emmy Awards for best actress in a comedy series. After Father Knows Best, Wyatt guest starred in several other series.

    On June 13, 1962, she was cast in the lead in "The Heather Mahoney Story" on NBC's Wagon Train. In 1963, she portrayed Kitty McMullen in "Don't Forget to Say Goodbye" on the ABC drama, Going My Way, with Gene Kelly and Leo G. Carroll, a series about the Catholic priesthood in New York City. In 1965, Wyatt was cast as Anne White in "The Monkey's Paw – A Retelling" on CBS's The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

    Wyatt was married to investment broker Edgar Bethune Ward from November 9, 1935, until his death on November 8, 2000, just one day short of the couple's 65th wedding anniversary. The couple reportedly met in the late 1920s when both were weekend houseguests of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park, New York. Ward later converted to the Catholic faith of his wife. Wyatt suffered a mild stroke in the 1990s, but recovered well. She remained in relatively good health for the rest of her life

    Jane Wyatt died on October 20, 2006 of natural causes at her home in Bel-Air, California, aged 96. She was interred at San Fernando Mission Cemetery, next to her husband.

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Filmography of

Jane Wyatt

Found 50 Movies in total

... 1997

... 1993

Amityville: The Evil Escapes

Alice Leacock ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1987

... 1986

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

Judge Eloise Walker ( Actor )

... 1982

The Millionaire

Mrs. Mathews ( Actor )

... 1978

The Nativity

Anna ( Actor )

... 1978

... 1978

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Fay Bonelli ( Actor )

... 1978

Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas

Margaret Anderson ( Actor )

... 1977

The Father Knows Best Reunion

Margaret Anderson ( Actor )

... 1977

Treasure of Matecumbe

Aunt Effie ( Actor )

... 1976

Katherine

Emily Alman ( Actor )

... 1975

Tom Sawyer

Aunt Polly ( Actor )

... 1973

You'll Never See Me Again

Mary Alden ( Actor )

... 1973

... 1971

Weekend of Terror

Sister Frances ( Actor )

... 1970

Never Too Late

Grace Kimbrough ( Actor )

... 1965

See How They Run

Augusta Flanders ( Actor )

... 1964

The Two Little Bears

Anne Davis ( Actor )

... 1961

Interlude

Pure Stubbins ( Actor )

... 1957

Criminal Lawyer

Maggie Powell ( Actor )

... 1951

The Man Who Cheated Himself

Lois Frazer ( Actor )

... 1950

My Blue Heaven

Janet Pringle ( Actor )

... 1950

Our Very Own

Lois Macaulay ( Actor )

... 1950

House by the River

Marjorie Byrne ( Actor )

... 1950

Task Force

Mary Morgan ( Actor )

... 1949

Canadian Pacific

Dr. Edith Cabot ( Actor )

... 1949

Bad Boy

Mrs. Maud Brown ( Actor )

... 1949

No Minor Vices

Miss Darlington ( Actor )

... 1948

Pitfall

Sue Forbes ( Actor )

... 1948

... 1947

Boomerang!

Madge Harvey ( Actor )

... 1947

The Bachelor's Daughters

Marta Jordan ( Actor )

... 1946

Strange Conquest

Dr. Mary Palmer ( Actor )

... 1946

None But the Lonely Heart

Aggie Hunter ( Actor )

... 1944

The Kansan

Eleanor Sager ( Actor )

... 1943

Buckskin Frontier

Vinnie Marr ( Actor )

... 1943

Army Surgeon

Elizabeth Ainsley ( Actor )

... 1942

The Navy Comes Through

Myra Mallory ( Actor )

... 1942

Weekend for Three

Ellen 'Gretch' Craig ( Actor )

... 1941

Hurricane Smith

Joan Bradley ( Actor )

... 1941

Kisses for Breakfast

Laura Anders ( Actor )

... 1941

Girl from God's Country

Anne Webster ( Actor )

... 1940

Lost Horizon

Sondra Bizet ( Actor )

... 1937

... 1936

We're Only Human

Sally Rodgers ( Actor )

... 1935

Great Expectations

Estella ( Actor )

... 1934

One More River

Dinny Cherrell ( Actor )

... 1934