Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman (WY-MEN; born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007)[1] 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 (later the 40th president of the United States). They married in 1940 and divorced in 1948. 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.

Not to be confused with Jane Wyatt.

Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman, c. 1950s
Born	Sarah Jane Mayfield (1917-01-05)January 5, 1917 Saint Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Died	September 10, 2007(2007-09-10) (aged 90) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn Mortuary and Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress Singer Dancer Philanthropist
Years active	1932–2001
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	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	Maureen Christine Michael

Early life

Sarah Jane Mayfield was born on January 5, 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Gladys Hope (née Christian; 1895–1960) and Manning Jeffries Mayfield (1895–1922). Her father was a meal company laborer and her mother was a doctor's stenographer and office assistant. Wyman was an only child; when giving information as an adult, she would consider herself the youngest of three siblings. This was in reference to her foster parents' two older children.

Wyman's biological parents were married in March 1916 in Jackson County, Missouri, and Wyman was born in January 1917. The 1920 census showed her to be the only child from the marriage, and aged three years old on January 15, 1920, and living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

For many years, Wyman's birthdate was widely reported to be January 4, 1914, but research by biographers and genealogists indicated that she was actually born three years later.[2][3][4]

The most likely reason for the 1914 year of birth is that she added to her age in order to gain employment doing odd jobs and working as an actress, even though she was still a minor. She may have moved her birthday back by one day to January 4 so as to share the same birthday as her daughter, Maureen (1941–2001).[5] After Wyman's death, a release posted on her official website confirmed these details.[1]

Wyman's birthplace in St. Joseph, Missouri

In October 1921, her biological parents divorced and her father died unexpectedly the following year at age 27. After his death, her mother moved to Cleveland, Ohio, leaving her to be reared by foster parents, Emma (née Reiss; 1866–1951)[6][7] and Richard D. Fulks (1862–1928), the chief of detectives in Saint Joseph.[8] She took their surname unofficially, including in her school records and on her first marriage certificate.[9]

Her unsettled family life resulted in few pleasurable memories. Wyman later said "I was raised with such strict discipline that it was years before I could reason myself out of the bitterness I brought from my childhood."[10]

In 1928, aged 11, she moved to southern California with her foster mother. In 1930, the two moved back to Missouri, where Sarah Jane attended Lafayette High School in Saint Joseph. That same year, she began a radio singing career, calling herself Jane Durrell and adding years to her birth date to work legally because she was under-aged.

Career

Beginnings

Eighteen–year–old Jane Wyman on the beach, wearing a precursor to the bikini, 1935

After dropping out of Lafayette in 1932 at age 15, she returned to Hollywood, taking on odd jobs as a manicurist and a switchboard operator.[11]

She started to obtain small parts in such films as The Kid from Spain (as a "Goldwyn Girl"; 1932), Elmer, the Great (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Harold Teen (1934), College Rhythm (1934), Rumba (1935), All the King's Horses (1935), George White's 1935 Scandals (1935), Stolen Harmony (1935), Broadway Hostess (1935), King of Burlesque (1936) and Anything Goes (1936).

She signed a contract with Warner Brothers in 1936.

Warner Bros.

At Warners she was in Freshman Love (1936) and Bengal Tiger (1936) then went to Universal for My Man Godfrey (1936).

At Warners she was in Stage Struck (1936), Cain and Mabel (1936), and Here Comes Carter (1936).

Wyman had her first big role in a Dick Foran Western The Sunday Round-Up (1936).

Wyman had small parts in Polo Joe (1936), and Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) but a bigger one in Smart Blonde (1936), the first of the Torchy Blane series.

Wyman was in Ready, Willing and Able (1937), The King and the Chorus Girl (1937), and Slim (1937). She had the lead in Little Pioneer (1937), a short, and parts in The Singing Marine (1937).

"B" pictures

By the time Wyman starred in Public Wedding (1937), a "B", she was already divorced from first husband Ernest Wyman. However, she would retain use of his surname for the remainder of her career.[9]

She had a support part in Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) and the female lead in some "B" The Spy Ring (1938) (at Universal), He Couldn't Say No (1938) with Frank McHugh and Wide Open Faces (1938) with Joe E. Brown.[12]

Wyman was borrowed by MGM to play a supporting part in The Crowd Roars (1938).

At Warners she had the lead in Brother Rat (1938), a "B" which proved popular. It co starred Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris and Eddie Albert.

Wyman was borrowed by Fox for a support part in Tail Spin (1939), then did The Kid from Kokomo (1939) with Pat O'Brien and Morris. She played the title role in Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939), but it was the last in the series.

Wyman was now established as a leading lady, albeit of Bs – she did Kid Nightingale (1939) with John Payne, Private Detective (1939) with Foran, Brother Rat and a Baby (1940) with Reagan, An Angel from Texas (1940) with Albert, Flight Angels (1940), and Gambling on the High Seas (1940) with Wayne Morris.

She supported in "A"s such as My Love Came Back (1940), starring Olivia de Havilland and Jeffrey Lynn. She and Reagan were in Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940). Wyman supported Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon for Three (1941) and was Dennis Morgan's leading lady in Bad Men of Missouri (1941).[13]

Wyman made The Body Disappears (1941) with Jeffrey Lynn and You're in the Army Now (1941) with Jimmy Durante; in the latter she and Regis Toomey had the longest screen kiss in cinema history: 3 minutes and 5 seconds.[14][15]

Wyman did Larceny, Inc. (1942) with Edward G. Robinson, and My Favorite Spy (1942) with Kay Kyser.

At Fox she supported Betty Grable in Footlight Serenade (1942) then back at Warners supported Olivia de Havilland in Princess O'Rourke (1943).

Warners teamed her with Jack Carson in Make Your Own Bed (1944) and The Doughgirls (1944), then she was top billed in Crime by Night (1944). She was one of many stars to cameo in Hollywood Canteen (1944).[16]

Dramatic star

Wyman finally gained critical notice in the film noir The Lost Weekend (1945) made by the team of Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett, who had been impressed by her performance in Princess O'Rourke. It was only a support role – Ray Milland was the lead – but was the second biggest part. Wyman called it "a small miracle".[12]

Wyman remained a supporting actor in One More Tomorrow (1946), and Night and Day (1946).[17] However Wyman was borrowed by MGM for the female lead in The Yearling (1946), and was nominated for the 1946 Academy Award for Best Actress.

She was leading lady for Dennis Morgan in Cheyenne (1947) and James Stewart in RKO's Magic Town (1947).

Johnny Belinda and "A" film stardom

Her breakthrough role was playing a deaf-mute rape victim in Johnny Belinda (1948). Wyman spent over six months preparing for the film which was an enormous hit and won Wyman a Best Actress Oscar.[12] She was the first person in the sound era to win an acting Oscar without speaking a line of dialogue. In an amusing acceptance speech, perhaps poking fun at some of her long-winded counterparts, Wyman took her statue and said only, "I accept this, very gratefully, for keeping my mouth shut once. I think I'll do it again."[18][11]

Wyman was now a top billed star. She did two comedies, A Kiss in the Dark (1948) with David Niven and The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949) with Morgan, then made a thriller in England, Stage Fright (1950) for Alfred Hitchcock.[13]

She played Laura in The Glass Menagerie (1950), and went to MGM for Three Guys Named Mike (1951), a popular comedy.

Frank Capra used her as Bing Crosby's leading lady in Here Comes the Groom (1951) at Paramount, then she had the lead in RKO's The Blue Veil (1951), a melodrama that was a big box office hit and earned her an Oscar nomination.

Wyman was one of many stars in Warner Bros' Starlift (1951). She was the female lead in The Story of Will Rogers (1952) and Paramount reunited her and Crosby in Just for You (1952). Wyman expressed interest around this time of doing no more "weepy" roles.[19]

Columbia cast her in a musical, Let's Do It Again (1953) with Ray Milland, then at Warners she was in So Big (1953), a melodrama.

Universal melodramas and television

Wyman had a huge success when producer Ross Hunter cast her alongside Rock Hudson in Magnificent Obsession (1954). It earned her another Oscar nomination.

Wyman and Hudson were promptly reteamed on All That Heaven Allows (1955). Pine-Thomas Productions put Wyman in Lucy Gallant (1955) with Charlton Heston. She did Miracle in the Rain (1956) with Van Johnson. Wyman was meant to follow this with Annabella but it appears to have not been made.[20][21]

Her first guest-starring television role was on a 1955 episode of General Electric Theater, a show hosted by her former husband Ronald Reagan. Wyman began a TV series Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (1955–58). In its first season it was known as Fireside Theatre then being changed to Jane Wyman Theatre. Wyman hosted every episode, acted in half, and was a producer.[22]

When Fireside Theatre ended Wyman was no longer a film star, but she remained in demand. She replaced the ailing Gene Tierney in Holiday for Lovers (1959) for Fox, and next appeared in Disney's Pollyanna (1960) and Bon Voyage! (1962).[23]

Wyman continued to guest star on TV shows like Checkmate, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre , The Investigators, Wagon Train, and Insight.

"Something happened in the sixties," she later said. "it seemed that the time didn't permit women to be part of it except in a sort of secondary sort of way which I resented. I kept telling myself 'I didn't want to play Whatever Happened to Baby Jane."[22] So she went into semi retirement around 1962.

Semi-retirement

Wyman focused on painting. She made the occasional acting appearance, mostly on television.

In 1966 Reginald Denham announced Wyman would appear in a play Wonderful Us based on the Parker–Hulme murder case but it was not produced.[24]

She returned to films with How to Commit Marriage (1969).

Wyman continued to work in the 1970s, guest starring on My Three Sons, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, The Sixth Sense and Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law and starring in films like The Failing of Raymond (1971) and The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979). She starred in a pilot for a TV series Amanda Fallon but it was not picked up.[25]

She guest starred on Charlie's Angels and The Love Boat.

She was offered roles of "murderers, old ladies that were senile – they were awful. The weirdest kind of writing."[22]

Falcon Crest

In the spring of 1981 (a few months after her ex-husband became the president), Wyman's career enjoyed a resurgence when she was cast as the scheming Californian vintner and matriarch Angela Channing in The Vintage Years, which was retooled as the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest. Wyman said she wanted to make it as it was a change from "the four handkerchief bits" she was known for. "You just can't miss on a thing like this," she added.[22]

The series, which ran from December 1981 to May 1990, was created by Earl Hamner, who had created The Waltons a decade earlier. Hamner called Wyman "one of the legendary stars... a great actress", strongly denying her casting was due to her connection to the then-current president.[22]

Also starring on the show was an already established character actress, Susan Sullivan, as Angela's niece-in-law, Maggie Gioberti, and the relatively unknown actor Lorenzo Lamas as Angela's irresponsible grandson, Lance Cumson. The on- and off-screen chemistry between Wyman and Lamas helped fuel the series' success.

In its first season, Falcon Crest was a ratings hit, behind other 1980s prime-time soap operas, such as Dallas and Knots Landing, but initially ahead of rival Dynasty. Cesar Romero appeared from 1985 to 1987 on Falcon Crest as the romantic interest of Angela Channing.

For her role as Angela Channing, Wyman was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award five times (for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role and for Outstanding Villainess: Prime Time Serial), and was also nominated for a Golden Globe award in 1983 and 1984. Her 1984 Golden Globe nomination resulted in a win for Wyman, who took home the award for Best Performance By an Actress in a TV Series. Later in the show's run, Wyman suffered several health problems. In 1986, she had abdominal surgery which caused her to miss two episodes (her character simply "disappeared" under mysterious circumstances). In 1988, she missed another episode due to ill health and was told by her doctors to avoid work. However, she wanted to continue working, and she completed the rest of the 1988–1989 season while her health continued to deteriorate. Months later in 1989, Wyman collapsed on the set and was hospitalized due to problems with diabetes and a liver ailment. Her doctors told her that she should end her acting career. Wyman was absent for most of the ninth and final season of Falcon Crest in 1989–1990 (her character was written out of the series by making her comatose in a hospital bed following an attempted murder).

Against her doctor's advice, she returned for the final three episodes in 1990, even writing a soliloquy for the series finale. Wyman ultimately appeared in almost every episode until the beginning of the ninth and final season, for a total of 208 of the show's 227 episodes.

After Falcon Crest, Wyman acted only once more, playing Jane Seymour's screen mother in a 1993 episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.[26] Following this, she retired from acting permanently. Wyman had starred in 83 movies and two successful TV series, and was nominated for an Academy Award four times, winning once.

Personal life

Marriages

Wyman married five times. [9]

Ernest Wyman

Wyman married salesman Ernest Eugene Wyman (1906–1970) in Los Angeles, California, on April 8, 1933. Wyman recorded her name as 'Jane Fulks' on the wedding certificate. She also listed foster parents Emma and Richard Fulks as her parents. In keeping with the tendency of making herself older than she really was, she gave her age as 19 on the document. Truthfully, she had turned 16 just three months prior. The couple would divorce after two years. Wyman kept her first husband's surname professionally for the remainder of her life.[9]

Myron Futterman

Wyman married Myron Martin Futterman (1900–1965), a dress manufacturer, in New Orleans on June 29, 1937. As Wyman wanted children but Futterman did not, they separated after only three months of marriage[27] and divorced on December 5, 1938.[28]

Ronald Reagan

Twenty-five-year-old Wyman with husband and fellow actor, Ronald Reagan, at the premiere of Tales of Manhattan in Los Angeles in August 1942. This was almost two years after the birth of their daughter, Maureen. Thirty-one-year-old Army Air Force Second Lieutenant Reagan was assigned to Culver City's First Motion Picture Unit (18th AAF Base Unit) at this time, which was some three months after his voluntary transfer from the Army Cavalry, and five years after having been commissioned from the enlisted ranks of the U.S. Army Reserve in Iowa. Wyman was already a 10-year Hollywood veteran.

Wyman with three-year-old Maureen Reagan (1944)

In 1938, Wyman co-starred with Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) in Brother Rat (1938), and its sequel Brother Rat and a Baby (1940). They were engaged at the Chicago Theatre,[29] and married on January 26, 1940, at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather in Glendale, California.[30] She and Reagan had three children; Maureen Elizabeth Reagan (1941–2001), their adopted son Michael Edward Reagan (born March 18, 1945), and Christine Reagan (born prematurely on June 26, 1947, and died later the same day).[31] Wyman, who was a registered Republican, stated that their break-up was due to a difference in politics (Ronald Reagan was still a Democrat at the time).[32] She filed for divorce in 1948; the divorce was finalized in 1949 and Wyman leased a home in Palm Springs, California.[33] In 1981, Ronald Reagan became the first divorcé to assume the nation's highest office. This made Wyman the first former wife of an American president who was still living at the time that her former husband became president. Although she remained silent during Reagan's political career, she told a newspaper interviewer in 1968 that this was not because she was bitter, or because she did not agree with him politically:

I've always been a registered Republican. But it's bad taste to talk about former husbands and former wives, that's all. Also, I don't know a damn thing about politics.

In spite of her divorce, according to her former personal assistant, Wyman still voted for her former husband in the 1980 and 1984 presidential elections.

Frederick Karger

Following her divorce from Reagan, Wyman married German-American Hollywood music director and composer Frederick M. "Fred" Karger (1916–1979) on November 1, 1952, at El Montecito Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara. They separated on November 7, 1954, and were granted an interlocutory divorce decree on December 7, 1954; the divorce was finalized on December 30, 1955. They remarried on March 11, 1961, and Karger divorced her again on March 9, 1965. According to The New York Times report of the divorce, the bandleader charged that the actress "had walked out on him."[34] Wyman had a stepdaughter, Terry, from Karger's first marriage to Patti Sacks.[35]

Wyman, who had converted to Catholicism in 1953, never remarried.[36] She was a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills, California.[37]

Later life

After Falcon Crest ended, Wyman made a guest appearance on the CBS series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and then completely retired from acting, spending her retirement painting and entertaining friends. Wyman was a recluse and made only a few public appearances in her last years in part due to suffering from diabetes and arthritis. She did attend her daughter's funeral in 2001 after Maureen died of melanoma; Ronald Reagan was unable to attend due to his Alzheimer's disease. She also attended the funeral of her long-time friend Loretta Young in 2000. Wyman broke her silence about her former husband upon his death in 2004, issuing an official statement that read, "America has lost a great president and a great, kind, and gentle man."[26]

Death

Wyman died at the age of 90[1] at her home in Rancho Mirage on September 10, 2007.[38] Wyman's son, Michael Reagan, released a statement saying:

I have lost a loving mother, my children Cameron and Ashley have lost a loving grandmother, my wife Colleen has lost a loving friend she called Mom and Hollywood has lost the classiest lady to ever grace the silver screen.[39]

Wyman reportedly died in her sleep of natural causes. A member of the Dominican Order (as a lay tertiary) of the Catholic Church, she was buried in a nun's habit.[40] She was interred at Forest Lawn Mortuary and Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1932	The Kid from Spain	Goldwyn Girl	Uncredited
1933	Elmer, the Great	Game Spectator	Uncredited
1933	Gold Diggers of 1933	Gold Digger	Uncredited
1934	All the King's Horses	Chorine	Uncredited
1934	College Rhythm	Chorine	Uncredited
1935	Broadway Hostess	Chorus Girl	Uncredited
1935	Rumba	Chorus Girl	Uncredited
1935	George White's 1935 Scandals	Chorine	Uncredited
1935	Stolen Harmony	Chorine	Uncredited
1936	King of Burlesque	Dancer	Uncredited
1936	Freshman Love	Co-Ed	Uncredited
1936	Anything Goes	Chorus Girl	Uncredited
1936	Bengal Tiger	Saloon Girl	Uncredited
1936	My Man Godfrey	Socialite	Uncredited
1936	Stage Struck	Bessie Funfnick	Uncredited
1936	Cain and Mabel	Chorus Girl	Uncredited
1936	Here Comes Carter	Nurse	Uncredited
1936	The Sunday Round-Up	Butte Soule	Short film
1936	Polo Joe	Girl at Polo Field	Uncredited
1936	Gold Diggers of 1937	Chorus Girl	Uncredited
1937	Smart Blonde	Dixie the Hat Check Girl
1937	Ready, Willing, and Able	Dot
1937	The King and the Chorus Girl	Babette Latour
1937	Slim	Stumpy's Girl
1937	Little Pioneer	Katie Snee	Short film
1937	The Singing Marine	Joan
1937	Public Wedding	Florence Lane Burke
1937	Mr. Dodd Takes the Air	Marjorie Day
1937	Over the Goal	Co-Ed	Uncredited
1938	The Spy Ring	Elaine Burdette
1938	He Couldn't Say No	Violet Coney
1938	Fools for Scandal	Party Guest	Uncredited
1938	Wide Open Faces	Betty Martin
1938	The Crowd Roars	Vivian
1938	Brother Rat	Claire Adams
1939	Tail Spin	Alabama
1939	The Kid from Kokomo	Marian Bronson
1939	Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite	Torchy Blane
1939	Kid Nightingale	Judy Craig
1939	Private Detective	Myrna "Jinx" Winslow
1940	Brother Rat and a Baby	Claire Terry
1940	An Angel from Texas	Marge Allen
1940	Flight Angels	Nan Hudson
1940	Gambling on the High Seas	Laurie Ogden
1940	My Love Came Back	Joy O'Keefe
1940	Tugboat Annie Sails Again	Peggy Armstrong
1941	Honeymoon for Three	Elizabeth Clochessy
1941	Bad Men of Missouri	Mary Hathaway
1941	The Body Disappears	Joan Shotesbury
1941	You're in the Army Now	Bliss Dobson
1942	Larceny, Inc.	Denny Costello
1942	My Favorite Spy	Connie
1942	Footlight Serenade	Flo La Verne
1943	Princess O'Rourke	Jean Campbell
1944	Make Your Own Bed	Susan Courtney
1944	The Doughgirls	Vivian Marsden Halstead
1944	Crime by Night	Robbie Vance
1945	The Lost Weekend	Helen St. James
1946	One More Tomorrow	Frankie Connors
1946	Night and Day	Gracie Harris
1946	The Yearling	Orry Baxter	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
1947	Cheyenne	Ann Kincaid
1947	Magic Town	Mary Peterman
1948	Johnny Belinda	Belinda McDonald	Academy Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1949	A Kiss in the Dark	Polly Haines
1949	The Lady Takes a Sailor	Jennifer Smith
1950	Stage Fright	Eve Gill
1950	The Glass Menagerie	Laura Wingfield
1951	Three Guys Named Mike	Marcy Lewis
1951	Here Comes the Groom	Emmadel Jones
1951	The Blue Veil	Louise Mason	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
1952	The Story of Will Rogers	Betty Rogers
1952	Just for You	Carolina Hill
1953	Three Lives	Commentator	Short film
1953	Let's Do It Again	Constance "Connie" Stuart
1953	So Big	Selina DeJong
1954	Magnificent Obsession	Helen Phillips	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
1955	All That Heaven Allows	Cary Scott
1955	Lucy Gallant	Lucy Gallant
1956	Miracle in the Rain	Ruth Wood
1959	Holiday for Lovers	Mrs. Mary Dean
1960	Pollyanna	Polly Harrington
1962	Bon Voyage!	Katie Willard
1969	How to Commit Marriage	Elaine Benson
1971	The Failing of Raymond	Mary Bloomquist	Television film
1973	Amanda Fallon	Dr. Amanda Fallon	Television film
1979	The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel	Granny Arrowroot	Television film

Box office ranking

For several years, film exhibitors voted Wyman as among the most popular stars in the country:

• 1949 – 25th (US),[41] 6th (UK)[42]
• 1952 – 15th most popular (US)[43]
• 1953 – 19th (US)
• 1954 – 9th (US)
• 1955 – 18th (US)
• 1956 – 23rd (US)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1955	G.E. True Theater	Dr. Amelia Morrow	Episode: "Amelia"
1955–1958	Jane Wyman Presents	Various	49 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1957, 1959)
1958	Wagon Train	Dr. Carol Ames Willoughby	Episode: "The Doctor Willoughby Story"
1959	Lux Video Theatre	Selena Shelby	Episode: "A Deadly Guest"
1960	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse	Dr. Kate	Episode: "Dr. Kate"
1960	Startime	Host	Episode: "Academy Award Songs"
1960	Checkmate	Joan Talmadge	Episode: "Lady on the Brink"
1961	The Investigators	Elaine	Episode: "Death Leaves a Tip"
1962	Wagon Train	Hannah	Episode: "The Wagon Train Mutiny"
1964	Insight	Marie	Episode: "The Hermit"
1966	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Addie Joslin	Episode: "When Hell Froze"
1967	Insight	Auschwitz Victim	Episode: "Why Does God Allow Men to Suffer?"
1968	The Red Skelton Hour	Clara Appleby	Episode: "18.9"
1970	My Three Sons	Sylvia Cannon	Episode: "Who Is Sylvia?"
1972	The Sixth Sense	Ruth Ames	Episode: "If I Should Die Before I Wake"
1972–1973	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Dr. Amanda Fallon	Episodes: "Discovery at Fourteen" and "And Other Springs I May Not See"
1974	Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law	Sophia Ryder	Episode: "The Desertion of Keith Ryder"
1980	The Love Boat	Sister Patricia	Episode: "Another Day, Another Time"
1980	Charlie's Angels	Eleanor Willard	Episode: "To See an Angel Die"
1981–1990	Falcon Crest	Angela Channing	228 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama
1993	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Elizabeth Quinn	Episode: "The Visitor"

Radio appearances

Program	Episode	Date	Notes
Burns and Allen	Gracie's Christmas Party	December. 25, 1947	Wyman played Gracie Allen, due to the star's illness
Screen Guild Players	The Lost Weekend	January 7, 1946	[44]
Screen Guild Players	Saturday's Children	June 2, 1947	[45]
Hollywood Star Playhouse	A Letter from Laura	February 24, 1952	[46]
Hallmark Playhouse	Whistler's Mother	May 8, 1952	[47]
Lux Radio Theatre	The Blue Veil	November 24, 1952	[48]

The Martin and Lewis Show Jane Wyman November 30, 1951

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Result
1946	Academy Award for Best Actress	The Yearling	Nominated
1948	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama	Johnny Belinda	Won
	Academy Award for Best Actress	Johnny Belinda	Won
1951	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama	The Blue Veil	Won
	Academy Award for Best Actress	The Blue Veil	Nominated
1954	Academy Award for Best Actress	Magnificent Obsession	Nominated
1957	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre	Nominated
1959	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre	Nominated
1983	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Falcon Crest	Nominated
1984	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Falcon Crest	Won

Wyman has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for motion pictures, at 6607 Hollywood Boulevard; and one for television, at 1620 Vine Street.

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17. Plaudits Handed to Jane Wyman: Change in Screen Personality Stamps Her as Dramatic Star Jane Wyman Lauded for Drama Roles Her Screen Personality Changes in 'Yearling' and 'Lost Week-end' Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 21 Oct 1945: B1.
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20. Jane Wyman Will Portray Architect Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times 2 Mar 1955: B6.
21. Jane Wyman Goes Out on Loan The Washington Post and Times Herald 17 June 1954: 38.
22. Jane Wyman: 'I Always Did Four-Handkerchief Roles. Until Now.': Jane Wyman By Marianne Constantinou. The New York Times 29 Nov 1981: D29.
23. Busiest Gal in Hollywood! Maurine Myers Remenih. Chicago Daily Tribune 2 Mar 1957: b3.
24. News of the Rialto: Jane Wyman Says 'Yes' Jane Wyman Says 'Yes' By LEWIS FUNKE. New York Times 8 May 1966: X1.
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External links

• Jane Wyman Official website
• Jane Wyman, 90, Star of Film and TV, Is Dead
• Jane Wyman on IMDb
• Jane Wyman at the TCM Movie Database
• Tough Love Reminisces by Michael Reagan
• Obituary in the Boston Globe
• Jane Wyman at Virtual History