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Jane Wyatt‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1910-08-12

Popularity

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Jane Wyatt

Campgaw, New Jersey, USA

Jane Wyatt

Campgaw, New Jersey, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1910-08-12

Popularity

star3.3

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home‌
star7.1
calendar 1986

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon‌
star7.0
calendar 1937

House by the River

House by the River‌
star6.7
calendar 1950

Pitfall

Pitfall‌
star6.8
calendar 1948

Gentleman's Agreement

Gentleman's Agreement‌
star7.0
calendar 1947

Task Force

Task Force‌
star7.0
calendar 1949

Criminal Lawyer

Criminal Lawyer‌
star6.7
calendar 1951

Canadian Pacific

Canadian Pacific‌
star5.3
calendar 1949

The Man Who Cheated Himself

The Man Who Cheated Himself‌
star6.2
calendar 1950

The Kansan

The Kansan‌
star5.2
calendar 1943

Boomerang!

Boomerang!‌
star6.9
calendar 1947

None But the Lonely Heart

None But the Lonely Heart‌
star6.2
calendar 1944

Weekend of Terror

Weekend of Terror‌
star5.8
calendar 1970

Our Very Own

Our Very Own‌
star5.7
calendar 1950

The Navy Comes Through

The Navy Comes Through‌
star5.6
calendar 1942

Buckskin Frontier

Buckskin Frontier‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Great Expectations

Great Expectations‌
star6.2
calendar 1934

Kisses for Breakfast

Kisses for Breakfast‌
star5.5
calendar 1941

Never Too Late

Never Too Late‌
star5.0
calendar 1965

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story‌
star9.0
calendar 1978

Katherine

Katherine‌
star5.1
calendar 1975

We're Only Human

We're Only Human‌
star6.5
calendar 1935

You'll Never See Me Again

You'll Never See Me Again‌
star7.0
calendar 1973

Weekend for Three

Weekend for Three‌
star5.7
calendar 1941

The Bachelor's Daughters

The Bachelor's Daughters‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

The Two Little Bears

The Two Little Bears‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

Bad Boy

Bad Boy‌
star7.3
calendar 1949

See How They Run

See How They Run‌
star7.0
calendar 1964

No Minor Vices

No Minor Vices‌
star7.0
calendar 1948

One More River

One More River‌
star5.3
calendar 1934

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Interlude

Interlude‌
star5.5
calendar 1957

Amityville: The Evil Escapes

Amityville: The Evil Escapes‌
star4.6
calendar 1989

My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Superdome

Superdome‌
star4.2
calendar 1978

The Luckiest Girl in the World

The Luckiest Girl in the World‌
star7.5
calendar 1936

The Millionaire

The Millionaire‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Army Surgeon

Army Surgeon‌
star5.8
calendar 1942

Treasure of Matecumbe

Treasure of Matecumbe‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

The Nativity

The Nativity‌
star6.0
calendar 1978

Girl from God's Country

Girl from God's Country‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Hurricane Smith

Hurricane Smith‌
star4.0
calendar 1941

The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors

The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors‌
star1.0
calendar 1993

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

Missing Children: A Mother's Story‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

The Father Knows Best Reunion

The Father Knows Best Reunion‌
star5.5
calendar 1977

Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist‌
star6.5
calendar 1987

Strange Conquest

Strange Conquest‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer‌
star5.2
calendar 1973

Neighbors

Neighbors‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas

Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas‌
star7.3
calendar 1977

Frank Capra's American Dream

Frank Capra's American Dream‌
star6.2
calendar 1997

Tv Credits

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere‌
star5.4
calendar 1982

Star Trek

Star Trek‌
star8.0
calendar 1966

Love, American Style

Love, American Style‌
star5.8
calendar 1969

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marcus Welby, M.D.‌
star6.5
calendar 1969

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Play of the Week

Play of the Week‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best‌
star6.6
calendar 1954

Your Show of Shows

Your Show of Shows‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

The United States Steel Hour

The United States Steel Hour‌
star4.0
calendar 1953

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star4.3
calendar 1950

The Bell Telephone Hour

The Bell Telephone Hour‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

Alcoa Premiere

Alcoa Premiere‌
star5.5
calendar 1961

The Motorola Television Hour

The Motorola Television Hour‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

Wagon Train

Wagon Train‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere‌
star5.4
calendar 1982

What's My Line?

What's My Line?‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour‌
star7.8
calendar 1962