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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.
Año | Título | Personaje | Valoración |
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1993 | The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors | Narrator (voice) | ★☆☆☆☆ |
1989 | Amityville IV: La fuga del mal | Alice Leacock | ★★☆☆☆ |
1986 | Star Trek IV: Misión salvar la Tierra | Amanda | ★★★★☆ |
1982 | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Judge Eloise Walker | ★★★☆☆ |
1982 | St. Elsewhere | ★★★☆☆ | |
1982 | St. Elsewhere | Katherine Auschlander | ★★★☆☆ |
1978 | Superdome | Fay Bonelli | ★★☆☆☆ |
1978 | The Nativity | Anna | ★★★☆☆ |
1978 | A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | Eleanor's Mother | ★★★★★ |
1978 | The Millionaire | Mrs. Mathews | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1977 | The Father Knows Best Reunion | Margaret Anderson | ★★★☆☆ |
1977 | Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas | Margaret Anderson | ★★★★☆ |
1977 | Vacaciones en el mar | Laurette Ferot | ★★★☆☆ |
1977 | Vacaciones en el mar | Margaret Wallingford | ★★★☆☆ |
1977 | Vacaciones en el mar | Margaret Anderson | ★★★☆☆ |
1976 | Amelia Earhart | Amy Earhart | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1976 | El tesoro de Matecumbe | Aunt Effie | ★★★☆☆ |
1975 | Katherine | Emily Alman | ★★★☆☆ |
1973 | You'll Never See Me Again | Mary Alden | ★★★★☆ |
1973 | Tom Sawyer | Aunt Polly | ★★★☆☆ |
1971 | Neighbors | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Margaret Wilson | ★★★☆☆ |
1970 | Weekend of Terror | Sister Frances | ★★★☆☆ |
1969 | Love, American Style | Mother | ★★★☆☆ |
1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Edwina | ★★★☆☆ |
1966 | Star Trek | Amanda | ★★★★☆ |
1965 | El bebé de la discordia | Grace Kimbrough | ★★★☆☆ |
1964 | See How They Run | Augusta Flanders | ★★★★☆ |
1962 | La hora de Alfred Hitchcock | Anne White | ★★★★☆ |
1961 | The Two Little Bears | Anne Davis | ★★★☆☆ |
1961 | Alcoa Premiere | ★★★☆☆ | |
1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | ★★★☆☆ | |
1959 | Play of the Week | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1957 | Interludio de amor | Pure Stubbins | ★★★☆☆ |
1957 | Wagon Train | Heather Mahoney | ★★★☆☆ |
1954 | Father Knows Best | Margaret Anderson | ★★★☆☆ |
1953 | The United States Steel Hour | ★★☆☆☆ | |
1953 | The Motorola Television Hour | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1951 | Criminal Lawyer | Maggie Powell | ★★★☆☆ |
1950 | La casa del río | Marjorie Byrne | ★★★☆☆ |
1950 | The Man Who Cheated Himself | Lois Frazer | ★★★☆☆ |
1950 | Our Very Own | Lois Macaulay | ★★★☆☆ |
1950 | My Blue Heaven | Janet Pringle | ★★★★☆ |
1950 | Your Show of Shows | ★★★☆☆ | |
1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | ★★☆☆☆ | |
1949 | Puente de mando | Mary Morgan | ★★★★☆ |
1949 | Canadian Pacific | Dr. Edith Cabot | ★★★☆☆ |
1949 | Bad Boy | Mrs. Maud Brown | ★★★★☆ |
1948 | La senda tentadora | Sue Forbes | ★★★☆☆ |
1948 | Ningún vicio menor | Miss Darlington | ★★★★☆ |
1948 | Studio One | ★★☆☆☆ | |
1947 | La barrera invisible | Jane | ★★★☆☆ |
1947 | El justiciero | Madge Harvey | ★★★☆☆ |
1946 | The Bachelor's Daughters | Marta Jordan | ★★★☆☆ |
1946 | Strange Conquest | Dr. Mary Palmer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1944 | Un corazón en peligro | Aggie Hunter | ★★★☆☆ |
1943 | The Kansan | Eleanor Sager | ★★★☆☆ |
1943 | Buckskin Frontier | Vinnie Marr | ★★★☆☆ |
1942 | The Navy Comes Through | Myra Mallory | ★★★☆☆ |
1942 | Army Surgeon | Elizabeth Ainsley | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | Kisses for Breakfast | Laura Anders | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | Weekend for Three | Ellen 'Gretch' Craig | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | Hurricane Smith | Joan Bradley | ★★☆☆☆ |
1940 | Girl from God's Country | Anne Webster | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1937 | Horizontes perdidos | Sondra Bizet | ★★★★☆ |
1936 | The Luckiest Girl in the World | Pat Duncan | ★★★★☆ |
1935 | We're Only Human | Sally Rodgers | ★★★☆☆ |
1934 | Great Expectations | Estella | ★★★☆☆ |
1934 | One More River | Dinny Cherrell | ★★★☆☆ |
Año | Título | Personaje | Calificación |
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1997 | Frank Capra's American Dream | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
1987 | Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist | Herself | ★★★☆☆ |
1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | ★★★☆☆ |
1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
Películas destacadas de Jane Wyatt
Estas son las películas más destacadas en las que ha trabajdo:
Series
Las series más importantes en las que ha participado son las siguientes:
Elinor Donahue
Jane Wyatt y Elinor Donahue han colaborado 3 veces (la última el 18 de diciembre de 1977) en las películas: Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas, The Father Knows Best Reunion, My Blue Heaven.
Ann Doran
Jane Wyatt y Ann Doran han colaborado 3 veces (la última el 08 de diciembre de 1970) en las películas: Weekend of Terror, Ningún vicio menor, La senda tentadora.
Lee J. Cobb
Jane Wyatt y Lee J. Cobb han colaborado 3 veces (la última el 26 de diciembre de 1950) en las películas: The Man Who Cheated Himself, El justiciero, Buckskin Frontier.
Victor Jory
Jane Wyatt y Victor Jory han colaborado 3 veces (la última el 19 de mayo de 1949) en las películas: Canadian Pacific, The Kansan, Buckskin Frontier.
Norman Lloyd
Jane Wyatt y Norman Lloyd han colaborado 2 veces (la última el 12 de mayo de 1989) en las películas: Amityville IV: La fuga del mal, Ningún vicio menor.
Kyle Richards
Jane Wyatt y Kyle Richards han colaborado 2 veces (la última el 18 de diciembre de 1977) en las películas: Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas, The Father Knows Best Reunion.
Vic Morrow
Jane Wyatt y Vic Morrow han colaborado 2 veces (la última el 01 de julio de 1976) en las películas: El tesoro de Matecumbe, Tom Sawyer.