Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman
Birth Name: Sarah Jane Mayfield
Born: Jan 4, 1917
St. Joseph, MO
Career: 1932-1995
Countries: USA
Genre/Type: Comedy
Drama
Musical
Romance
Born Sarah Jane Fulks, Jane Wyman tried to break into films as a child but was unsuccessful despite encouragement from her mother. A decade later, she began her show business career as a radio singer, using the name Jane Durrell. In 1936, she began appearing in films as a chorus girl and bit player. Eventually, she moved into secondary roles and occasional leads, usually playing brassy blondes in comic relief. She broke out of this mold with her performance in The Lost Weekend (1945), in which she demonstrated her talents as a serious actress; this led to better roles as a major star. For her work in The Yearling (1946), she received a Best Actress Oscar nomination, then won an Oscar for her portrayal of a deaf-mute rape victim in Johnny Belinda (1948). She went on to star in many films, demonstrating her versatility in both comedies and tearjerkers. She was twice more nominated for Oscars, for The Blue Veil (1951) and Magnificent Obsession (1954). After 1956, her screen work was infrequent. She returned from retirement in the early '80s to play a regular role on the TV series Falcon Crest. From 1940 to 1948, she was married to Ronald Reagan; their daughter, Maureen Reagan, was a singer-actress. After a long period of inactivity, Wyman died at age 93 in early September 2007.

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Filmography

Movie/Film Released Rating Role Buy
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick 1995 Actor [Starring]
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Visitor 1993 Actor [Starring]
Falcon Crest: Season 09 1989 Actor [Starring]
Falcon Crest: Season 08 1988 Actor [Starring]
Academy Awards: Oscar's Best (Trailers) 1987 Archival Appearance
Falcon Crest: Season 07 1987 Actor [Starring]
Falcon Crest: Season 06 1986 Actor [Starring]
Falcon Crest: Season 05 1985 Actor [Starring]
Falcon Crest: Season 04 1984 Actor [Starring]
Falcon Crest: Season 03 1983 Actor [Starring]
Falcon Crest: Season 02 1982 Actor [Starring]
Falcon Crest: Season 01 1981 Actor [Starring]
AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards: Alfred Hitchcock 1979 Actor [Starring]
The Incredible Journey of Dr. Meg Laurel 1979 Actor [Starring]
The Failing of Raymond 1971 Actor [Starring]
How to Commit a Marriage 1969 Actor [Starring]
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He wanted to become a politician and to become more involved in the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Wyman had been a lifelong registered Republican and was also involved in SAG, but she believed his passion for the both of them would ruin thei...
A sensitive young college student joins a posse of hardened men who are tracking down a killer. | add synopsis
Jane Wyman won an Oscar for her role in the film "Johnny Belinda" (1948)

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Awards

Year Movie/Film Role
1983 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Falcon Crest [TV Series] Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama (Won)
1982 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Falcon Crest [TV Series] Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama (Nom)
1954 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Magnificent Obsession Best Actress (Nom)
1951 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Blue Veil Best Actress (Nom)
1951 Hollywood Foreign Press Association The Blue Veil Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (Won)
1948 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Johnny Belinda Best Actress (Won)
1948 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Johnny Belinda Best Actress (Won)
1946 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Yearling Best Actress (Nom)
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