Jane Wyatt

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.

Acting

2007

Disturbia

Unknown

2006

Material Girls

Margaret Anderson

1990

The Freshman

Margaret Wilson

1990

1989

1987

1987

1986

1982

1982

St. Elsewhere

Katherine Auschlander

1982

St. Elsewhere

Katherine Auschlander

1978

The Millionaire

Mrs. Mathews

1978

Superdome

Fay Bonelli

1978

1977

The Love Boat

Laurette Ferot

1977

The Love Boat

Margaret Wallingford

1977

The Love Boat

Margaret Anderson

1976

Amelia Earhart

Amy Earhart

1976

1975

Katherine

Emily Alman

1974

Caged Heat

Mildred Grayson

1970

Weekend of Terror

Sister Frances

1969

1966

Star Trek

Amanda

1965

Never Too Late

Grace Kimbrough

1962

1961

1953

1950

1950

Our Very Own

Lois Macaulay

1950

House by the River

Marjorie Byrne

1950

1950

1949

Task Force

Mary Morgan

1949

Canadian Pacific

Dr. Edith Cabot

1949

Bad Boy

Mrs. Maud Brown

1948

No Minor Vices

Miss Darlington

1948

Studio One

Unknown

1948

Pitfall

Sue Forbes

1948

1947

1947

Boomerang!

Madge Harvey

1946

The Man I Love

Self - Mystery Guest

1946

1944

1943

The Kansan

Eleanor Sager

1942

Army Surgeon

Elizabeth Ainsley

1942

1941

Weekend for Three

Ellen 'Gretch' Craig

1941

1937

Lost Horizon

Sondra Bizet

1935

We're Only Human

Sally Rodgers

1934

Infos

Full Name
Jane Wyatt
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
8/12/1910
Date of Death
10/20/2006
Also Known As

Jane Waddington Wyatt