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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Frank Capra's American Dream
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1997
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:30/06/1993
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
Character:Alice Leacock
Release Date:12/05/1989
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Character:Self
Release Date:21/10/1987
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Character:Amanda
Release Date:26/11/1986
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Character:Judge Eloise Walker
Release Date:01/12/1982
The Millionaire
Character:Mrs. Mathews
Release Date:19/12/1978
The Nativity
Character:Anna
Release Date:17/12/1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Character:Eleanor's Mother
Release Date:15/01/1978
Superdome
Character:Fay Bonelli
Release Date:09/01/1978
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
Character:Margaret Anderson
Release Date:18/12/1977
The Father Knows Best Reunion
Character:Margaret Anderson
Release Date:15/05/1977
Tom Sawyer
Character:Aunt Polly
Release Date:07/11/1976
Amelia Earhart
Character:Amy Earhart
Release Date:25/10/1976
Treasure of Matecumbe
Character:Aunt Effie
Release Date:01/07/1976
Katherine
Character:Emily Alman
Release Date:05/10/1975
You'll Never See Me Again
Character:Mary Alden
Release Date:28/02/1973
Neighbors
Character:
Release Date:18/11/1971
Weekend of Terror
Character:Sister Frances
Release Date:08/12/1970
Never Too Late
Character:Grace Kimbrough
Release Date:04/11/1965
See How They Run
Character:Augusta Flanders
Release Date:07/10/1964
The Two Little Bears
Character:Anne Davis
Release Date:01/11/1961
Interlude
Character:Pure Stubbins
Release Date:30/10/1957
Criminal Lawyer
Character:Maggie Powell
Release Date:23/08/1951
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Character:Lois Frazer
Release Date:26/12/1950
My Blue Heaven
Character:Janet Pringle
Release Date:15/09/1950
Our Very Own
Character:Lois Macaulay
Release Date:27/07/1950
House by the River
Character:Marjorie Byrne
Release Date:23/03/1950
Task Force
Character:Mary Morgan
Release Date:30/08/1949
Canadian Pacific
Character:Dr. Edith Cabot
Release Date:19/05/1949
Bad Boy
Character:Mrs. Maud Brown
Release Date:22/02/1949
No Minor Vices
Character:Miss Darlington
Release Date:12/11/1948
Pitfall
Character:Sue Forbes
Release Date:11/08/1948
Gentleman's Agreement
Character:Jane
Release Date:11/11/1947
Boomerang!
Character:Madge Harvey
Release Date:28/02/1947
The Bachelor's Daughters
Character:Marta Jordan
Release Date:06/08/1946
Strange Conquest
Character:Dr. Mary Palmer
Release Date:01/04/1946
None But the Lonely Heart
Character:Aggie Hunter
Release Date:17/10/1944
The Kansan
Character:Eleanor Sager
Release Date:10/09/1943
Buckskin Frontier
Character:Vinnie Marr
Release Date:14/05/1943
Army Surgeon
Character:Elizabeth Ainsley
Release Date:04/12/1942
The Navy Comes Through
Character:Myra Mallory
Release Date:30/10/1942
Weekend for Three
Character:Ellen 'Gretch' Craig
Release Date:12/12/1941
Hurricane Smith
Character:Joan Bradley
Release Date:20/07/1941
Kisses for Breakfast
Character:Laura Anders
Release Date:05/07/1941
Girl from God's Country
Character:Anne Webster
Release Date:30/07/1940
Lost Horizon
Character:Sondra Bizet
Release Date:03/03/1937
The Luckiest Girl in the World
Character:Pat Duncan
Release Date:01/10/1936
We're Only Human
Character:Sally Rodgers
Release Date:27/12/1935
Great Expectations
Character:Estella
Release Date:22/10/1934
One More River
Character:Dinny Cherrell
Release Date:06/08/1934
Television Appearances
St. Elsewhere
Character:Katherine Auschlander
Fantasy Island
Character:Mildred Grayson
The Love Boat
Character:Laurette Ferot
The Love Boat
Character:Margaret Anderson
The Love Boat
Character:Margaret Wallingford
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Character:Margaret Wilson
Love, American Style
Character:Mother
Love, American Style
Character:
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character:Edwina
Star Trek
Character:Amanda
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Anne White
Alcoa Premiere
Character:
Play of the Week
Character:
The Bell Telephone Hour
Character:
Wagon Train
Character:Heather Mahoney
Father Knows Best
Character:Margaret Anderson
The Motorola Television Hour
Character:
The United States Steel Hour
Character:
Your Show of Shows
Character:
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:
Studio One
Character:
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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