Jane Wyman

Biography

Jane Wyman (born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American singer, dancer, and character actress of film and television. She began her film career in the 1930s, and was a prolific performer for two decades. She received an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Johnny Belinda (1948), and later achieved success during the 1980s for her leading role in the television series Falcon Crest. Wyman was the first wife of Ronald Reagan. They married in 1940 and divorced in 1948, before Reagan ran for public office. She is the only person to have won an Oscar and married a future President of the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Wyman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Eve Gill

Stage Fright

Aunt Polly

Pollyanna

Gold Digger (uncredited)

Gold Diggers of 1933

Jean Campbell

Princess O'Rourke

Jane Wyman (uncredited)

It's a Great Feeling

Emmadel Jones

Here Comes the Groom

Helen Phillips

Magnificent Obsession

Helen St. James

The Lost Weekend

Cary Scott

All That Heaven Allows

Gracie Harris

Night and Day

Flo La Verne

Footlight Serenade

Belinda McDonald

Johnny Belinda

Alabama

Tail Spin

Self

Hollywood Canteen

Carolina Hill

Just for You

Laura Wingfield

The Glass Menagerie

Selina De Jong

So Big

Orry Baxter

The Yearling

Denny Costello

Larceny, Inc.

Mary Peterman

Magic Town

Susan Courtney

Make Your Own Bed

Connie

My Favorite Spy

Vivian Marsden Halstead

The Doughgirls

Ruth Wood

Miracle in the Rain

Dixie

Smart Blonde

Katherine "Katie" Willard

Bon Voyage!

Nan Hudson

Flight Angels

Betty Rogers

The Story of Will Rogers

Elizabeth Clochessy

Honeymoon for Three

Elaine Benson

How to Commit Marriage

Louise Mason

The Blue Veil

Marcy Lewis

Three Guys Named Mike

Claire Adams

Brother Rat

Jennifer Smith

The Lady Takes a Sailor

Lucy Gallant

Lucy Gallant

Mrs. Mary Dean

Holiday for Lovers

Robbie Vance

Crime by Night

Granny Arrowroot

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

Babette Latour

The King and the Chorus Girl

Dot

Ready, Willing and Able

Mary Hathaway

Bad Men of Missouri

Torchy Blane

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

Myrna Winslow

Private Detective

Violet Coney

He Couldn't Say No

Jane Wyman

Starlift

Laurie Ogden

Gambling on the High Seas

Ann Kincaid

Cheyenne

Constance Stuart

Let's Do It Again

Polly Haines

A Kiss in the Dark

Peggy Armstrong

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

Joy O'Keefe

My Love Came Back

Marjorie Day

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

Mary Bloomquist

The Failing of Raymond

Betty Martin

Wide Open Faces

Vivian

The Crowd Roars

Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

The Kid from Spain

Carlo's Guest (uncredited)

Alice in Movieland

Frankie Connors

One More Tomorrow

Joan

The Singing Marine

Bessie Funfnick (uncredited)

Stage Struck

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Broadway Hostess

Nurse

Here Comes Carter

Judy Craig

Kid Nightingale

Florence "Flip" Lane

Public Wedding

Chorine (uncredited)

Stolen Harmony

Party Guest (uncredited)

Fools for Scandal

Claire Terry

Brother Rat and a Baby

Co-Ed (uncredited)

Freshman Love

Marge Allen

An Angel from Texas

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Breakdowns of 1941

Stumpy's Girl

Slim

Bliss Dobson

You're in the Army Now

Self

Blow-Ups of 1947

Marian Bronson

The Kid from Kokomo

Joan Shotesbury

The Body Disappears

Elaine Burdette

The Spy Ring

Co-ed

Over the Goal

Butte Soule

The Sunday Round-Up

Chorine (uncredited)

George White's 1935 Scandals

Cary Scott (archive footage)

Quand la peur dévore l'âme

Game spectator (uncredited)

Elmer, the Great

Graduate (uncredited)

Harold Teen

Chorine

College Rhythm

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Rumba

Chorine on Train (uncredited)

All the King's Horses

Dancer (uncredited)

King of Burlesque

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Anything Goes

Socialite (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Cain and Mabel

Girl at Polo Field (uncredited)

Polo Joe

Katie Snee

Little Pioneer

(archive footage)

Movieland Magic

Self

Shoot Yourself Some Golf

Self

Breakdowns of 1937

Self

Breakdowns of 1949

Self (uncredited)

The Screen Director

Self (archive footage)

L'Homme a mangé la Terre

Self

Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright'

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Gold Diggers of 1937

Self

Inside the Dream Factory

Dr. Amanda Fallon

Amanda Fallon

Self

Breakdowns of 1942

Self

Breakdowns of 1939

Self

Three Lives

Self

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

105

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-01-05

Place of Birth

Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Sarah Jane Mayfield