Jane Wyman
Highest Rated: 100% The Yearling (1946)
Lowest Rated: 50% Magic Town (1947)
Birthday: Jan 05, 1917
Birthplace: St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
An Academy Award winner for "Johnny Belinda" (1948), Jane Wyman overcame a difficult childhood to become one of the most respected dramatic actresses of the late '40s and early '50s. She later received two Emmy nominations for her own television anthology series in the late Fifties, but went into semi-retirement until the early 1980s, when she was top-billed as the vicious matriarch Angela Channing in the popular primetime soap "Falcon Crest" (CBS, 1981-1990), which earned her a Golden Globe. Wyman was also noted for her marriage to future U.S. President Ronald Reagan from 1940-48 and during their time together as husband and wife, they were one of the most popular couples in Hollywood, with young fans soaking up all the information on their seemingly happy marriage in all the major movie magazines of the day. To her credit, even after he ex-husband and father of two of her children became first a California governor and then the leader of the free world, she opted to not speak publicly about Reagan for her own personal reasons, taking any details of their long-ago love story to her grave.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 83% | The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel | Granny Arrowroot (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Failing of Raymond | Mary Bloomquist (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | How to Commit Marriage | Elaine Benson (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Bon Voyage! | Unknown (Character) | - | 1962 |
| 86% | 79% | Pollyanna | Aunt Polly (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Holiday for Lovers | Mrs. Mary Dean (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Miracle in the Rain | Ruth Wood (Character) | - | 1956 |
| 90% | 81% | All That Heaven Allows | Cary Scott (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucy Gallant | Lucy Gallant (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 87% | 71% | Magnificent Obsession | Helen Phillips (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | So Big | Selina DeJong (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Let's Do It Again | Constance "Connie" Stuart (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | The Story of Will Rogers | Betty Rogers nee Blake (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Just for You | Carolina Hill (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Three Guys Named Mike | Marcy Lewis (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Starlift | Herself (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The Blue Veil | Louise Mason (Character) | - | 1951 |
| 60% | 72% | Here Comes the Groom | Emmadel Jones (Character) | - | 1951 |
| 90% | 68% | Stage Fright | Eve Gill (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Glass Menagerie | Laura Wingfield (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lady Takes a Sailor | Jennifer Smith (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | It's a Great Feeling | Herself (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Kiss in the Dark | Polly Haines (Character) | - | 1949 |
| 89% | 88% | Johnny Belinda | Belinda McDonald (Character) | - | 1948 |
| 50% | 32% | Magic Town | Mary Peterman (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Cheyenne | Ann Kincaid (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One More Tomorrow | Frankie Connors (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 100% | 76% | The Yearling | Orry Baxter (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 60% | 42% | Night and Day | Gracie Harris (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 97% | 90% | The Lost Weekend | Helen St. James (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doughgirls | Vivian Marsden Halstead (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | Make Your Own Bed | Susan Courtney (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime by Night | Robbie Vance (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Princess O'Rourke | Jean Campbell (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shoot Yourself Some Golf | Herself (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Favorite Spy | Connie (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Larceny, Inc. | Denny Costello (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Body Disappears | Joan Shotesbury (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Honeymoon for Three | Elizabeth Clochessy (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bad Men of Missouri | Mary Hathaway (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You're in the Army Now | Bliss Dobson (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gambling on the High Seas | Laurie Ogden (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Angel From Texas | Marge Allen (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | My Love Came Back | Joy O'Keefe (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Peggy Armstrong (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flight Angels | Nan Hudson (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tail Spin | Alabama (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Private Detective | Myrna Winslow (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kid Nightingale | Judy Craig (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Torchy Plays With Dynamite | Torchy Blaine (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | He Couldn't Say No | Violet Coney (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Crowd Roars | Vivian (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Brother Rat | Claire Adams (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wide Open Faces | Betty Martin (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The King and the Chorus Girl | Babette Latour (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Public Wedding | Flip Lane (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Ready, Willing and Able | Dot (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Marjorie Day (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Pioneer | Katie (Character) | - | 1937 |
| 97% | 90% | My Man Godfrey | Socialite (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | Gold Diggers of 1937 | Chorus Girl (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smart Blonde | Dixie (Character) | - | 1936 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Falcon Crest | Angela Channing (Character) | 1981-1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I've Got a Secret | Guest | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Startime | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
QUOTES FROM Jane Wyman CHARACTERS
Pollyanna says: Oh, you mean what I said before? I understand that now. I'll never say that again.
Aunt Polly Harrington says: You understand what?
Pollyanna says: About the money. I'm not suppose to be glad, we're so very rich, huh?