Jane Wyatt
Known for Acting · 73 credits
- Born
- 1910-08-12
- Died
- 2006-10-20
- Place of birth
- Campgaw, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Jane Waddington Wyatt
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (22)
The Love Boat
1977
as Laurette Ferot / Margaret Anderson / Margaret Wallingford
Star Trek
1966
as Amanda
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Wagon Train
1957
as Heather Mahoney
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Anne White
Father Knows Best
1954
as Margaret Anderson
Love, American Style
1969
as Mother
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Katherine Auschlander
Fantasy Island
1978
as Mildred Grayson
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Hotel
1982
as Agnes Simpson
Studio One
1948
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Edwina
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Margaret Wilson
Your Show of Shows
1950
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Alcoa Premiere
1961
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Ned's Mother
Play of the Week
1959
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
Movies (51)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986
as Amanda
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
as Jane
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
1989
as Alice Leacock
Canadian Pacific
1949
as Dr. Edith Cabot
My Blue Heaven
1950
as Janet Pringle
Lost Horizon
1937
as Sondra Bizet
The Bachelor's Daughters
1946
as Marta Jordan
Weekend of Terror
1970
as Sister Frances
Treasure of Matecumbe
1976
as Aunt Effie
Buckskin Frontier
1943
as Vinnie Marr
The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950
as Lois Frazer
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self
House by the River
1950
as Marjorie Byrne
The Navy Comes Through
1942
as Myra Mallory
Pitfall
1948
as Sue Forbes
Kisses for Breakfast
1941
as Laura Anders
The Kansan
1943
as Eleanor Sager
No Minor Vices
1948
as Miss Darlington
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
1987
as Self
None But the Lonely Heart
1944
as Aggie Hunter
The Nativity
1978
as Anna
One More River
1934
as Dinny Cherrell
Amelia Earhart
1976
as Amy Earhart
Katherine
1975
as Emily Alman
We're Only Human
1935
as Sally Rodgers
See How They Run
1964
as Augusta Flanders
Our Very Own
1950
as Lois Macaulay
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978
as Eleanor's Mother
Great Expectations
1934
as Estella
Boomerang!
1947
as Madge Harvey
Task Force
1949
as Mary Morgan
Weekend for Three
1941
as Ellen 'Gretch' Craig
The Millionaire
1978
as Mrs. Mathews
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
as Judge Eloise Walker
Criminal Lawyer
1951
as Maggie Powell
Never Too Late
1965
as Grace Kimbrough
Superdome
1978
as Fay Bonelli
Interlude
1957
as Pure Stubbins
You'll Never See Me Again
1973
as Mary Alden
The Father Knows Best Reunion
1977
as Margaret Anderson
Tom Sawyer
1976
as Aunt Polly
The Two Little Bears
1961
as Anne Davis
Girl from God's Country
1940
as Anne Webster
The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936
as Pat Duncan
Army Surgeon
1942
as Elizabeth Ainsley
Hurricane Smith
1941
as Joan Bradley
Neighbors
1971
as Mary Robinson
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993
as Narrator (voice)
Strange Conquest
1946
as Dr. Mary Palmer
Bad Boy
1949
as Mrs. Maud Brown
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
1977
as Margaret Anderson
About 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 form… With 73 credits spanning from 1934 to 1997, Jane Wyatt has appeared in 51 films and 22 TV shows.
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- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) — as Amanda
- Gentleman's Agreement (1947) — as Jane
- Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989) — as Alice Leacock
- Canadian Pacific (1949) — as Dr. Edith Cabot
- My Blue Heaven (1950) — as Janet Pringle
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