Jane Wyman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-01-05 (90 years old)

Deathday

2007-09-10

Place of Birth

Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

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 ...

Acting

1950

Stage Fright

as Eve Gill

1960

Pollyanna

as Aunt Polly

1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

as Gold Digger (uncredited)

1943

Princess O'Rourke

as Jean Campbell

1949

It's a Great Feeling

as Jane Wyman (uncredited)

1951

Here Comes the Groom

as Emmadel Jones

1954

Magnificent Obsession

as Helen Phillips

1945

The Lost Weekend

as Helen St. James

1955

1946

Night and Day

as Gracie Harris

1942

Footlight Serenade

as Flo La Verne

1948

Johnny Belinda

as Belinda McDonald

1939

Tail Spin

as Alabama

1952

Just for You

as Carolina Hill

1950

The Glass Menagerie

as Laura Wingfield

1953

So Big

as Selina De Jong

1946

The Yearling

as Orry Baxter

1942

Larceny, Inc.

as Denny Costello

1947

Magic Town

as Mary Peterman

1944

Make Your Own Bed

as Susan Courtney

1942

1944

The Doughgirls

as Vivian Marsden Halstead

1956

1937

Smart Blonde

as Dixie

1962

Bon Voyage!

as Katherine "Katie" Willard

1940

Flight Angels

as Nan Hudson

1952

1941

Honeymoon for Three

as Elizabeth Clochessy

1969

How to Commit Marriage

as Elaine Benson

1951

The Blue Veil

as Louise Mason

1951

Three Guys Named Mike

as Marcy Lewis

1938

Brother Rat

as Claire Adams

1949

The Lady Takes a Sailor

as Jennifer Smith

1955

Lucy Gallant

as Lucy Gallant

1959

Holiday for Lovers

as Mrs. Mary Dean

1944

Crime by Night

as Robbie Vance

1937

1941

Bad Men of Missouri

as Mary Hathaway

1939

Private Detective

as Myrna Winslow

1938

He Couldn't Say No

as Violet Coney

1951

Starlift

as Jane Wyman

1940

1947

Cheyenne

as Ann Kincaid

1953

Let's Do It Again

as Constance Stuart

1949

A Kiss in the Dark

as Polly Haines

1940

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

as Peggy Armstrong

1940

My Love Came Back

as Joy O'Keefe

1937

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

as Marjorie Day

1971

The Failing of Raymond

as Mary Bloomquist

1938

Wide Open Faces

as Betty Martin

1938

1932

The Kid from Spain

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

1940

Alice in Movieland

as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)

1946

One More Tomorrow

as Frankie Connors

1936

Stage Struck

as Bessie Funfnick (uncredited)

1935

Broadway Hostess

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

1936

1939

Kid Nightingale

as Judy Craig

1937

Public Wedding

as Florence "Flip" Lane

1935

Stolen Harmony

as Chorine (uncredited)

1938

Fools for Scandal

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1940

Brother Rat and a Baby

as Claire Terry

1936

Freshman Love

as Co-Ed (uncredited)

1940

An Angel from Texas

as Marge Allen

1941

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1937

Slim

as Stumpy's Girl

1941

You're in the Army Now

as Bliss Dobson

1947

1939

The Kid from Kokomo

as Marian Bronson

1941

The Body Disappears

as Joan Shotesbury

1938

The Spy Ring

as Elaine Burdette

1937

1936

The Sunday Round-Up

as Butte Soule

1935

George White's 1935 Scandals

as Chorine (uncredited)

2007

When Fear Eats the Soul

as Cary Scott (archive footage)

1933

Elmer, the Great

as Game spectator (uncredited)

1934

Harold Teen

as Graduate (uncredited)

1934

College Rhythm

as Chorine

1935

Rumba

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

1935

All the King's Horses

as Chorine on Train (uncredited)

1936

King of Burlesque

as Dancer (uncredited)

1936

Anything Goes

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

1936

My Man Godfrey

as Socialite (uncredited)

1936

Cain and Mabel

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

1936

Polo Joe

as Girl at Polo Field (uncredited)

1937

Little Pioneer

as Katie Snee

1946

Movieland Magic

as (archive footage)

1951

The Screen Director

as Self (uncredited)

2019

1936

Gold Diggers of 1937

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

1973

Amanda Fallon

as Dr. Amanda Fallon

1953

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