JANE WYATT BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Jane Wyatt was born on August 12th, 1910 in Campgaw, New Jersey with the birth name Jane Waddinton Wyatt, born to Christopher Billopp Wyatt Jr. and Euphemia Van Rensselaer Waddington. She was raised in New York City and studied at the Chapin School and then went on to study at Barnard College. Prior to earning a college degree, she left after only two years and joined the Berkshire Playhouse at Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
During her time in Massachusetts she participated in a number of stage productions and later began appearing on Broadway in such productions as, "Trade Winds". After gaining some more stage experience she was offered a film contract with Universal and soon was appearing on such features as, "One More River" (1934) and "Lost Horizon" (1937).
Film roles were not coming so easy to her so she remained working as a stage actress and appeared in the Broadway production of, "The Autumn Garden". Along with her film and stage work, she is also well remembered for her television sitcom role portraying Margaret Anderson on, "Father Knows Best" (1954-1960), a role for which she won three consecutive Emmy's.
Other television roles she added to her resume were on such series as, "Wagon Train" (1962), "The Virginian" (1964-1970), "Star Trek" (1967), "Medical Center" (1975), "Fantasy Island" (1978-1983), "The Love Boat" (1979-1987), "Hotel" (1983-1987) and "St. Elsewhere" (1983-1988).
She married only one time to Edgar Bethune Ward in 1935 and they had two children and remained married until he passed away on November 8th, 2000. Six years later Wyatt passed away at the age of ninety six on October 20th, 2006 in Bel-Air, California from natural causes. Her remains are buried next to her husband at San Fernando's Mission Cemetery in California.
Filmography
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1989 Amityville: The Evil Escapes
1988 Baby Boom
1983-1988 St. Elsewhere
1983-1987 Hotel
1979-1987 The Love Boat
1986 Starman
1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1978-1983 Fantasy Island
1982 Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982 Happy Days
1980 Quincy, M.E.
1978 The Millionaire
1978 The Nativity
1978 A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978 Superdome
1977 Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
1977 The Father Knows Best Reunion
1976 Gibbsville
1976 Gemini Man
1976 Amelia Earhart
1976 Treasure of Matecumbe
1975 Medical Center
1975 Katherine
1975 Ladies of the Corridor
1974 Marcus Welby, M.D.
1974 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1973 Tom Sawyer
1973 You'll Never See Me Again
1971 Neighbors
1971 Alias Smith and Jones
1970 Weekend of Terror
1964-1970 The Virginian
1967-1970 Insight
1970 Here Come the Brides
1970 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
1969 Love, American Style
1968 CBS Playhouse
1967 Star Trek
1966 Confidential for Women
1965 Never Too Late
1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1964 See How They Run
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 Alcoa Premiere
1963 Going My Way
1962 Wagon Train
1961 The Two Little Bears
1961 The United States Steel Hour
1961 Play of the Week
1961 G.E. True Theater
1954-1960 Father Knows Best
1952-1958 Studio One in Hollywood
1957 Interlude
1955 Playwrights '56
1953-1954 The Motorola Television Hour
1953 The Philip Morris Playhouse
1950-1953 Robert Montgomery Presents
1952 Fireside Theatre
1952 The Ford Television Theatre
1952 Schlitz Playhouse
1952 Lights Out
1952 Chesterfield Presents
1951 Criminal Lawyer
1951 Nash Airflyte Theatre
1950 The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950 My Blue Heaven
1950 Our Very Own
1950 House by the River
1949 Task Force
1949 Canadian Pacific
1949 Bad Boy
1948 No Minor Vices
1948 Pitfall
1947 Gentleman's Agreement
1947 Boomerang!
1946 The Bachelor's Daughters
1946 Strange Conquest
1944 None But the Lonely Heart
1943 The Kansan
1943 Buckskin Frontier
1942 The Navy Comes Through
1942 Army Surgeon
1941 Weekend for Three
1941 Hurricane Smith
1941 Kisses for Breakfast
1940 Girl from God's Country
1937 Lost Horizon
1936 The Luckiest Girl in the World
1935 We're Only Human
1934 Great Expectations
1934 One More River
