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{{Short description|American actress (1917–2007)}}
{{distinguish|Jane Wyatt}}
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| name         = Jane Wyman
| honorific_suffix = [[Third Order of Saint Dominic|TOSD]]
| image        = Jane Wyman.jpg
| caption      = Wyman in the 1950s
| birth_name   = Sarah Jane Mayfield
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1917|1|5|mf=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[St. Joseph, Missouri]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2007|9|10|1917|1|5|mf=yes}}
| death_place  = [[Rancho Mirage, California]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)|Forest Lawn Mortuary and Memorial Park]], [[Cathedral City, California]]
| party        = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| occupation   = {{hlist|Actress|singer|dancer|television producer|philanthropist}}
| years active = 1934–1993
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Ernest Wyman|1933|1935|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Myron Futterman|1937|1938|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Ronald Reagan]]|1940|1949|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Frederick Karger|1952|1955|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|<!--Frederick Karger-->|1961|1965|end=divorced}}
}}
| children     =  3, including [[Maureen Reagan|Maureen]] and [[Michael Reagan|Michael]] 
}}
'''Jane Wyman''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|aɪ|m|ə|n}} {{respell|WY|mən}}; born '''Sarah Jane Mayfield'''; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007)<ref name="official-release">{{Cite web |title=Actress, philanthropist Jane Wyman dies |url=https://www.jane-wyman.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915125125/http://www.jane-wyman.com/ |archive-date=2007-09-15 |access-date=2007-09-10 |website=Jane Wyman}}.</ref> was an American actress. A star of both movies and television, she received an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]], four [[Golden Globe Awards]] and nominations for two [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]. In 1960 she received stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for both motion pictures and television. She was the first wife of actor and future U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]].

According to studio biographies Jane Wyman made her theatrical film debut in ''[[The Kid from Spain]]'' (1932) as an uncredited chorus girl. Wyman always maintained that she got her start in 1934 at 17 dancing in the chorus for [[LeRoy Prinz]] at [[Paramount Pictures]]. In 1936 [[Bryan Foy]] signed Wyman, at 19 years old, to her first studio contract with [[Warner Bros.]] During her tenure there, Wyman began appearing in bit roles but progressed into supporting roles, including ''[[My Love Came Back]]'' (1940), ''[[Footlight Serenade]]'' (1942), and ''[[Princess O'Rourke]]'' (1943).

By 1945, Wyman emerged as a prominent [[A-list]] actress with successful releases in ''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]'' (1945), ''[[The Yearling (film)|The Yearling]]'' (1946), ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'' (1948), ''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]'' (1950), ''[[The Blue Veil (1951 film)|The Blue Veil]]'' (1951), ''[[So Big (1953 film)|So Big]]'' (1953), ''[[Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)|Magnificent Obsession]]'' (1954), and ''[[All That Heaven Allows]]'' (1955). She received four nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] between 1946 and 1954, winning one for ''Johnny Belinda'' (1948).

In 1955, Wyman transitioned into television, forming her own production company Lewman Productions Ltd. (co-owned with [[MCA Inc.]]). She was also made the producer, host, and frequent star of the last three seasons of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Fireside Theatre]]'', which was rebranded with Wyman's name. Her career declined shortly after, and she went into virtual retirement for several intervals of the 1960s and 1970s. 

Wyman's career resurged when she appeared on the primetime soap opera ''[[Falcon Crest]]'' (1981–1990), portraying the villainous matriarch [[Angela Channing]]. She retired in 1993, after appearing in an episode of ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]''. Wyman died from natural causes in 2007, at the age of 90.

== Early life ==
[[Image:Wyman-home.jpg|thumb|Wyman's birthplace in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]]]]
Sarah Jane Mayfield was born on January 5, 1917, in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]], to Gladys Hope (''{{née}}'' Christian; 1891–1960) and Manning Jeffries Mayfield (1895–1922). Her father was a meal company laborer and her mother was a doctor's [[stenographer]] and office assistant. Wyman was an only child. Her birth parents were married in March 1916 in [[Jackson County, Missouri]]. The [[1920 United States census|1920 census]] showed her to be three years old on January 15, 1920, and living in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

In October 1921, her parents divorced and her father died unexpectedly three months later. After his death, her mother moved to Cleveland, Ohio, leaving her to be reared by her neighbors Emma (née Reiss)<ref>Morris, Edmund. ''Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan''. Random House, Inc., 1999</ref><ref>U.S. Census, April 15, 1910, State of Missouri, County of Buchanan, enumeration district 54, p. 5-A, family 99. California death index, 1940–1997.</ref> and Richard D. Fulks, the chief of detectives in Saint Joseph.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/movies/11wyman.html|title=Jane Wyman, 90, Star of Film and TV, Is Dead|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 11, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2426130.ece|title=Jane Wyman Oscar-winning actress and first wife of Ronald Reagan who specialised in playing the long-suffering victim|newspaper=The Times|date=September 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708235231/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2426130.ece|archive-date=July 8, 2008}}</ref> She took their surname unofficially, including in her school records and on her marriage certificate to first husband Ernest Wyman.<ref name="Morris, Edmund 1999"/> The Fulks’ had two older children who were sometimes referenced as siblings.

Her unsettled family life resulted in few pleasurable memories. Wyman later said, "I was raised with such strict discipline that it was years before I could reason myself out of the bitterness I brought from my childhood."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2950333.ece|title=Jane Wyman (obituary)|publisher=[[The Independent]]|date=September 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914152221/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2950333.ece|archive-date=September 14, 2007}}</ref>

In 1928, aged 11, she moved to California with her foster mother, returning to Missouri in 1930, attending [[Lafayette High School (St. Joseph)|Lafayette High School]] in Saint Joseph. That same year, she began a radio singing career, calling herself Jane Durrell and altering her birthdate by three years to allow her to work because she was legally under-aged.<ref>Edwards, Anne. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0688060501 ''Early Reagan: The Rise to Power'']. William Morrow & Co (November 1990); {{ISBN|0-688-06050-1}}.</ref><ref>Bubbeo, Daniel. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0786411376 ''The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies''], McFarland & Company (October 2001); {{ISBN|0-7864-1137-6}}.</ref><ref>Colacello, Bob. {{asin|044653272X}} ''Ronnie and Nancy: Their Path to the White House – 1911 to 1980''. Warner Books; 1st Warner Books Edition (2004); {{ISBN|0-446-53272-X}}.</ref><ref>Wyman is listed in the U.S. Census taken in April 1930 as being 18 years old, when she was actually 13. U.S. Census, April 1, 1930, State of California, County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, enumeration district 328, p. 13A, family 503.</ref><ref name="official-release"/>

After dropping out of Lafayette High School in 1932 at age 15, she returned to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], taking on odd jobs as a manicurist and a switchboard operator.<ref name="tele"/>

==Career==
===1932–1936: Early years in Hollywood===
[[Image:Jane Wyman,1935.jpg|thumb|An 18-year-old Wyman on the beach in 1935]]

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 “I knew only one person who might give me a job. LeRoy Prinz, the famous Hollywood dance coach,  Dad Prinz’s son”.
     
Jane Wyman, 1964<ref> June, 1964, Guideposts</ref>}}

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Jane Wyman began her 60-year show business career as an extra on ''[[The Kid from Spain]]'' (1932), ''[[Gold Diggers of 1933]]'' (1933), ''[[Elmer, the Great]]'' (1933), and ''[[Harold Teen (1934 film)|Harold Teen]]'' (1934). She had taken classes with Edward Albert Prinz (Dad Prinz) at Prinz’s Dancing Academy back in St. Joseph, Missouri. Dad Prinz’s son [[LeRoy Prinz]] was now a successful Dance Director at [[Paramount Pictures]]. 

Prinz hired Wyman for the chorus of ''[[College Rhythm]]'' (1934), ''[[Rumba (1935 film)|Rumba]]'' (1935), ''[[All the King's Horses (film)|All the King's Horses]]'' (1935), ''[[Stolen Harmony]]'' (1935), ''[[Broadway Hostess]]'' (1935), and ''[[Anything Goes (1936 film)|Anything Goes]]'' (1936). In between pictures at Paramount she did ''[[King of Burlesque]]'' (1936) and ''[[George White's 1935 Scandals]]'' (1935) at Fox.

She then went to Universal Studios for ''[[My Man Godfrey (1936 film)|My Man Godfrey]]'' (1936).

===1936–1944: Career at Warner Bros.===
Jane Wyman signed her first contract with [[Warner Bros.]] in 1936 {{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} and stayed for the next two decades. ''[[Miracle in the Rain (film)|Miracle in the Rain]]'' (1956) would become the last film she completed under contract to the studio. It was released on April 7, 1956 almost exactly twenty years after she signed her inaugural contract.

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Jane Wyman, 1974<ref> 2016, Conversations with Classic Film Stars</ref>}}

At [[Warner Bros]], Wyman was in ''[[Freshman Love]]'' (1936) and ''[[Bengal Tiger (1936 film)|Bengal Tiger]]'' (1936), ''[[Stage Struck (1936 film)|Stage Struck]]'' (1936), ''[[Cain and Mabel]]'' (1936), and ''[[Here Comes Carter]]'' (1936).

Wyman had her first big role, both singing and dancing in a [[Dick Foran]] Western ''[[The Sunday Round-Up]]'' (1936).

Wyman had small parts in ''[[Polo Joe]]'' (1936), and ''[[Gold Diggers of 1937]]'' (1936) but a bigger one in ''[[Smart Blonde]]'' (1936), the first of the [[Torchy Blane]] series. She appeared in ''[[Ready, Willing, and Able (film)|Ready, Willing and Able]]'' (1937), ''[[The King and the Chorus Girl]]'' (1937), and ''[[Slim (film)|Slim]]'' (1937). She had the lead in ''[[Little Pioneer]]'' (1937), a short, and parts in ''[[The Singing Marine]]'' (1937).

By the time Wyman starred in ''[[Public Wedding]]'' (1937), a "B" picture, she was already divorced from first husband Ernest Wyman. She retained use of the surname for the remainder of her career.<ref name="Morris, Edmund 1999"/>

She had a supporting part in ''[[Mr. Dodd Takes the Air]]'' (1937) and was the female lead in some "B" films, such as ''[[The Spy Ring]]'' (1938) (at Universal), ''[[He Couldn't Say No]]'' (1938) with [[Frank McHugh]] and ''[[Wide Open Faces]]'' (1938) with [[Joe E. Brown]].<ref name="hedda"/>

Wyman was borrowed by MGM to play a supporting part in ''[[The Crowd Roars (1938 film)|The Crowd Roars]]'' (1938).

Back at [[Warner Brothers]], Wyman was cast as one of the leads in ''[[Brother Rat]]'' (1938) for [[Hal B. Wallis]]. It co-starred [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Priscilla Lane]], Wayne Morris and Eddie Albert.

Wyman was borrowed by [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] for a supporting role in ''[[Tail Spin (film)|Tail Spin]]'' (1939), followed by ''[[The Kid from Kokomo]]'' (1939) with [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]] and Morris. She played the title role in ''[[Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite|Torchy Blane..Playing with Dynamite]]'' (1939).

Now established, Wyman was cast in ''[[Kid Nightingale]]'' (1939) with John Payne, ''[[Private Detective (film)|Private Detective]]'' (1939) with Foran, ''[[Brother Rat and a Baby]]'' (1940) with Reagan, ''[[An Angel from Texas]]'' (1940) with Albert, ''[[Flight Angels]] '' (1940), and ''[[Gambling on the High Seas]]'' (1940) with Wayne Morris.

Wyman had supporting roles in "A" films such as ''[[My Love Came Back]]'' (1940), starring [[Olivia de Havilland]] and [[Jeffrey Lynn]]. She and Reagan were in ''[[Tugboat Annie Sails Again]]'' (1940). Wyman was a supporting role to [[Ann Sheridan]] in ''[[Honeymoon for Three (1941 film)|Honeymoon for Three]]'' (1941) and was [[Dennis Morgan]]'s leading lady in ''[[Bad Men of Missouri]]'' (1941).<ref name="bob"/>

Wyman made ''[[The Body Disappears]]'' (1941) with Jeffrey Lynn and ''[[You're in the Army Now]]'' (1941) with [[Jimmy Durante]]; in the latter she and [[Regis Toomey]] had the longest screen kiss in cinema history: 3 minutes and 5 seconds.<ref>[http://www.cinemaspot.com/know/kiss.htm cinemaspot.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901191908/http://www.cinemaspot.com/know/kiss.htm |date=September 1, 2017 }}, quoting ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]''</ref><ref>"Jane Wyman: Some Kisser" ''The Washington Post'' September 29, 1941: 11.</ref>

Wyman did ''[[Larceny, Inc.]]'' (1942) with [[Edward G. Robinson]], and ''[[My Favorite Spy (1942 film)|My Favorite Spy]]'' (1942) with [[Kay Kyser]].

At [[20th Century Fox|Twentieth Century Fox]], Wyman was a supporting actor to [[Betty Grable]] in ''[[Footlight Serenade]]'' (1942) then back at Warners supported Olivia de Havilland in ''[[Princess O'Rourke]]'' (1943).

Warners teamed Wyman with Jack Carson in ''[[Make Your Own Bed]] '' (1944) and ''[[The Doughgirls]]'' (1944), then she was top billed in ''[[Crime by Night]]'' (1944). She was one of many stars to cameo in ''[[Hollywood Canteen (film)|Hollywood Canteen]]'' (1944).<ref>"Jane Wyman Comedy" ''Star Los Angeles Times'' June 14, 1944: A8.</ref>

===1945–1956: Leading roles and critical acclaim===
[[File:Peck Wyman The Yearling Publicity Photo 1946.jpg|thumb|Wyman with [[Gregory Peck]] in ''[[The Yearling (film)|The Yearling]]'' in 1946]]
[[File:All That Heaven Allows 1955 set photo (Wyman & Sirk).jpg|thumb|With director [[Douglas Sirk]] on set for ''[[All That Heaven Allows]]'' (1955), one of her last major roles]]
Wyman finally gained critical attention with ''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]'' (1945), made by the team of [[Billy Wilder]] and [[Charles Brackett]]. Wilder had wanted Katharine Hepburn or Barbara Stanwyck for the female lead but Brackett had been impressed by Wyman’s performance in ''[[Princess O'Rourke]]''. Wyman called it "a small miracle".<ref name="hedda">"Deaf Girl Role Helps Jane Wyman Career: Deaf Role Helps Jane Wyman Up"
Hopper, Hedda. ''Los Angeles Times'' October 3, 1948: D1.</ref>

Wyman remained a supporting actor in ''[[One More Tomorrow (film)|One More Tomorrow]]'' (1946), and ''[[Night and Day (1946 film)|Night and Day]]'' (1946).<ref name="drama">Plaudits Handed to Jane Wyman: Change in Screen Personality Stamps Her as Dramatic Star Jane Wyman Lauded for Drama Roles Her Screen Personality Changes in 'Yearling' and 'Lost Week-end' Schallert, Edwin. ''Los Angeles Times'' October 21, 1945: B1.</ref> However Wyman was borrowed by MGM for the female lead in ''[[The Yearling (film)|The Yearling]]'' (1946), and was nominated for the 1946 [[Academy Award for Best Actress]].

She was leading lady for Dennis Morgan in ''[[Cheyenne (1947 film)|Cheyenne]]'' (1947) and James Stewart in RKO's ''[[Magic Town]]'' (1947).

Her breakthrough role was playing a deaf-mute rape victim in ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'' (1948). Wyman spent over six months preparing for the film which was an enormous hit and won Wyman a [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress Oscar]].<ref name="hedda"/> She was the first person in the [[sound film|sound era]] to earn the award without speaking a line of dialogue. In an amusing acceptance speech, Wyman took her statue and said only, "I accept this, very gratefully, for keeping my mouth shut once. I think I'll do it again."<ref>{{YouTube|IAx9NZwRUy8|Jane Wyman's Oscar acceptance speech, 1948}}</ref><ref name="tele">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1562735/Jane-Wyman.html|title=Jane Wyman|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=September 11, 2007}}</ref>

Wyman was now a top-billed star. She did two comedies, ''[[A Kiss in the Dark (1949 film)|A Kiss in the Dark]]'' (1948) with [[David Niven]] and ''[[The Lady Takes a Sailor]]'' (1949) with Morgan, then made a thriller in England, ''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]'' (1950) for [[Alfred Hitchcock]].<ref name="bob">"Jane Wyman, star of 'Falcon Crest,' dies". Bob Thomas The Associated Press. ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' September 10, 2007.</ref>

She played Laura in ''[[The Glass Menagerie (1950 film)|The Glass Menagerie]]'' (1950), and went to MGM for ''[[Three Guys Named Mike]]'' (1951), a popular comedy.

Frank Capra used her as [[Bing Crosby]]'s leading lady in ''[[Here Comes the Groom (1951 film)|Here Comes the Groom]]'' (1951) at Paramount, then she had the lead role in RKO's ''[[The Blue Veil (1951 film)|The Blue Veil]]'' (1951), a melodrama that was a big box office hit and earned her an Oscar nomination.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Wyman was one of many stars in Warner Bros' ''[[Starlift]]'' (1951). She was the female lead in ''[[The Story of Will Rogers]]'' (1952) and Paramount reunited her and Crosby in ''[[Just for You (1952 film)|Just for You]]'' (1952). Wyman expressed interest around this time of doing no more "weepy" roles.<ref>"Jane Wyman Abandons Weepy Roles" By Bob Thomas. ''The Washington Post'' August 16, 1952: 13.</ref>

Columbia cast her in a musical, ''[[Let's Do It Again (1953 film)|Let's Do It Again]]'' (1953) with Ray Milland, then at Warners she was in ''[[So Big (1953 film)|So Big]]'' (1953), a melodrama.

Wyman had a huge success when producer [[Ross Hunter]] cast her alongside [[Rock Hudson]] in ''[[Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)|Magnificent Obsession]]'' (1954). It earned her another Oscar nomination.

Wyman and Hudson were promptly reteamed on ''[[All That Heaven Allows]]'' (1955). [[Pine-Thomas Productions]] put Wyman in ''[[Lucy Gallant]]'' (1955) with [[Charlton Heston]]. She did ''[[Miracle in the Rain (film)|Miracle in the Rain]]'' (1956) with [[Van Johnson]]. Wyman was meant to follow this with ''Annabella'' but it appears to have not been made.<ref>"Jane Wyman Will Portray Architect" Hopper, Hedda. ''Los Angeles Times'' March 2, 1955: B6.</ref><ref>"Jane Wyman Goes Out on Loan" ''The Washington Post and Times-Herald'' June 17, 1954: 38.</ref>

===1951–1953: Recording career===
Jane Wyman's brief recording career with [[Decca Records]] extended between 1951 and 1953. She recorded a few solo tracks along with duets and novelty songs achieving three 
''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' top 30 hits and appearing on one #1 album.

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;Decca Albums

*''[[Selections from the Paramount Picture "Just for You"]]'' (1952): [[Bing Crosby]], Jane Wyman, [[The Andrews Sisters]], [[Jud Conlon]]'s Rhythmaires and the [[Dave Barbour]] Orchestra
**[[Studio cast recording]] of the music from the film ''[[Just for You (1952 film)|Just for You]]'' (1952)
*''Danny Kaye sings Hans Christian Andersen'' (1952): [[Danny Kaye]] with Jane Wyman, [[Gordon Jenkins]] and his Chorus and Orchestra 
**This [[studio cast recording]] of the music from the film ''[[Hans Christian Andersen (film)|Hans Christian Andersen]]'' (1952) spent 17 weeks at #1 on the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' “Best Selling Popular Albums Chart” in 1953. Wyman is featured most prominently duetting with Kaye on the track "No Two People" and is also credited with contributing vocals to other tracks.

;Decca Singles

*"[[In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening]]"/"Misto Cristofo Colombo" (1951): Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman with [[Matty Matlock]]'s All Stars and the Four Hits and a Miss, from the film ''[[Here Comes the Groom (1951 film)|Here Comes the Groom]]'' (1951)
**"In the Cool..." peaked at #11 on the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' charts. [[Hoagy Carmichael]] (music) and [[Johnny Mercer]] (lyrics) won the 1951 [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]. Jane Wyman and [[Danny Kaye]] performed it at the [[24th Academy Awards]].
*"How d'ye Do and Shake Hands"/"[[Black Strap Molasses]]" (1951): [[Danny Kaye]], [[Jimmy Durante]], Jane Wyman and [[Groucho Marx]] with the [[Sonny Burke]] Orchestra
** "Black Strap..." peaked at #29 on the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' charts.
* "Why Didn't I?"/"Blow Out the Candle" (1951)
* "I Love That Feelin'"/"It Was Nice While the Money Rolled In" (1951): with The Four Hits and the [[Dave Barbour]] Orchestra
* "Checkin' My Heart"/"He's Just Crazy For Me" (1952): with the [[Dave Barbour]] Orchestra, from the film ''[[Just for You (1952 film)|Just for You]]'' (1952)
* "[[Zing a Little Zong]]"/"The Maiden of Guadalupe" (1952): Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman with [[Jud Conlon]]'s Rhythmaires and the [[Nathan Van Cleave]] Orchestra, from the film ''[[Just for You (1952 film)|Just for You]]'' (1952)
** "Zing a..." peaked at #18 on the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' charts and #10 on the UK Singles charts. [[Harry Warren]] (music) and [[Leo Robin]] (lyrics) were nominated for the 1952 [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]. [[Peggy Lee]] and [[Johnny Mercer]] performed it at the [[25th Academy Awards]] on [[NBC]].
* "I Never Heard You Say"/"Doodle Bug Rag" (1952): with [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "I'm Takin' a Slow Burn"/"It Was Great While It Lasted" (1953): with the [[Sonny Burke]] Orchestra, from the film ''[[Let's Do It Again (1953 film)|Let's Do It Again]]'' (1953)

===1955–1967: Career in television===
[[File:Eiganotomo-janewyman-dec1953.jpg|thumb|upright|Wyman in 1953]]
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Wyman's television acting debut was the 1955 episode "Amelia" of the anthology series ''[[General Electric Theater]]'' produced by [[MCA Inc.]]'s [[Universal Television|Revue Studios]] and hosted by her former husband Ronald Reagan. 

On August 30, 1955 just a year after ''Magnificent Obsession'' became Wyman's biggest hit and her first #1 film at the weekly box office her eponymous weekly television anthology series made its debut on NBC. 

Wyman announced her first TV series ''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show]]'' (1955–58) in 1955. In its first season it was known as ''[[Fireside Theatre|Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre]]'' then the ''Jane Wyman Theatre'' and finally ''The Jane Wyman Show''. Wyman hosted every episode, acted in half, and was a producer.<ref name="new"/>

When ''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show]]'' ended Wyman was no longer a film star, but she remained in demand. She replaced the ailing [[Gene Tierney]] in ''[[Holiday for Lovers]]'' (1959) for Fox, and next appeared in Disney's ''[[Pollyanna (1960 film)|Pollyanna]]'' (1960) and ''[[Bon Voyage! (1962 film)|Bon Voyage!]]'' (1962).<ref name="gal">Maurine Myers Remenih. "Busiest Gal in Hollywood!" ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' March 2, 1957: b3.</ref>

Wyman continued to guest star on TV shows like ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]'', ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'', ''[[The Investigators (1961 TV series)|The Investigators]]'', ''[[Wagon Train]]'', and ''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight]]''.

"Something happened in the sixties," she later said. "it seemed that the time didn't permit women to be part of it except in a sort of secondary sort of way which I resented. I kept telling myself 'I didn't want to play ''Whatever Happened to Baby Jane''."<ref name="new"/> So she went into semi-retirement around 1962.

===1968–1993: Brief retirement and career resurgence===
Wyman focused on painting. She made the occasional acting appearance, mostly on television.
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In 1966, [[Reginald Denham]] announced Wyman would appear in a play ''Wonderful Us'' based on the [[Parker–Hulme murder case]] but it was not produced.<ref>"News of the Rialto: Jane Wyman Says 'Yes' Jane Wyman Says 'Yes'" By Lewis Funke. ''New York Times'' May 8, 1966: X1.</ref>

She returned to films with ''[[How to Commit Marriage]]'' (1969).

Wyman continued to work in the 1970s, guest starring on ''[[My Three Sons]]''; ''[[The Bold Ones: The New Doctors]]''; ''[[The Sixth Sense (American TV series)|The Sixth Sense]]''; and ''[[Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law]]'' and her first film for television, ''[[The Failing of Raymond]]'' (1971). She starred in a pilot for a TV series ''Amanda Fallon'' but it was not picked up.<ref>"Jane Wyman to Be Guest Star". ''Los Angeles Times'' March 5, 1974: c12.</ref>

She was offered roles of "murderers, old ladies that were senile – they were awful. The weirdest kind of writing."<ref name="new"/>
After five years of retirement living in Carmel painting and focusing on her philanthropic work she took her first acting role since 1974. She accepted a featured role in the television movie, ''[[The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel]]'' (1979). She then guest starred on ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' and ''[[The Love Boat]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

In the spring of 1981, Wyman's career enjoyed a resurgence when she was cast as the scheming Californian [[vintner]] and matriarch [[Angela Channing]] in ''The Vintage Years'', which was retooled as the primetime [[soap opera]] ''[[Falcon Crest]]''. Wyman said she wanted to make it as it was a change from "the four handkerchief bits" she was known for. "You just can't miss on a thing like this," she added.<ref name="new">Jane Wyman: 'I Always Did Four-Handkerchief Roles. Until Now.': Jane Wyman
By Marianne Constantinou. ''The New York Times'' November 29, 1981: D29.</ref>

Then relatively unknown [[Lorenzo Lamas]] appeared as Angela's irresponsible grandson, Lance Cumson. The on- and off-screen chemistry between Wyman and Lamas helped fuel the series' success.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

For her role as Angela Channing, Wyman was nominated for a [[Soap Opera Digest Award|''Soap Opera Digest'' Award]] five times (for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role and for Outstanding Villainess: Prime Time Serial), and was also nominated for a Golden Globe award in 1983 and 1984. She won in 1984 for Best Performance By an Actress in a TV Series. Later in the show's run, Wyman suffered several health problems. In 1986 abdominal surgery caused her to miss two episodes. She was plagued with fatigue during the 1988–1989 season, and her health continued to deteriorate. Later in 1989 she collapsed on the set and was hospitalized due to problems with [[diabetes]] and a [[liver]] ailment. Her doctors told her that she should end her acting career. Wyman was absent for most of the ninth and final season of ''Falcon Crest'' in 1989–1990.

Against her doctor's advice, she returned for the final three episodes in 1990, even writing a [[soliloquy]] for the series finale. Wyman appeared in 208 of the show's 227 episodes.

After ''Falcon Crest'', Wyman acted only once more, playing [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]]'s screen mother in a 1993 episode of ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]''.<ref name="PeopleObit"/> In all, Wyman had starred in 83 movies{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} and two successful TV series, and was nominated for an Academy Award four times, winning once.

==Personal life==
===Marriages===
Jane Wyman was married five times,<ref name="Morris, Edmund 1999">Morris, Edmund. ''[[Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan]]''. Random House, Inc., 1999. {{ISBN|978-0-307-79142-9}}</ref> to four men. Her last marriage to Fred Karger ended in 1965 and she never remarried.

====Ernest Wyman====
At age 16, Wyman married salesman Ernest Eugene Wyman in Los Angeles, California, on April 8, 1933. She recorded her name as 'Jane Fulks', foster parents Emma and Richard Fulks, and her age as 19 on the wedding certificate. Though the couple divorced after just two years, she retained the name Wyman professionally for the rest of her life.<ref name="Morris, Edmund 1999"/>

====Myron Futterman====
Wyman was 20 when she married dress manufacturer Myron Martin Futterman in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] on June 29, 1937. She wanted children but he did not, and they separated after only three months.<ref>[http://www.jane-wyman.com/biography.html ''Jane Wyman biography'']. Official Jane Wyman website.</ref> They were divorced on December 5, 1938.<ref>"Film Actress Wins Divorce", ''Los Angeles Times'', December 6, 1938, p. 3.</ref>

====Ronald Reagan====
[[File:Wyman & Reagan.jpg|thumb|25-year-old Wyman with husband and fellow actor [[Ronald Reagan]] at the premiere of ''[[Tales of Manhattan]]'' in [[Los Angeles]] in August 1942]]
[[File:Jane-Wyman-Maureen-1944.jpg|thumb|Wyman with three-year-old [[Maureen Reagan]] in 1944]]
In 1938, Wyman co-starred with [[Ronald Reagan]] in ''[[Brother Rat]]'' (1938). They were engaged at the [[Chicago Theatre]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407E6DA1138F93BA35756C0A962948260|title=Dispute Over Theatre Splits Chicago City Council|access-date=May 17, 2007|date=May 8, 1984|work=The New York Times}}</ref> and married on January 26, 1940, at the [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)#Churches at Forest Lawn|Wee Kirk o' the Heather]] in [[Glendale, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-31-vw-620-story.html|title=Locations Range From the Exotic to the Pristine|author=Oliver, Marilyn|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 31, 1988}}</ref> She and Reagan had two biological daughters: [[Maureen Reagan|Maureen]] in 1941, and Christine in 1947 (born prematurely and died the following day). They adopted a son, [[Michael Reagan|Michael]], in 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jane-wyman.com/biography.html|title=Biography|publisher=Jane Wyman|access-date=September 5, 2011}}</ref> 

In the aftermath of the premature birth and subsequent death of their infant daughter Christine on June 26, 1947 Wyman separated from Reagan. Wyman’s divorce from Reagan was granted on June 28, 1948 and finalized on July 18, 1949. Wyman leased a home in [[Palm Springs, California]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Meeks|first1=Eric G.|title=The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes|date=2014|orig-year=2012|publisher=Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe|isbn=978-1479328598|page=33}}</ref> Wyman, who was a registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], said that their divorce was due to political differences; Ronald Reagan was still a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/reagan/index.html|title=Reagan: Home|publisher=HBO|access-date=September 5, 2011}}</ref>

When Reagan was [[First inauguration of Ronald Reagan|inaugurated]] as [[President of the United States|president]] on January 20, 1981, Wyman became the first ex-wife of a U.S. president in American history. Although she remained silent during Reagan's political career, she told a newspaper interviewer in 1968 that this was not because she was bitter or because she did not agree with him politically:

{{blockquote|I've always been a registered Republican. But it's bad taste to talk about former husbands and former wives, that's all. Also, I don't know a damn thing about politics.<ref name="McClelland 1983">{{cite book|last1=McClelland|first1=Doug|year=1983|title=Hollywood on Ronald Reagan: Friends and Enemies Discuss Our President, The Actor|publisher=[[Faber and Faber]]|page=120|location=Winchester|language=en|isbn=978-0-571-12522-7|oclc=9197297|url=https://archive.org/details/hollywoodonronal0000unse/page/120|access-date=20 March 2021|url-access=registration}}</ref>}}

When Reagan died in 2004, Wyman issued a statement, saying, "America has lost a great president. And a great, kind and gentle man."<ref>{{cite news |title=Jane Wyman as the anti-Ivana Trump: Why Ronald Reagan's ex-wife refused to dish about him |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/11/jane-wyman-as-the-anti-ivana-trump-why-ronald-reagans-ex-wife-refused-to-dish-about-him/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2017-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305053335/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/11/jane-wyman-as-the-anti-ivana-trump-why-ronald-reagans-ex-wife-refused-to-dish-about-him/ |archive-date=2021-03-05 |url-status=live |last1=Dvorak |first1=Petula}}</ref>

====Frederick Karger====
On November 1, 1952, Wyman married [[German-American]] Hollywood music director and composer Frederick M. "Fred" Karger at El Montecito [[Presbyterian]] Church, Santa Barbara. They separated on November 7, 1954, and were granted an interlocutory divorce decree on December 7, 1954; the divorce was finalized on December 30, 1955.

They remarried on March 11, 1961, and Karger divorced her again on March 9, 1965. According to ''[[The New York Times|The New York Times'<nowiki/>]]'' report of the divorce, the bandleader charged that the actress "had walked out on him."<ref>"Jane Wyman Divorced", ''The New York Times'', March 10, 1965.</ref> Wyman had a stepdaughter, Terry, from Karger's marriage to Patti Sacks.<ref>"Frederick M. Karger, 63, Arranger and Composer", ''The New York Times'', August 6, 1979.</ref>

Wyman, who had converted to Catholicism in 1953, never remarried.<ref name=Kengor>Paul Kengor, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=z28JXb_oWGoC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&q=Jane%20Wyman%20converted%20to%20catholicism God and Ronald Reagan: A Spiritual Life]''. Harper Collins Publishers (2004). p. 50.</ref> She was a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref>[http://www.goodshepherdbh.org/a-city-on-a-hill/our-history Church of the Good Shepherd: Our History]</ref>

===Later life===
After ''Falcon Crest'' ended, Wyman made a guest appearance on the CBS series ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'' and then completely retired from acting; she spent her retirement painting and entertaining friends. Wyman was a recluse and made only a few public appearances in her last years in part due to suffering from arthritis. Wyman also suffered from [[Type 1 diabetes]] from a very young age. She attended the funeral of her long-time friend [[Loretta Young]] in 2000. She attended her daughter's funeral in 2001 after Maureen died of [[melanoma]], and Ronald Reagan's funeral in 2004.<ref name="PeopleObit">{{cite news|first=Stephen|last=Silverman|url= https://people.com/celebrity/falcon-crest-star-jane-wyman-dies-at-93/|title=Falcon Crest Star Jane Wyman Dies at 93|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=September 10, 2007|access-date=September 9, 2021}}</ref>

===Death===
On September 10, 2007, Wyman died in her sleep of natural causes<ref name="official-release"/> at her home in [[Rancho Mirage, California]], at age 90.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/2007-09-10-731274355_x.htm|title=Johnny Belinda Actress Jane Wyman Dies|newspaper=USA Today|date=September 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301134555/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2007-09-10-731274355_x.htm|archive-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref> Her son [[Michael Reagan]] released a statement saying:

{{blockquote|I have lost a loving mother, my children Cameron and Ashley have lost a loving grandmother, my wife Colleen has lost a loving friend she called Mom and Hollywood has lost the classiest lady to ever grace the silver screen.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/oscar-winner-jane-wyman-ronald-reagans-first-wife-dead-at-93 "Oscar-Winner Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan's First Wife, Dead at 93"]. ''Fox News''. September 10, 2007.</ref>}}

Wyman was a devout Catholic for nearly 55 years. She was [[Third order|lay tertiary]] of the [[Dominican Order]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. As a lay Dominican, the full Dominican habit is available at death, if desired. Therefore, Wyman chose to be buried in the full habit of the Dominican Order.<ref name=Petrucelli>Alan Petrucelli, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=r7csXXH7S9UC&pg=PT7&lpg=PT7&q=Jane%20Wyman%20Dominican%20order%20of%20the%20Catholic%20Church Morbid Curiosity: The Disturbing Demises of the Famous and Infamous]''. Penguin Group (2009). p. 5.</ref> She was interred at [[Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)|Forest Lawn Mortuary and Memorial Park]] in [[Cathedral City, California]].<ref name="official-release"/>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | 
Notes
|-
|1932
|''{{sortname|The|Kid from Spain}}''
|rowspan=3| extra
|rowspan=3| Uncredited
|-
|1933
|''[[Elmer, the Great]]''
|-
|1933
|''[[Gold Diggers of 1933]]''
|-
|1934
|''[[All the King's Horses (film)|All the King's Horses]]''
|Chorine
|Uncredited, Paramount
|-
|1934
|''[[College Rhythm]]''
|Chorine
|Uncredited, Paramount
|-
|1935
|''[[Broadway Hostess]]''
|Chorine
|Uncredited
|-
|1935
|''[[Rumba (1935 film)|Rumba]]''
|Chorine
|Uncredited, Paramount
|-
|1935
|''[[George White's 1935 Scandals]]''
|Chorine
|Uncredited, Fox
|-
|1935
|''[[Stolen Harmony]]''
|Chorine
|Uncredited, Paramount
|-
|1936
|''[[King of Burlesque]]''
|Chorine
|Uncredited, Fox
|-
|1936
|''[[Freshman Love]]''
|Co-Ed
|Uncredited
|-
|1936
|''[[Anything Goes (1936 film)|Anything Goes]]''
|Chorine
|Uncredited, Paramount
|-
|1936
|''[[Bengal Tiger (1936 film)|Bengal Tiger]]''
|Saloon Girl
|Uncredited
|-
|1936
|''[[My Man Godfrey]]''
|Socialite
|Uncredited, Universal
|-
|1936
|''[[Stage Struck (1936 film)|Stage Struck]]''
|Bessie Funfnick
|Uncredited, Warner Bros.
|-
|1936
|''[[Cain and Mabel]]''
|Chorus Girl
|Uncredited, Warner Bros.
|-
|1936
|''[[Here Comes Carter]]''
|Nurse
|Uncredited
|-
|1936
|''[[The Sunday Round-Up]]''
|Butte Soule
|Short film
|-
|1936
|''[[Polo Joe]]''
|Girl at Polo Field
|Uncredited, Warner Bros. B picture
|-
|1936
|''[[Gold Diggers of 1937]]''
|Chorus Girl
|Uncredited
|-
|1937
|''[[Smart Blonde]]''
|Dixie the Hat Check Girl
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Ready, Willing, and Able (film)|Ready, Willing, and Able]]''
|Dot
|
|-
|1937
|''{{sortname|The|King and the Chorus Girl|The King and the Chorus Girl}}''
|Babette Latour
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Slim (film)|Slim]]''
|Stumpy's Girl
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Little Pioneer]]''
|Katie Snee
|Short film
|-
|1937
|''{{sortname|The|Singing Marine|The Singing Marine}}''
|Joan
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Public Wedding]]''
|Florence Lane Burke
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Mr. Dodd Takes the Air]]''
|Marjorie Day
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Over the Goal]]''
|Co-Ed
|Uncredited
|-
|1938
|''[[The Spy Ring]]''
|Elaine Burdette
|
|-
|1938
|''[[He Couldn't Say No]]''
|Violet Coney
|
|-
|1938
|''[[Fools for Scandal]]''
|Party Guest
|Uncredited
|-
|1938
|''[[Wide Open Faces]]''
|Betty Martin
|
|-
|1938
|''{{sortname|The|Crowd Roars|The Crowd Roars (1938 film)}}''
|Vivian
|
|-
|1938
|''[[Brother Rat]]''
|Claire Adams
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Tail Spin]]''
|Alabama
|
|-
|1939
|''[[The Kid from Kokomo]]''
|Marian Bronson
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite]]''
|Torchy Blane
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Kid Nightingale]]''
|Judy Craig
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Private Detective (film)|Private Detective]]''
|Myrna "Jinx" Winslow
|Warner Bros., B picture
|-
|1940
|''[[Brother Rat and a Baby]]''
|Claire Terry
|
|-
|1940
|''[[An Angel from Texas]]''
|Marge Allen
|
|-
|1940
|''[[Flight Angels]]''
|Nan Hudson
|
|-
|1940
|''[[Gambling on the High Seas]]''
|Laurie Ogden
|
|-
|1940
|''[[My Love Came Back]]''
|Joy O'Keefe
|
|-
|1940
|''[[Tugboat Annie Sails Again]]''
|Peggy Armstrong
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Honeymoon for Three (1941 film)|Honeymoon for Three]]''
|Elizabeth Clochessy
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Bad Men of Missouri]]''
|Mary Hathaway
|
|-
|1941
|''{{sortname|The|Body Disappears}}''
|Joan Shotesbury
|
|-
|1941
|''[[You're in the Army Now]]''
|Bliss Dobson
|
|-
|1942
|''[[Larceny, Inc.]]''
|Denny Costello
|
|-
|1942
|''[[My Favorite Spy (1942 film)|My Favorite Spy]]''
|Connie
|
|-
|1942
|''[[Footlight Serenade]]''
|Flo La Verne
|
|-
|1943
|''[[Princess O'Rourke]]''
|Jean Campbell
|
|-
|1944
|''[[Make Your Own Bed]]''
|Susan Courtney
|
|-
|1944
|''[[The Doughgirls]]''
|Vivian Marsden Halstead
|
|-
|1944
|''[[Crime by Night]]''
|Robbie Vance
|
|-
|1944
|''[[Hollywood Canteen (film)|Hollywood Canteen]]''
|Jane Wyman
|
|-
|1945
|''{{sortname|The|Lost Weekend|The Lost Weekend (film)}}''
|Helen St. James
|
|-
|1946
|''[[One More Tomorrow (film)|One More Tomorrow]]''
|Frankie Connors
|
|-
|1946
|''[[Night and Day (1946 film)|Night and Day]]''
|Gracie Harris
|
|-
|1946
|''[[The Yearling (1946 film)|The Yearling]]''
|Orry Baxter
|Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]
|-
|1947
|''[[Cheyenne (1947 film)|Cheyenne]]''
|Ann Kincaid
|
|-
|1947
|''[[Magic Town]]''
|Mary Peterman
|
|-
|1948
|''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]''
|Belinda MacDonald
|[[Academy Award for Best Actress]] <br> [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]] <br> [[Photoplay]] Gold Medal Actress <br> [[Picturegoer]] Award - Best Actress
|-
|1949
|''{{sortname|A|Kiss in the Dark|A Kiss in the Dark (1949 film)}}''
|Polly Haines
|
|-
|1949
|''[[It's a Great Feeling]]''
|Jane Wyman
|
|-
|1949
|''{{sortname|The|Lady Takes a Sailor}}''
|Jennifer Smith
|
|-
|1950
|''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]''
|Eve Gill
|
|-
|1950
|''{{sortname|The|Glass Menagerie|The Glass Menagerie (1950 film)}}''
|Laura Wingfield
|
|-
|1951
|''[[Three Guys Named Mike]]''
|Marcy Lewis
|
|-
|1951
|''[[Here Comes the Groom (1951 film)|Here Comes the Groom]]''
|Emmadel Jones
|
|-
|1951
|''{{sortname|The|Blue Veil|The Blue Veil (1951 film)}}''
|Louise Mason
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]] <br> [[Laurel Awards]] - Best Dramatic Performance <br> [[Picturegoer]] Award - Best Actress <br> Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]
|-
|1952
|''{{sortname|The|Story of Will Rogers}}''
|Betty Blake Rogers
|
|-
|1952
|''[[Just for You (1952 film)|Just for You]]''
|Carolina Hill
|
|-
|1953
|''Three Lives''
|Commentator
|Short film
|-
|1953
|''[[Let's Do It Again (1953 film)|Let's Do It Again]]''
|Constance "Connie" Stuart
|
|-
|1953
|''[[So Big (1953 film)|So Big]]''
|Selina DeJong
|
|-
|1954
|''[[Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)|Magnificent Obsession]]''
|Helen Phillips
|[[Picturegoer]] Award - Best Actress <br> Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]  
|-
|1955
|''[[All That Heaven Allows]]''
|Cary Scott
|
|-
|1955
|''[[Lucy Gallant]]''
|Lucy Gallant
|
|-
|1956
|''[[Miracle in the Rain (film)|Miracle in the Rain]]''
|Ruth Wood
|
|-
|1959
|''[[Holiday for Lovers]]''
|Mrs. Mary Dean
|
|-
|1960
|''[[Pollyanna (1960 film)|Pollyanna]]''
|Polly Harrington
|
|-
|1962
|''[[Bon Voyage! (1962 film)|Bon Voyage!]]''
|Katie Willard
|
|-
|1969
|''[[How to Commit Marriage]]''
|Elaine Benson
|
|}

=== Box office ranking ===
For several years, film exhibitors voted Wyman as among the most popular stars in the country. Annual ''[[Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll]]'' rankings:
* 1949 – 25th (US),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18154454 |title=Filmdom Ranks Its Money-Spinning Stars Best At Box-Office. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=March 30, 1950 |access-date=October 4, 2014 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 6th (UK)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49700937 |title=Tops at Home |newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]] |location=Brisbane |date=December 31, 1949 |access-date=October 4, 2014 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* 1952 – 15th (US)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61229397 |title=Box Office Draw |newspaper=[[The Barrier Miner]] |location=Broken Hill, NSW |date=December 29, 1952 |access-date=October 4, 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* 1953 – 19th (US)
* 1954 – 9th (US)
* 1955 – 18th (US)
* 1956 – 23rd (US)

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Air Date
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1955
|''[[General Electric Theater]]''
|Dr. Amelia Morrow
|Episode: "Amelia"
|-
|1955–1958
|''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show]]''
|Various
|Host, star and producer<br>{{blist|Nominated – [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance by an Actress]] {{small|(1957)}}|Nominated – [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series]] {{small|(1959)}}}}
|-
|1957
|[[Summer Playhouse (1954 TV series)|''Summer Playhouse'']]
|Host
|Episodes 01-07
|-
|1957
|''[[The Ford Show|Tennessee Ernie Ford Show]]''
|Guest
|Episode: Jane Wyman
|-
|1957
|''[[Rosemary Clooney|The Lux Show with Rosemary Clooney]]''
|Guest
|Episode: 01-01
|-
|1958
|''[[Perry Como|The Perry Como Show]]''
|Guest
|Episode: #10.36 
|-
|1958
|''[[Wagon Train]]''
|Dr. Carol Ames Willoughby
|Episode: "The Doctor Willoughby Story"
|-
|1958
|''[[The Ford Show|Tennessee Ernie Ford Show]]''
|Guest
|Episode: Jane Wyman(2)
|-
|1959
|''[[Perry Como|The Perry Como Show]]''
|Guest
|Episode: #11.18
|-
|1959
|''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
|Selena Shelby
|Episode: "A Deadly Guest"
|-
|1960
|''Dr. Kate''
|Dr. Kate
|Episode: "Spitfire”
|-
|1960
|''[[Startime (American TV series)|Startime]]''
|Host
|Episode: "Academy Award Songs"
|-
|1960
|''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]''
|Joan Talmadge
|Episode: "Lady on the Brink"
|-
|1961
|''[[The Investigators (1961 TV series)|The Investigators]]''
|Elaine
|Episode: "Death Leaves a Tip"
|-
|1962
|''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight]]''
|Edith Stein
|Episode: "The Cross in Crisis"
|-
|1962
|''[[Wagon Train]]''
|Hannah
|Episode: "The Wagon Train Mutiny"
|-
|1963
|''[[The Andy Williams Show]]''
|Guest
|Episode: #1.16
|-
|1963
|''[[The Andy Williams Show]]''
|Guest
|Episode: #2.3
|-
|1964
|''[[The Bell Telephone Hour]]''
|Host
|Episode: “The Younger Generation”
|-
|1964
|''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight]]''
|Marie
|Episode: "The Hermit"
|-
|1966
|''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
|Addie Joslin
|Episode: "When Hell Froze"
|-
|1967
|''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight]]''
|Auschwitz Victim
|Episode: "Why Does God Allow Men to Suffer?"
|-
|1968
|''[[The Red Skelton Show]]''
|Clara Crowley Appleby
|Episode: "Clara and Me and Mama Makes Three"
|-
|1969
|''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight]]''
|Catherine
|Episode: "Prince in the Apple Town"
|-
|1969
|''[[The Jim Nabors Hour]]''
|Guest
|Episode: #1.11
|-
|1970
|''[[My Three Sons]]''
|Sylvia Cannon
|Episode: "Who Is Sylvia?"
|-
|1970
|''[[The Jim Nabors Hour]]''
|Guest
|Episode: #2.15
|-
|1971
|''[[The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour]]''
|Guest
|Episode: The 42nd Annual Photoplay Awards
|-
|1971
|''[[The Failing of Raymond]]''
|Mary Bloomquist
|Television film
|-
|1972
|''[[The Sixth Sense (American TV series)|The Sixth Sense]]''
|Ruth Ames
|Episode: "If I Should Die Before I Wake"
|-
|1972
|''{{sortname|The|Bold Ones: The New Doctors}}''
|Dr. Amanda Fallon
|Episode: "Discovery at Fourteen"
|-
|1973
|''{{sortname|The|Bold Ones: The New Doctors}}''
|Dr. Amanda Fallon
|Episode: [[Amanda Fallon|"And Other Things I May Not See"]]
|-
|1974
|''[[Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law]]''
|Sophia Ryder
|Episode: "The Desertion of Keith Ryder"
|-
|1979
|''[[The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel]]''
|Granny Arrowroot
|Television film
|-
|1980
|''{{sortname|The|Love Boat}}''
|Sister Patricia
|Episode: "Another Day, Another Time"
|-
|1980
|''[[Charlie's Angels]]''
|Eleanor Willard
|Episode: "To See an Angel Die"
|-
|1981–1990
|''[[Falcon Crest]]''
|[[Angela Channing]]
|Main cast<br>{{blist|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama]] {{small|(1983)}}|Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama]] {{small|(1982)}}}}
|-
|1993
|''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]''
|Elizabeth Quinn
|Episode: "The Visitor"
|}

==Radio appearances==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Program !! Episode !! Date !! Notes
|-
|''[[Burns and Allen]]''
|''Gracie's Christmas Party''
|December. 25, 1947
|Wyman played Gracie Allen, due to the star's illness
|-
| ''[[The Screen Guild Theater|Screen Guild Players]]'' || ''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]'' || January 7, 1946|| <ref>{{cite magazine|title=Those Were the Days|magazine=Nostalgia Digest|date=Winter 2013|volume=39|issue=1|pages=32–41}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Screen Guild Theater|Screen Guild Players]]'' || ''Saturday's Children''|| June 2, 1947||<ref name="Those Were the Days">{{cite magazine|title=Those Were the Days|magazine=Nostalgia Digest|date=Spring 2009|volume=35|issue=2|pages=32–39}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Jack Benny Show]]'' || ''From San Francisco''|| March 30, 1947||<ref name="Those Were the Days"/>
|-
| ''[[The Martin and Lewis Show]]'' || ''Jane Wyman'' || November 30, 1951 || {{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
|-
| ''[[Hollywood Star Playhouse]]'' || ''A Letter from Laura'' || February 24, 1952||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2520492/the_decatur_daily_review/|work=The Decatur Daily Review|date=February 24, 1952|page=38|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = May 28, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Hallmark Playhouse]]'' || ''Whistler's Mother''||May 8, 1952|| <ref>{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2376557/the_decatur_daily_review/|work=The Decatur Daily Review|date=May 4, 1952|page=50|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = May 8, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''[[The Blue Veil (1951 film)|The Blue Veil]]''|| November 24, 1952 || <ref>{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2630463/the_decatur_daily_review/|work=The Decatur Daily Review|date=November 23, 1952|page=48|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = June 16, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|}

==Awards and nominations==
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|-
! Year
! Award 
! Category
! Nominated work
! Results
! {{Reference column heading}}
|-
| [[19th Academy Awards|1946]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Academy Awards]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''[[The Yearling (1946 film)|The Yearling]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1947 |title=The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 19, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[21st Academy Awards|1948]]
| ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1949 |title=The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 18, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[24th Academy Awards|1951]]
| ''[[The Blue Veil (1951 film)|The Blue Veil]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1952 |title=The 24th Academy Awards (1952) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 19, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[27th Academy Awards|1954]]
| ''[[Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)|Magnificent Obsession]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1955 |title=The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 20, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[6th Golden Globe Awards|1948]]
| rowspan="5"| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| ''Johnny Belinda''
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/jane-wyman |title=Jane Wyman |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=September 10, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[8th Golden Globe Awards|1950]]
| World Film Favorite – Female
| {{n/a}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[9th Golden Globe Awards|1951]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| ''The Blue Veil''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[40th Golden Globe Awards|1982]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Falcon Crest]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[41st Golden Globe Awards|1983]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[9th Primetime Emmy Awards|1957]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Best Continuing Performance by an Actress]]
| ''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/jane-wyman |title=Jane Wyman |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=September 10, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Primetime Emmy Awards|1959]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Best Actress in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series]]
| ''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show]]''
| {{nom}}
|}

* Jane Wyman's imprints were set in concrete in front of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] on September 17, 1952.
* Jane Wyman has two stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]: one for motion pictures, at 6607 Hollywood Boulevard; and one for television, at 1620 Vine Street. Both from the inaugural placement of stars in 1960.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Bubbeo, Daniel. ''The Women of Warner Brothers: The lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with filmographies for each'' (McFarland, 2010).
* Lafferty, William. "'No Attempt at Artiness, Profundity, or Significance': 'Fireside Theater' and the Rise of Filmed Television Programming." ''Cinema Journal'' (1987): 23–46 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1225322 online].
* Leff, Leonard J. "What in the World Interests Women? Hollywood, Postwar America, and 'Johnny Belinda.'" ''Journal of American Studies'' 31#32 (1997), pp.&nbsp;385–405. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/27556286 online]
* Morella, Joe, and Edward Z. Epstein. ''Jane Wyman'' (Dell, 1986).

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* [http://www.legacy.com/bostonglobe/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonID=94206135 Obituary] in the ''[[Boston Globe]]''
* [http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/person/2883/jane-wyman Jane Wyman] at Virtual History

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