Jane Wyatt
Jane Waddington Wyatt (born August 12, 1910 in Campgaw , New Jersey , † October 20, 2006 in Bel Air , California ) was an American actress .
Life
Jane Wyatt was born to a theater critic and an investment banker. She grew up in New York City , where she only attended the best schools. After college she went to the acting school of the Berkshire Theater in Stockbridge , Massachusetts , and here she quickly played a variety of roles, so that she came back to New York as an experienced actress and played on Broadway . She signed to Universal Studios in 1934, and made her film debut in One More River that same year, directed by James Whale . Despite her contract, she continued to play theater on Broadway. Her best-known film was 1937, alongside Ronald Colman , Frank Capra's legendary adventure film In the Fetters of Shangri-La ( Lost Horizon ).
She was best known in Germany for roles in various television series. For her role as the ideal American mother in the television series Father is the Best , she was awarded the Emmy in 1958 , 1959 and 1960 . In Starship Enterprise , she was seen as Mr. Spock's human mother.
Wyatt was married to Edgar Bethune Ward from 1935 until his death in 2000. The couple had two sons.
Mount Wyatt , a mountain in Antarctica, is named after her because she was a friend of the expedition leader. She also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1934: Great Expectations; Director: Stuart Walker
- 1934: One More River; Director: James Whale
- 1935: We're Only Human
- 1936: The Luckiest Girl in the World
- 1937: In the Shackles of Shangri-La (Lost Horizon) ; Director: Frank Capra
- 1940: Girl from God's Country
- 1941: Army Surgeon
- 1941: Hurricane Smith
- 1941: Weekend for Three
- 1942: The fleet breaks through (The Navy Comes Through) Director: A. Edward Sutherland
- 1943: The Sheriff of Kansas (The Kansan)
- 1943: Fuzzy for Missouri (Buckskin Frontier)
- 1944: None But the Lonely Heart ; Director: Clifford Odets
- 1946: Strange Conquest
- 1946: The Bachelor's Daughters
- 1947: Taboo of the Righteous (Gentleman's Agreement) ; Director: Elia Kazan
- 1947: Boomerang (Boomerang) ; Director: Elia Kazan
- 1948: Pitfall ; Director: André De Toth
- 1948: One man too many (No minor Vices)
- 1949: Storm over the Pacific (Task Force) ; Director: Delmer Daves
- 1949: Canadian Pacific; Directed by Edward L. Marin
- 1949: prison without bars (Bad Boy)
- 1950: House by the River (House by the River) ; Director: Fritz Lang
- 1950: The Man Who Cheated Himself; Director: Felix E. Feist
- 1950: Our own self (Our Very Own) ; Directed by David Miller
- 1950: My Blue Heaven
- 1954-1960: Father Knows Best ( Father Knows Best , television series, 196 episodes)
- 1957: The last chord (interlude) ; Director: Douglas Sirk
- 1961: The Two Little Bears
- 1965: The Baby and the Domestic Tyrant (Never too late)
- 1967: Spaceship Enterprise (TV series, episode Journey to Babel )
- 1971: Alias Smith and Jones (Season 2, Episode 9: The Conversion of Harry Briscoll )
- 1971: Neighbors
- 1976: The Treasure of Matecumbe
- 1978: One Day in Galilee (The Nativity)
- 1979–1987: Love Boat (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1983–1988: Chief Physician Dr. Westphall ( St. Elsewhere ; TV series, 7 episodes)
- 1980: Quincy (TV series, episode: New Blood / Die Feindin )
- 1986: The Man from Another Star ( Starman ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1986: Star Trek IV: Back to the Present (Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home) ; Director: Leonard Nimoy
- 1988: Baby Boom
- 1989: Amityville Horror 4 (Amityville: The Evil Escapes)
- 1992: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones ( The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1996: Simisola; Directed by Jim Goddard
Web links
- Jane Wyatt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jane Wyatt in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Jane Wyatt in the German synchronous file
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wyatt, Jane |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wyatt, Jane Waddington |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1910 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Campgaw , New Jersey , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 2006 |
Place of death | Bel Air , California , United States |