
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/5/1917
Place of Birth
Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
Sarah Jane MayfieldMiss Jane Wyman
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 O...
Known For

Hollywood Canteen
as Self

Stage Fright
as Eve Gill

Pollyanna
as Aunt Polly

Magnificent Obsession
as Helen Phillips

Stage Struck
as Bessie Funfnick (uncredited)

Private Detective
as Myrna Winslow

Freshman Love
as Co-Ed (uncredited)

Lucy Gallant
as Lucy Gallant

Cheyenne
as Ann Kincaid

Just for You
as Carolina Hill

The Yearling
as Orry Baxter

Johnny Belinda
as Belinda McDonald

Bad Men of Missouri
as Mary Hathaway

Broadway Hostess
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Make Your Own Bed
as Susan Courtney

The Doughgirls
as Vivian Marsden Halstead

Night and Day
as Gracie Harris

The Lost Weekend
as Helen St. James

The Crowd Roars
as Vivian

Kid Nightingale
as Judy Craig
Career Timeline
1969
1960
1959
1955
1953
1951
1950
1949
1946
1944
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
Over the Goal
as Co-ed
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Marjorie Day
Public Wedding
as Florence "Flip" Lane
The Singing Marine
as Joan
Little Pioneer
as Katie Snee
Slim
as Stumpy's Girl
The King and the Chorus Girl
as Babette Latour
Ready, Willing and Able
as Dot
Smart Blonde
as Dixie
1936
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Polo Joe
as Girl at Polo Field (uncredited)
The Sunday Round-Up
as Butte Soule
Here Comes Carter
as Nurse
Cain and Mabel
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Stage Struck
as Bessie Funfnick (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
as Socialite (uncredited)
Anything Goes
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Freshman Love
as Co-Ed (uncredited)
King of Burlesque
as Dancer (uncredited)