Best remembered as Ronald Reagan's ex-wife and as the scheming matriarch on the TV series Falcon Crest.
Jane Wyman
Jane WymanAKA Sarah Jane Mayfield
Born: 5-Jan-1917
Birthplace: Saint Joseph, MO
Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Falcon Crest
Jane Wyman was a movie star in the 1940s and 50s. Her most famous films include The Yearling with Gregory Peck, Magnificent Obsession with Rock Hudson, The Glass Menagerie with Kirk Douglas, and Billy Wilder's alcoholic classic The Lost Weekend with Ray Milland. She won an Oscar for her wordless performance in Johnny Belinda, as a small-town deaf-mute rape victim.
The Reagans, with Maureen Elizabeth born in 1941, and Michael Edward (adopted) in 1945. They divorced in 1949.
“It’s not because I’m bitter or because I don’t agree with him politically. I’ve always been a registered Republican. But it’s bad taste to talk about ex-husbands and ex-wives, that’s all. Also, I don’t know a damn thing about politics.”
- Jane Wyman, talking about Ronald Reagan
MSNBC
Oscar-winner Jane Wyman dies at 93
Actress was star on TV’s ‘Falcon Crest’ and first wife of Ronald Reagan
Updated: 8 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - Jane Wyman, an Academy Award winner for her performance as the deaf rape victim in “Johnny Belinda,” star of the long-running TV series “Falcon Crest” and Ronald Reagan’s first wife, died Monday morning at 93.
Wyman died at her Palm Springs home, said Richard Adney of Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary in Cathedral City. No other details were immediately available.
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