From Wikipedia Jane Wyatt (August 12, 1910 – October 20, 2006) was an American actress best known for her role as the housewife and mother on the NBC and CBS television comedy series, Father Knows Best, and as Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock on the science fiction television series Star T ... rek. Wyatt was a three-time Emmy Award-winner. Jane Waddington Wyatt was born on August 12, 1910 in Mahwah, New Jersey, but raised in Manhattan. Her father, Christopher Billopp Wyatt, Jr., was a Wall Street investment banker, and her mother, the former Euphemia Van Rensselaer Waddington, was a drama critic for the Catholic World. Both of her parents were Roman Catholic converts. She made her film debut in 1934 in One More River. In arguably her most famous role, she co-starred as Ronald Colman's character's love interest in Frank Capra's Columbia Pictures film Lost Horizon (1937). Other film appearances included Gentleman's Agreement with Gregory Peck, None but the Lonely Heart with Cary Grant, Boomerang with Dana Andrews, and Our Very Own. Her film career suffered because of her outspoken opposition to Senator Joseph McCarthy, the chief figure in the anti-Communist investigations of that era, and was temporarily derailed for having assisted in hosting a performance by the Bolshoi Ballet during the Second World War, even though it was at the request of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Wyatt returned to her roots on the New York stage for a time and appeared in such plays as Lillian Hellman's The Autumn Garden, opposite Fredric March. For many people, Wyatt is best remembered as Margaret Anderson on Father Knows Best, which aired from 1954 to 1960. She played opposite Robert Young as the devoted wife and mother of the Anderson family in the Midwestern town of Springfield. This role won Wyatt three Emmy Awards for best actress in a comedy series. After Father Knows Best, Wyatt guest starred in several other series. On June 13, 1962, she was cast in the lead in "The Heather Mahoney Story" on NBC's Wagon Train. In 1963, she portrayed Kitty McMullen in "Don't Forget to Say Goodbye" on the ABC drama, Going My Way, with Gene Kelly and Leo G. Carroll, a series about the Catholic priesthood in New York City. In 1965, Wyatt was cast as Anne White in "The Monkey's Paw – A Retelling" on CBS's The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Wyatt was married to investment broker Edgar Bethune Ward from November 9, 1935, until his death on November 8, 2000, just one day short of the couple's 65th wedding anniversary. The couple reportedly met in the late 1920s when both were weekend houseguests of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park, New York. Ward later converted to the Catholic faith of his wife. Wyatt suffered a mild stroke in the 1990s, but recovered well. She remained in relatively good health for the rest of her life Jane Wyatt died on October 20, 2006 of natural causes at her home in Bel-Air, California, aged 96. She was interred at San Fernando Mission Cemetery, next to her husband.
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Father Knows Best
as Margaret Anderson
Episodes: 203
First Aired: Oct 03, 1954
Star Trek
as Amanda
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1966
Love, American Style
as Mother
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
The Love Boat
as Laurette Ferot
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Edwina
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1969
Wagon Train
as Heather Mahoney
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1957
The Love Boat
as Margaret Anderson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
St. Elsewhere
as Katherine Auschlander
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 26, 1982
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Margaret Wilson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1971
The Love Boat
as Margaret Wallingford
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Anne White
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1962
Fantasy Island
as Mildred Grayson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1978
St. Elsewhere
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 26, 1982
Studio One
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 07, 1948
The Bell Telephone Hour
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 12, 1959
Play of the Week
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 12, 1959
Your Show of Shows
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 25, 1950
The United States Steel Hour
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 1953
Robert Montgomery Presents
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 30, 1950
Alcoa Premiere
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1961
The Motorola Television Hour
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 03, 1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 20, 1948
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 02, 1950
Love, American Style
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
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