Biography
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 Trek. 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 …
Movies & TV Shows
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) — Amanda
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Star Trek (1966) — Amanda
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Gentleman's Agreement (1947) — Jane
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Lost Horizon (1937) — Sondra Bizet
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The Love Boat (1977) — Laurette Ferot
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Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989) — Alice Leacock
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Fantasy Island (1978) — Mildred Grayson
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House by the River (1950) — Marjorie Byrne
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St. Elsewhere (1982) — Katherine Auschlander
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Pitfall (1948) — Sue Forbes
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Boomerang! (1947) — Madge Harvey
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Anne White
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The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) — Lois Frazer
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None But the Lonely Heart (1944) — Aggie Hunter
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Treasure of Matecumbe (1976) — Aunt Effie
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Canadian Pacific (1949) — Dr. Edith Cabot
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Wagon Train (1957) — Heather Mahoney
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What's My Line? (1950) — Self
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Father Knows Best (1954) — Margaret Anderson
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Hotel (1982) — Agnes Simpson
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
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Love, American Style (1969) — Mother
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Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) — Edwina
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Task Force (1949) — Mary Morgan
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Our Very Own (1950) — Lois Macaulay
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Studio One (1948)
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Superdome (1978) — Fay Bonelli
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The Navy Comes Through (1942) — Myra Mallory
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Katherine (1975) — Emily Alman
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One More River (1934) — Dinny Cherrell
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Frank Capra's American Dream (1997) — Self
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The Kansan (1943) — Eleanor Sager
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Weekend of Terror (1970) — Sister Frances
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No Minor Vices (1948) — Miss Darlington
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Army Surgeon (1942) — Elizabeth Ainsley
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Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
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Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971) — Margaret Wilson
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Bad Boy (1949) — Mrs. Maud Brown
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Never Too Late (1965) — Grace Kimbrough
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Interlude (1957) — Pure Stubbins