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Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman, TOSD was an American actress. A star of both movies and television, she received an Academy Award for Best Actress, four Golden Globe Awards and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 1960 she received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for both motion pictures and television. She was the first wife of actor and future U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

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entertainment · American actress (1917–2007) · television actor · film actor · actor · singer · recording artist · also Jane Wyman, Sarah Jane Mayfield, Sarah Jane Fulks, Wyman

Born 5 January 1917 · Died 10 September 2007 · Q95055

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I accept this, very gratefully, for keeping my mouth shut once. I think I
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I was raised with such strict discipline that it was years before I could reason myself out of the bitterness I brought from my childhood.
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2026· 2 entries

Aug 17, 2026Documented record76% confidence

“I accept this, very gratefully, for keeping my mouth shut once. I think I”

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Aug 17, 2026Documented record76% confidence

“I was raised with such strict discipline that it was years before I could reason myself out of the bitterness I brought from my childhood.”

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2007· 7 entries

Sep 12, 2007Documented record78% confidence

Reuters: Actress Jane Wyman dead

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Sep 10, 2007Documented record69% confidence

The Hollywood Reporter: Oscar winner Jane Wyman dies at 90

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Sep 10, 2007Documented record69% confidence

TV Guide: Oscar Winner/Falcon Crest Vet Jane Wyman Dead at 93

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Sep 10, 2007Documented record69% confidence

WAVE3: Jane Wyman, Oscar winner for 'Johnny Belinda' and star of 'Falcon Crest,' dies at 93

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Sep 10, 2007Documented record70% confidence

Wyman died in her sleep of natural causes at her home in Rancho Mirage, California, at age 90

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Sep 10, 2007Documented record69% confidence

Napa Valley Register: Falcon Crest star Jane Wyman dies

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Sep 10, 2007Documented record86% confidence

Died 2007-09-10.

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2004· 1 entry

2004Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Wyman issued a statement, saying, "America has lost a great president

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2001· 1 entry

2001Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

After Maureen died of melanoma, and Ronald Reagan's funeral in 2004

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1990· 1 entry

1990Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Even writing a soliloquy for the series finale

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1989· 1 entry

1989Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Collapsed on the set and was hospitalized due to problems with diabetes and a liver ailment

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1986· 1 entry

1986Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Abdominal surgery caused her to miss two episodes

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1984· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1984Documented record84% confidence

Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for Falcon Crest (1984).

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1984Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

For Best Performance By an Actress in a TV Series

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1981· 1 entry

Jan 20, 1981Documented record70% confidence

Wyman became the first ex-wife of a U

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1968· 1 entry

1968Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

After Reagan was elected governor of California in 1966, that her silence was not because she was bitter or because she did not agree with him politically:

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1966· 1 entry

1966Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Reginald Denham announced Wyman would appear in a play Wonderful Us based on the Parker–Hulme murder case but it was not produced

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1961· 1 entry

Mar 11, 1961Documented record66% confidence

And Karger divorced her again on March 9, 1965

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1960· 1 entry

1960Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for both motion pictures and television

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1956· 1 entry

Apr 7, 1956Documented record66% confidence

Almost exactly twenty years after she signed her inaugural contract

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1955· 2 entries

Aug 30, 1955Documented record70% confidence

Just a year after Magnificent Obsession became Wyman's biggest hit and her first #1 film at the weekly box office her eponymous weekly television anthology series made its debut on NBC

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1955Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Wyman transitioned into television, forming her own production company Lewman Productions Ltd

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1954· 1 entry

Nov 7, 1954Documented record66% confidence

And were granted an interlocutory divorce decree on December 7, 1954; the divorce was finalized on December 30, 1955

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1953· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1953Documented record75% confidence

“It Was Great While It Lasted”

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1952· 2 entries

Nov 1, 1952Documented record70% confidence

Wyman married German-American Hollywood music director and composer Frederick M

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Jun 15, 1952Documented record84% confidence

Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for The Blue Veil (1952).

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1951· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1951Documented record75% confidence

“It Was Nice While the Money Rolled In”

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1949· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1949Documented record84% confidence

Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for Johnny Belinda (1949).

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Jun 15, 1949Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for Johnny Belinda (1949).

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1947· 1 entry

Jun 26, 1947Documented record70% confidence

Wyman separated from Reagan

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1941· 1 entry

1941Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And Christine in 1947 (who died the following day)

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1940· 1 entry

Jan 26, 1940Documented record66% confidence

At the Wee Kirk o' the Heather in Glendale, California

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1938· 1 entry

1938Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Wyman co-starred with Ronald Reagan in Brother Rat (1938)

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1936· 1 entry

1936Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Bryan Foy signed Wyman, at 19 years old, to her first studio contract with Warner Bros

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1934· 1 entry

1934Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

At 17 dancing in the chorus for LeRoy Prinz at Paramount Pictures

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1933· 1 entry

1933Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Wyman returned briefly to St

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1932· 2 entries

1932Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Landed her first role on the chorus of a film produced by Samuel Goldwyn, whose son later married her cousin, Jennifer Howard

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1932Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

To begin working at a Manning's coffee shop to pay for her dance classes

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1917· 1 entry

Jan 5, 1917Documented record86% confidence

Born 1917-01-05.

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