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  Wyman, Jane
Jane Wyman is one of the few Hollywood movie stars to have had an equally successful television career.
Jane Wyman broke into movies in the early 1930s as a Goldwyn Girl and continued to play chorus girls until the mid-1940s.
Jane Wyman's television career began in the mid-1950s, after she had already achieved stardom in the movies.
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 Jane Wyman dead at 93 - CNN.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Wyman escaped B-pictures by persuading Jack Warner to loan her to Paramount for "The Lost Weekend." The film won the Academy Award for 1945 and led to another loanout -- to MGM for "The Yearling." De-glamourized as a backwoods wife and mother, the actress received her first Oscar nomination.
When Wyman received the script for "Falcon Crest," she was undecided about undertaking the nasty, power-mad Angela Channing, so different from the self-sacrificing characters of her movie days.
Sarah Jane Fulks was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1914.
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 Jane Wyman - Official Family Website
Jane Wyman — known as "one take Wyman" because of her work ethic — played the role of Angela Channing over nine years and 212 episodes and won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe for her performance as deaf-mute rape victim Belinda MacDonald in Johnny Belinda (1948).
Jane Wyman (her professional name) always allowed an aura of mystery to surround her birth date in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Wyman will be memorialized at a funeral Mass open to the public on Wednesday, September 12.
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 Presenting Jane Wyman ...
Jane Wyman was born Sarah Jane Mayfield on January 5, 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
She signed a long-term contract with Warner Brothers in 1936 under the name Jane Wyman and acted in both A and B pictures.
Cain and Mabel (1936) (as Sarah Jane Fulks)....
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  Jane Wyman Photos - Jane Wyman News - Jane Wyman Information
After the second episode of the 9th season on Falcon Crest, Jane was on medical leave, despite of her being hospitalized with complications of diabetes and liver ailment, early in 1989, hence, the producers wrote her out for the remainder of the season, taking the show in a much darker tone.
After Wyman thought she had recovered from her health issues (against the doctor's wishes), she came back for the final 3 episodes, and even wrote a great soliloquy for the series finale.
Jane is famous for portraying two disabled characters: Wyman portrayed a deaf-mute rapist in Johnny Belinda, when she won a 1949 Oscar for her pivotal role, and as a blind wife in Magnificient Obsession, which she was nominated for a 1954 Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
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  Falcon Crest: A Tribute | Cast Biographies | Jane Wyman (Angela Gioberti Channing Erickson Stavros Agretti)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Wyman's character, Angela, was the centre piece of the show, and her matriarchial character was the catalyst for much drama and humour.
Wyman was often cast as the wisecracking comedienne or singer, and stayed away from dramatic roles until her role in the acclaimed Billy Wilder classic 'The Lost Weekend' got her noticed as more than a pert comedienne.
Wyman's dramatic prowess was recognised in 1948 with the Oscar for her role as a deaf mute in 'Johnny Belinda', for which she also won a Golden Globe Award.
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 Jane Wyman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jane Wyman (born January 4, 1914, though some sources have indicated that she may have been born January 5, 1917) is an Academy Award-winning, Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American actress best known for playing disabled characters such as Belinda MacDonald in Johnny Belinda and Helen Phillips in Magnificent Obsession (opposite Rock Hudson).
Wyman was born as Sarah Jane Mayfield in Saint Joseph, Missouri, to Manning J. Mayfield, the town's mayor, and to Le Jerne Pichelle, a struggling actress.
A devout Catholic convert, Jane Wyman has lived in seclusion for a number of years because of declining health (she suffers from arthritis and diabetes), and apparently tends to be seen in public only at funerals, such as for her daughter, Maureen Reagan, and her best friend, Loretta Young.
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 Falcon Crest: A Tribute | Special Features | Jane Wyman: A Tribute To A Legend   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Wyman found interest in dancing when she was still a child, and despite her family's dislike of the idea, she relished the interest and understanding of her instructor and found happiness and laughter amongst her friends.
Wyman was lauded for her role, with Dorothy Kilgallen, the noted New York columnist, writing: "Jane Wyman, demonstrating an amazing versatility, is the surprise of the picture.
Wyman announced it was over, letting it be known that Reagan was patronizing and indifferent to her career efforts.
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 Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman (born January 4, 1914) is an American actress.
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1946 for The Yearling, and finally won the Oscar in 1948 for her role as the deaf-mute rape victim in Johnny Belinda.
Wyman has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; one for motion pictures at 6607 Hollywood Blvd. and one for television at 1620 Vine Street.
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 Jane Wyman
Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Jane Wyman was brought to Hollywood at an early age by her mother, an aspiring actress.
In 1936, she was signed by Warner Brothers, changed her name to Jane Wyman, and began her film career with bit parts, often playing a chorus girl or a dancer.
The 1960s and 1970s were otherwise fairly quiet for Wyman career wise, but in 1981 she returned to the public eye with a bang in the hit TV series Falcon Crest, playing conniving matriarch Angela Channing for nine seasons.
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 Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman was a movie star in the 1940s and 50s.
By the mid-1950s, Wyman was a much bigger movie star than Reagan ever was, but after her 40th birthday she knew her roles would get fewer, smaller, and less interesting.
Wyman starred in 42 of the 92 episodes made during her tenure and supervising most behind-the-scenes aspects with her business partner, Lew Wasserman.
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 Jane Wyman - Films as Actress:
Decades before she was to become the star of the prime-time television soap opera Falcon Crest, Jane Wyman was just another "cute" Hollywood blond with a turned-up nose who populated dozens of B films, usually playing a wisecracking friend of the star or a gold-digging chorus girl.
In 1945 Wyman's career changed sharply for the better when she began to dye her hair brown and appeared in several well-received straight dramatic roles.
Popping up infrequently since her vintage soap series was canceled, Wyman can regard her kaleidoscopic career as a testament to the resilience, clear-sightedness, and good humor her fans have always responded to, whether Wyman happened to be casting herself as fluffy contract player, song-and-dance gal, drama doyenne, or television matriarch from Hell.
www.filmreference.com /Actors-and-Actresses-Wi-Z/Wyman-Jane.html   (1270 words)

  
 Jane Wyman at Reel Classics
Wyman's career began with a number of small, inconsequential and frequently blonde roles and by 1936 she had landed a contract with Warner Bros. The studio had difficulty casting her however, and she mostly found herself in a variety of lead and second-lead roles in several B-grade comedies and musicals.
Wyman (on loan-out to Paramount) played girlfriend to Ray Milland's tortured author in this startling and powerful story of alcoholism and received very positive reviews for her performance.
Wyman, playing a deaf-dumb girl who is raped and gives birth to a child, does not utter a word or make a sound throughout the duration of the movie, and much to the surprise of her bosses at Warner Bros., both Wyman and the film were critically acclaimed.
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 Jane Wyman News
Former President Ronald Reagan's oldest son says his first visit to his father's central Illinois alma mater fulfilled a vow he made to his sister before she died of cancer five years ago.
Of all the great partnerships of the silver screen, one that doesn't spring readily to mind is the duo of Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman.
Jane Wyman, the first wife of Ronald Reagan, has released a statement through a friend praising the nation's 40th president.
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 Classic TV & Movie Hits - Jane Wyman
Biography: Born Sarah Jane Mayfield in Saint Joseph, Missouri, she later took the name Sarah Jane Fulks in honor of the neighbor family who "unofficially adopted" her after her parents divorced.
When that was unsuccessful, she turned to her daughter as a surrogate, but neither was able to move Hollywood.
A devout Catholic convert, Jane Wyman has lived in reclusion for a number of years due to declining health (she suffers from arthritis and diabetes), and apparently tends to be seen in public only at funerals, such as for her late daughter, Maureen Reagan, and her late best friend Loretta Young.
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 Amazon.ca: Stage Fright: DVD: Alfred Hitchcock,Ballard Berkeley,Cyril Chamberlain,Marlene Dietrich,Helen Goss,Everley ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Stage Fright's real gem is Jane Wyman who portrays a willowy young actress whose crush on Todd leads her to helping hide him while trying to prove his innocence.
Interestingly, Wyman turned out to be a handful for Hitchcock when she continuously tried to make her character more glamorous to keep up with the sexy Dietrich.
Aspiring actress, Jane Wyman, who is in love with Todd tries to protect him from the authorities.
www.amazon.ca /Stage-Fright-Marlene-Dietrich/dp/B0002HOEQW   (1368 words)

  
 Kanal 9: Sveriges nya underhållningskanal
I rollerna: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, Susan Sullivan, William R Moses, Margaret Ladd, David Selby, Ana Alicia mfl.
På jobbet tampas Frasier med producenten Roz och radiokollegan Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe.
I rollerna: Dr Frasier Crane - Kelsey Grammer, Bulldog - Dan Butler, Roz Doyle - Peri Gilpin, Daphne Moon - Jane Leeves, Martin Crane - John Mahoney, Niles Crane - David Hyde Pierce.
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 Ancestry of Jane Wyman
The following material on the immediate ancestry of Jane Wyman should not be considered either exhaustive or definitive, but rather as a first draft.
Recent biographies of Jane Wyman and of her husband Ronald Reagan have done much to unravel her correct parentage and ancestry, but there are still a number of unanswered questions.
After the death of her father in January 1922, when she was five years old, Sarah Jane Mayfield was placed, apparently by her mother, in the home of Richard and Emma Fulks.
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 Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman (born January 4, 1914 - although some reliable sources also give her DOB as January 5, 1917) is an American actress.
Born Sarah Jane Mayfield in Saint Joseph, Missouri, she later took the name Sarah Jane Fulks in honor of the neighbor family who "unofficially adopted" her after her parents divorced.
The two moved back to Missouri, where Sarah Jane attended college, but in 1930 she began a radio singing career, calling herself Jane Durrelll.
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 Amazon.co.uk: All That Heaven Allows (REGION 1) (NTSC): DVD: Jane Wyman,Rock Hudson,Agnes Moorehead,Conrad ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This gorgeously melodramatic potboiler was made in the mid-50's just as Jane Wyman's star power was waning and Rock Hudson was becoming a superstar.
Wyman and Hudson are both standouts as Carey and Ron; Wyman does a great job of playing this damaged, vulnerable women who has been going through life letting other people - mostly her hypocritical and selfish children - make most of the big decisions for her.
And the gorgeous Rock is exemplary as the sophisticated, and extremely good-looking muscle stud who sweeps Carey off her feet with his tender and sensitive side.
www.amazon.co.uk /That-Heaven-Allows-REGION-NTSC/dp/B00005BH23   (1002 words)

  
 A Tribute to Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman was born as Sarah Jane Mayfield to a single mother, but her name was changed to Sarah Jane Fulks when she was adopted by the Fulks family, neighbors of her and her mother.
Her mother was a struggling actress, and encouraged her daughter in that profession.
Jane Wyman, From Reel Classics - Elizabeth's three-page tribute has lots of photos and posters, plus biographical material, links, and more.
www.classicmovies.org /articles/aa010602a.htm   (780 words)

  
 Jane Wyman - Moviefone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Wyman was born as Sarah Jane Mayfield in Saint Joseph, Missouri,...
In 1988, Jane Wyman renegotiated her contract from the production company,...
Jane Wyman - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Jane Wyman Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
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 21. Jane Wyman - DeathList Forum
While Jane is one of my favorite actresses because of her work on FALCON CREST, I am not counting her out yet.
And I think she is awesome! Jane Wyman is cool.
Although 91 I dont reckon Jane will be a hit for this years list! Still in decent health, she probs has a good chance of making it too the elusive 100! A better choice would have been Jane Wyatt 94, famous movie star of the 1940s then won emmys for Father Knows Best in 50s.
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 Jane Wyman
Clifton Webb and Jane Wyman as parents who chase their 2 daughters through South America as the young women find love.
Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, nevertheless agrees to a tete-a-tete with a former college fling, loopy Danish girl Julie who is married to penny-pinching Harvey Wilson.
Trying to explain her absence after her boat sinks becomes very difficult as Bill and his cohorts attempt to discredit her story.
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 Jane Wyman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This button-nosed star actress of the 1940s and 50s began her career as a radio singer and entered films in the mid-30s as a bit player and chorine using the name Jane Durrell.
Rechristened Jane Wyman, she was pigeonholed as a peppy blonde, sometimes wisecracking, sometimes ditzy, with occasional leads in mostly low-budget fare and plenty of supporting roles in more important films.
Wyman acted such roles for a decade before garnering recognition for her sensitive performance in Billy Wilder's harrowing "The Lost Weekend" (1945), opposite Ray Milland....
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 Jane Wyman Current Month TV Schedule
Starring Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey, Gloria Talbott, David Janssen, Gia Scala, Charles Drake, Hayden Rorke.
Starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young, Anita Sharp Bolster, Frank Orth, Byron Foulger.
Starring Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger, Gregg Palmer, Paul Cavanagh, Jack Kelly, Lisa Gaye, George Lynn.
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 Jane Wyman - Best Actress: MovieActors.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Jane Wyman received her Best Actress award for playing the deaf-mute heroine who has to fight to keep her illegitimae child.
American leading lady, born in Missouri, of the forties who's real name was Sarah Jane Faulks.
Jane Wyman made her first movie when she was 22.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Stage Fright (REGION 1) (NTSC): DVD: Ballard Berkeley,Cyril Chamberlain,Marlene Dietrich,Helen ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A murder mystery, wrong man scenario unravels after the untimely death of Dietrich's husband at the start of the film.
The basic premise is that a very young Jane Wyman, who is "2nd fiddle" to Ms.
Dietrich (let's face it, most people would be) a high glamour socialite/entertainer sets out with naivity, gusto and a touch of sour grapes to prove her friend/boyfriend is innocent of the aforementioned ladys husbands bloody demise.
www.amazon.co.uk /Stage-Fright-REGION-1-NTSC/dp/B0002HOEQW   (570 words)

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