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Also known as Jane Waddington Wyatt

American actress (1910–2006)

Film & TV

Campgaw, New Jersey, USA

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…

Known for

  • Frank Capra's American Dream — Self1997
  • The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors — Narrator (voice)1993
  • Amityville: The Evil Escapes — Alice Leacock1989
  • Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist — Self1987
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home — Amanda1986
  • Missing Children: A Mother's Story — Judge Eloise Walker1982
  • St. Elsewhere — Katherine Auschlander1982
  • Hotel — Agnes Simpson1982
  • A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story — Eleanor's Mother1978
  • Superdome — Fay Bonelli1978

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Key facts

Born
Jane Waddington Wyatt , ( 1910-08-12 ) August 12, 1910, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey , U.S.
Died
October 20, 2006 (2006-10-20) (aged 96), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Alma mater
Barnard College
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1931–1996
Spouse
Edgar Bethune Ward ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1935 ; died 2000 ) ​
Awards
Emmy Award (1958, 1959, 1960)

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Wikidata facts

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Given name
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Family name
Wyatt
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Mahwah
Place of death
Bel Air
Occupation
film actor
Educated at
Barnard College
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Field of work
acting
Image
Jane Wyatt in Gentleman's Agreement trailer cropped.jpg
Number of children
3
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Commons category
Jane Wyatt
date of birth
1910-08-12
date of death
2006-10-20
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cause of death
disease
start of work period
1931-00-00
writing language
English language
manner of death
natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview

Jane Waddington Wyatt (/ˈwaɪət/ WY-ət; August 12, 1910 – October 20, 2006) was an American actress. She starred in a number of Hollywood films, such as Frank Capra's Lost Horizon, but is likely best known for her role as homemaker and mother Margaret Anderson on the CBS and NBC 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.

Early life

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