Born in Missouri, American leading lady of the forties who's real name was Sarah Jane Faulks. Wyman got her start as a singer on the radio. Jane Wyman made her first movie when she was 22.  Jane was married to Ronald Reagan.

Jane Wyman played to acclaim as the girlfriend of alcoholic Ray Milland in the 1945 Billy Wilder drama, LOST WEEKEND, in which his fall into alcoholism is recounted.  The movie was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture.

Jane Wyman won the Best Actress Oscar for the 1948 movie, JOHNNY BELINDA, in which she plays a deaf mute, neglected by her family who lives on a small island.  She is helped by a young physician, who teaches her lip reading and sign language, and comes to her aid, when tragedy strikes. 

In 1951, Jane Wyman was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of a young widowed children's nurse, whose charges grow to adulthood and have differing ideas on how she should conduct her life, in the movie, THE BLUE VEIL. 

Jane Wyman was nominated one more time for Best Actress, for the movie MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, in which a spoiled rich man falls in love with the widow of a deceased local hero and must reinvent himself in order to earn her love and respect.

Jane Wyman continued working in films and on television, playing vineyard matriarch Angela Channing from 1981-1990 on FALCON CREST, a prime time series.

Jane Wyman's other Best Actress Nominations were for:

THE YEARLING (46)
BLUE VEIL (51)
MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (54)

Jane Wyman's other credits include:

MY MAN GODFREY (1936)
BROTHER RAT AND A BABY (1940)
THE BODY DISAPPEARS (1941)
YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW (1941)
MY FAVOURITE SPY (1942)
PRINCESS O'ROURKE (1943)
THE LOST WEEKEND (1945)
THE GLASS MENAGERIE (1950)
HERE COMES THE GROOM (1951)
SO BIG (1953)
ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955)
POLLYANNA (1960)
BON VOYAGE (1962)
HOW TO COMMIT MARRIAGE (1969)

Jane Wyman's television credits include:

THE FAILING OF RAYMOND (1971)
THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF DR. MEG LAUREL (TV MOVIE) (1979)
THE JANE WYMAN PRESENTS THE FIRESIDE THEATER (TV SERIES) (1955-1958)
FALCON CREST (1981)