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Jane Wyman ( ; born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007). 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.
According to studio biographies Jane Wyman made her theatrical film debut in The Kid from Spain (1932) as an uncredited chorus girl. Wyman always maintained that she got her start in 1934 at 17 dancing in the chorus for LeRoy Prinz at Paramount Pictures. In 1936 Bryan Foy signed Wyman, at 19 years old, to her first studio contract with Warner Bros. During her tenure there, Wyman began appearing in bit roles but progressed into supporting roles, including My Love Came Back (1940), Footlight Serenade (1942), and Princess O'Rourke (1943).
By 1945, Wyman emerged as a prominent A-list actress with successful releases in The Lost Weekend (1945), The Yearling (1946), Johnny Belinda (1948), Stage Fright (1950), The Blue Veil (1951), So Big (1953), Magnificent Obsession (1954), and All That Heaven Allows (1955). She received four nominations for Academy Award for Best Actress between 1946 and 1954, winning one for Johnny Belinda (1948).
In 1955, Wyman transitioned into television, forming her own production company Lewman Productions Ltd. (co-owned with MCA Inc.). She was also made the producer, host, and frequent star of the last three seasons of NBC's Fireside Theatre, which was rebranded with Wyman's name. Her career declined shortly after, and she went into virtual retirement for several intervals of the 1960s and 1970s.
Wyman's career resurged when she appeared on the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest (1981–1990), portraying the villainous matriarch Angela Channing. She retired in 1993, after appearing in an episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Wyman died from natural causes in 2007, at the age of 90.
In October 1921, her parents divorced and her father died unexpectedly three months later. After his death, her mother moved to Cleveland, Ohio, leaving her to be reared by neighbours, Emma (née Reiss)Morris, Edmund. Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan. Random House, Inc., 1999U.S. Census, April 15, 1910, State of Missouri, County of Buchanan, enumeration district 54, p. 5-A, family 99. California death index, 1940–1997. and Richard D. Fulks, the chief of detectives in Saint Joseph. Jane Wyman, 90, Star of Film and TV, Is Dead, The New York Times, September 11, 2007. Fulks' position was upgraded to mayor of Saint Louis by the Warner Bros. publicity department when his foster daughter became a successful actress. Source: Jane Wyman (obituary), The Times (London), September 11, 2007. She took their surname unofficially, including in her school records and on her marriage certificate to first husband Ernest Wyman. The Fulks’ had two older children who were sometimes referenced as siblings.
Her unsettled family life resulted in few pleasurable memories. Wyman later said, "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." Jane Wyman (obituary) , The Independent (London), September 11, 2007.
In 1928, aged 11, she moved to Southern California with her foster mother. In 1930, the two moved back to Missouri, where Sarah Jane attended Lafayette High School in Saint Joseph. That same year, she began a radio singing career, calling herself Jane Durrell and altering her birthdate by three years to allow her to work because she was legally under-aged.Edwards, Anne. Early Reagan: The Rise to Power. William Morrow & Co (November 1990); .Bubbeo, Daniel. The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, McFarland & Company (October 2001); .Colacello, Bob. Ronnie and Nancy: Their Path to the White House – 1911 to 1980. Warner Books; 1st Warner Books Edition (2004); .Wyman is listed in the U.S. Census taken in April 1930 as being 18 years old, when she was actually 13. U.S. Census, April 1, 1930, State of California, County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, enumeration district 328, p. 13A, family 503.
After dropping out of Lafayette High School in 1932 at age 15, she returned to Hollywood, taking on odd jobs as a manicurist and a switchboard operator.
Prinz hired Wyman for the chorus of College Rhythm (1934), Rumba (1935), All the King's Horses (1935), Stolen Harmony (1935), Broadway Hostess (1935), and Anything Goes (1936). In between pictures at Paramount she did King of Burlesque (1936) and George White's 1935 Scandals (1935) at Fox.
She then went to Universal Studios for My Man Godfrey (1936).
At Warner Bros, Wyman was in Freshman Love (1936) and Bengal Tiger (1936), Stage Struck (1936), Cain and Mabel (1936), and Here Comes Carter (1936).
Wyman had her first big role, both singing and dancing in a Dick Foran Western The Sunday Round-Up (1936).
Wyman had small parts in Polo Joe (1936), and Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) but a bigger one in Smart Blonde (1936), the first of the Torchy Blane series. She appeared in Ready, Willing and Able (1937), The King and the Chorus Girl (1937), and Slim (1937). She had the lead in Little Pioneer (1937), a short, and parts in The Singing Marine (1937).
By the time Wyman starred in Public Wedding (1937), a "B" picture, she was already divorced from first husband Ernest Wyman. She retained use of the surname for the remainder of her career.
She had a supporting part in Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) and was the female lead in some "B" films, such as The Spy Ring (1938) (at Universal), He Couldn't Say No (1938) with Frank McHugh and Wide Open Faces (1938) with Joe E. Brown.
Wyman was borrowed by MGM to play a supporting part in The Crowd Roars (1938).
Back at Warner Brothers, Wyman was cast as one of the leads in Brother Rat (1938) for Hal B. Wallis. It co-starred Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris and Eddie Albert.
Wyman was borrowed by 20th Century Fox for a supporting role in Tail Spin (1939), followed by The Kid from Kokomo (1939) with Pat O'Brien and Morris. She played the title role in Torchy Blane..Playing with Dynamite (1939).
Now established, Wyman was cast in Kid Nightingale (1939) with John Payne, Private Detective (1939) with Foran, Brother Rat and a Baby (1940) with Reagan, An Angel from Texas (1940) with Albert, Flight Angels (1940), and Gambling on the High Seas (1940) with Wayne Morris.
Wyman had supporting roles in "A" films such as My Love Came Back (1940), starring Olivia de Havilland and Jeffrey Lynn. She and Reagan were in Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940). Wyman was a supporting role to Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon for Three (1941) and was Dennis Morgan's leading lady in Bad Men of Missouri (1941).
Wyman made The Body Disappears (1941) with Jeffrey Lynn and You're in the Army Now (1941) with Jimmy Durante; in the latter she and Regis Toomey had the longest screen kiss in cinema history: 3 minutes and 5 seconds. cinemaspot.com , quoting Guinness Book of World Records"Jane Wyman: Some Kisser" The Washington Post September 29, 1941: 11.
Wyman did Larceny, Inc. (1942) with Edward G. Robinson, and My Favorite Spy (1942) with Kay Kyser.
At Twentieth Century Fox, Wyman was a supporting actor to Betty Grable in Footlight Serenade (1942) then back at Warners supported Olivia de Havilland in Princess O'Rourke (1943).
Warners teamed Wyman with Jack Carson in Make Your Own Bed (1944) and The Doughgirls (1944), then she was top billed in Crime by Night (1944). She was one of many stars to cameo in Hollywood Canteen (1944)."Jane Wyman Comedy" Star Los Angeles Times June 14, 1944: A8.
Wyman remained a supporting actor in One More Tomorrow (1946), and Night and Day (1946).Plaudits Handed to Jane Wyman: Change in Screen Personality Stamps Her as Dramatic Star Jane Wyman Lauded for Drama Roles Her Screen Personality Changes in 'Yearling' and 'Lost Week-end' Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times October 21, 1945: B1. However Wyman was borrowed by MGM for the female lead in The Yearling (1946), and was nominated for the 1946 Academy Award for Best Actress.
She was leading lady for Dennis Morgan in Cheyenne (1947) and James Stewart in RKO's Magic Town (1947).
Her breakthrough role was playing a deaf-mute rape victim in Johnny Belinda (1948). Wyman spent over six months preparing for the film which was an enormous hit and won Wyman a Best Actress Oscar. She was the first person in the sound film to earn the award without speaking a line of dialogue. In an amusing acceptance speech, Wyman took her statue and said only, "I accept this, very gratefully, for keeping my mouth shut once. I think I'll do it again.""Obituary of Jane Wyman Oscar-winning actress famous for her melodramatic 'weepies' who became the first Mrs Ronald Reagan" The Daily Telegraph September 11, 2007: 025.
Wyman was now a top-billed star. She did two comedies, A Kiss in the Dark (1948) with David Niven and The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949) with Morgan, then made a thriller in England, Stage Fright (1950) for Alfred Hitchcock."Jane Wyman, star of 'Falcon Crest,' dies". Bob Thomas The Associated Press. The Salt Lake Tribune September 10, 2007.
She played Laura in The Glass Menagerie (1950), and went to MGM for Three Guys Named Mike (1951), a popular comedy.
Frank Capra used her as Bing Crosby's leading lady in Here Comes the Groom (1951) at Paramount, then she had the lead role in RKO's The Blue Veil (1951), a melodrama that was a big box office hit and earned her an Oscar nomination.
Wyman was one of many stars in Warner Bros' Starlift (1951). She was the female lead in The Story of Will Rogers (1952) and Paramount reunited her and Crosby in Just for You (1952). Wyman expressed interest around this time of doing no more "weepy" roles."Jane Wyman Abandons Weepy Roles" By Bob Thomas. The Washington Post August 16, 1952: 13.
Columbia cast her in a musical, Let's Do It Again (1953) with Ray Milland, then at Warners she was in So Big (1953), a melodrama.
Wyman had a huge success when producer Ross Hunter cast her alongside Rock Hudson in Magnificent Obsession (1954). It earned her another Oscar nomination.
Wyman and Hudson were promptly reteamed on All That Heaven Allows (1955). Pine-Thomas Productions put Wyman in Lucy Gallant (1955) with Charlton Heston. She did Miracle in the Rain (1956) with Van Johnson. Wyman was meant to follow this with Annabella but it appears to have not been made."Jane Wyman Will Portray Architect" Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times March 2, 1955: B6."Jane Wyman Goes Out on Loan" The Washington Post and Times-Herald June 17, 1954: 38.
On August 30, 1955 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.
Wyman announced her first TV series Fireside Theatre (1955–58) in 1955. In its first season it was known as Fireside Theatre then the Jane Wyman Theatre and finally The Jane Wyman Show. Wyman hosted every episode, acted in half, and was a producer.
When Fireside Theatre ended Wyman was no longer a film star, but she remained in demand. She replaced the ailing Gene Tierney in Holiday for Lovers (1959) for Fox, and next appeared in Disney's Pollyanna (1960) and Bon Voyage! (1962).Maurine Myers Remenih. "Busiest Gal in Hollywood!" Chicago Daily Tribune March 2, 1957: b3.
Wyman continued to guest star on TV shows like Checkmate, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, The Investigators, Wagon Train, and Insight.
"Something happened in the sixties," she later said. "it seemed that the time didn't permit women to be part of it except in a sort of secondary sort of way which I resented. I kept telling myself 'I didn't want to play Whatever Happened to Baby Jane." So she went into semi-retirement around 1962.
In 1966, Reginald Denham announced Wyman would appear in a play Wonderful Us based on the Parker–Hulme murder case but it was not produced."News of the Rialto: Jane Wyman Says 'Yes' Jane Wyman Says 'Yes'" By Lewis Funke. New York Times May 8, 1966: X1.
She returned to films with How to Commit Marriage (1969).
Wyman continued to work in the 1970s, guest starring on My Three Sons; ; The Sixth Sense; and Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law and her first film for television, The Failing of Raymond (1971). She starred in a pilot for a TV series Amanda Fallon but it was not picked up."Jane Wyman to Be Guest Star". Los Angeles Times March 5, 1974: c12.
She was offered roles of "murderers, old ladies that were senile – they were awful. The weirdest kind of writing." After five years of retirement living in Carmel painting and focusing on her philanthropic work she took her first acting role since 1974. She accepted a featured role in the television movie, The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979). She then guest starred on Charlie's Angels and The Love Boat.
In the spring of 1981, Wyman's career enjoyed a resurgence when she was cast as the scheming Californian vintner and matriarch Angela Channing in The Vintage Years, which was retooled as the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest. Wyman said she wanted to make it as it was a change from "the four handkerchief bits" she was known for. "You just can't miss on a thing like this," she added.Jane Wyman: 'I Always Did Four-Handkerchief Roles. Until Now.': Jane Wyman By Marianne Constantinou. The New York Times November 29, 1981: D29.
Then relatively unknown Lorenzo Lamas appeared as Angela's irresponsible grandson, Lance Cumson. The on- and off-screen chemistry between Wyman and Lamas helped fuel the series' success.
For her role as Angela Channing, Wyman was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award five times (for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role and for Outstanding Villainess: Prime Time Serial), and was also nominated for a Golden Globe award in 1983 and 1984. She won in 1984 for Best Performance By an Actress in a TV Series. Later in the show's run, Wyman suffered several health problems. In 1986 abdominal surgery caused her to miss two episodes. She was plagued with fatigue during the 1988–1989 season, and her health continued to deteriorate. Later in 1989 she collapsed on the set and was hospitalized due to problems with diabetes and a liver ailment. Her doctors told her that she should end her acting career. Wyman was absent for most of the ninth and final season of Falcon Crest in 1989–1990.
Against her doctor's advice, she returned for the final three episodes in 1990, even writing a soliloquy for the series finale. Wyman appeared in 208 of the show's 227 episodes.
After Falcon Crest, Wyman acted only once more, playing Jane Seymour's screen mother in a 1993 episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. In all, Wyman had starred in 83 movies and two successful TV series, and was nominated for an Academy Award four times, winning once.
In the aftermath of the premature birth and subsequent death of their infant daughter Christine on June 26, 1947 Wyman separated from Reagan. Wyman’s divorce from Reagan was granted on June 28, 1948 and finalized on July 18, 1949. Wyman leased a home in Palm Springs, California. (2025). 9781479328598, Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe. ISBN 9781479328598 Wyman, who was a registered Republican, said that their divorce was due to political differences; Ronald Reagan was still a Democrat at the time.
When Reagan was inaugurated as president on January 20, 1981, Wyman became the first ex-wife of a U.S. president in American history. Although she remained silent during Reagan's political career, she told a newspaper interviewer in 1968 that this was not because she was bitter or because she did not agree with him politically:
When Reagan died in 2004, Wyman issued a statement, saying, "America has lost a great president. And a great, kind and gentle man."
They remarried on March 11, 1961, and Karger divorced her again on March 9, 1965. According to The New York Times'
Wyman, who had converted to Catholicism in 1953, never remarried.Paul Kengor, God and Ronald Reagan: A Spiritual Life. Harper Collins Publishers (2004). p. 50. She was a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills, California. Church of the Good Shepherd: Our History
A Third order of the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church, she was buried in a nun's habit.Alan Petrucelli, Morbid Curiosity: The Disturbing Demises of the Famous and Infamous. Penguin Group (2009). p. 5. She was interred at Forest Lawn Mortuary and Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.
| 1932 | extra | Uncredited | |
| 1933 | Elmer, the Great | ||
| 1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933 | ||
| 1934 | All the King's Horses | Chorine | Uncredited, Paramount |
| 1934 | College Rhythm | Chorine | Uncredited, Paramount |
| 1935 | Broadway Hostess | Chorine | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Rumba | Chorine | Uncredited, Paramount |
| 1935 | George White's 1935 Scandals | Chorine | Uncredited, Fox |
| 1935 | Stolen Harmony | Chorine | Uncredited, Paramount |
| 1936 | King of Burlesque | Chorine | Uncredited, Fox |
| 1936 | Freshman Love | Co-Ed | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Anything Goes | Chorine | Uncredited, Paramount |
| 1936 | Bengal Tiger | Saloon Girl | Uncredited |
| 1936 | My Man Godfrey | Socialite | Uncredited, Universal |
| 1936 | Stage Struck | Bessie Funfnick | Uncredited, Warner Bros. |
| 1936 | Cain and Mabel | Chorus Girl | Uncredited, Warner Bros. |
| 1936 | Here Comes Carter | Nurse | Uncredited |
| 1936 | The Sunday Round-Up | Butte Soule | Short film |
| 1936 | Polo Joe | Girl at Polo Field | Uncredited, Warner Bros. B picture |
| 1936 | Gold Diggers of 1937 | Chorus Girl | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Smart Blonde | Dixie the Hat Check Girl | |
| 1937 | Ready, Willing, and Able | Dot | |
| 1937 | Babette Latour | ||
| 1937 | Slim | Stumpy's Girl | |
| 1937 | Little Pioneer | Katie Snee | Short film |
| 1937 | Joan | ||
| 1937 | Public Wedding | Florence Lane Burke | |
| 1937 | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Marjorie Day | |
| 1937 | Over the Goal | Co-Ed | Uncredited |
| 1938 | The Spy Ring | Elaine Burdette | |
| 1938 | He Couldn't Say No | Violet Coney | |
| 1938 | Fools for Scandal | Party Guest | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Wide Open Faces | Betty Martin | |
| 1938 | Vivian | ||
| 1938 | Brother Rat | Claire Adams | |
| 1939 | Tail Spin | Alabama | |
| 1939 | The Kid from Kokomo | Marian Bronson | |
| 1939 | Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite | Torchy Blane | |
| 1939 | Kid Nightingale | Judy Craig | |
| 1939 | Private Detective | Myrna "Jinx" Winslow | Warner Bros., B picture |
| 1940 | Brother Rat and a Baby | Claire Terry | |
| 1940 | An Angel from Texas | Marge Allen | |
| 1940 | Flight Angels | Nan Hudson | |
| 1940 | Gambling on the High Seas | Laurie Ogden | |
| 1940 | My Love Came Back | Joy O'Keefe | |
| 1940 | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Peggy Armstrong | |
| 1941 | Honeymoon for Three | Elizabeth Clochessy | |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Mary Hathaway | |
| 1941 | Joan Shotesbury | ||
| 1941 | You're in the Army Now | Bliss Dobson | |
| 1942 | Larceny, Inc. | Denny Costello | |
| 1942 | My Favorite Spy | Connie | |
| 1942 | Footlight Serenade | Flo La Verne | |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke | Jean Campbell | |
| 1944 | Make Your Own Bed | Susan Courtney | |
| 1944 | The Doughgirls | Vivian Marsden Halstead | |
| 1944 | Crime by Night | Robbie Vance | |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Jane Wyman | |
| 1945 | Helen St. James | ||
| 1946 | One More Tomorrow | Frankie Connors | |
| 1946 | Night and Day | Gracie Harris | |
| 1946 | The Yearling | Orry Baxter | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 1947 | Cheyenne | Ann Kincaid | |
| 1947 | Magic Town | Mary Peterman | |
| 1948 | Johnny Belinda | Belinda MacDonald | Academy Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Photoplay Gold Medal Actress Picturegoer Award - Best Actress |
| 1949 | Polly Haines | ||
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | Jane Wyman | |
| 1949 | Jennifer Smith | ||
| 1950 | Stage Fright | Eve Gill | |
| 1950 | Laura Wingfield | ||
| 1951 | Three Guys Named Mike | Marcy Lewis | |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | Emmadel Jones | |
| 1951 | Louise Mason | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Laurel Awards - Best Dramatic Performance Picturegoer Award - Best Actress Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1952 | Betty Blake Rogers | ||
| 1952 | Just for You | Carolina Hill | |
| 1953 | Three Lives | Commentator | Short film |
| 1953 | Let's Do It Again | Constance "Connie" Stuart | |
| 1953 | So Big | Selina DeJong | |
| 1954 | Magnificent Obsession | Helen Phillips | Picturegoer Award - Best Actress Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 1955 | All That Heaven Allows | Cary Scott | |
| 1955 | Lucy Gallant | Lucy Gallant | |
| 1956 | Miracle in the Rain | Ruth Wood | |
| 1959 | Holiday for Lovers | Mrs. Mary Dean | |
| 1960 | Pollyanna | Polly Harrington | |
| 1962 | Bon Voyage! | Katie Willard | |
| 1969 | How to Commit Marriage | Elaine Benson |
| 1955 | General Electric Theater | Dr. Amelia Morrow | Episode: "Amelia" |
| 1955–1958 | Fireside Theatre | Various | Host, star and producer |
| 1957 | Summer Playhouse | Host | Episodes 01-07 |
| 1957 | Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Guest | Episode: Jane Wyman |
| 1957 | Rosemary Clooney | Guest | Episode: 01-01 |
| 1958 | Perry Como | Guest | Episode: #10.36 |
| 1958 | Wagon Train | Dr. Carol Ames Willoughby | Episode: "The Doctor Willoughby Story" |
| 1958 | Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Guest | Episode: Jane Wyman(2) |
| 1959 | Perry Como | Guest | Episode: #11.18 |
| 1959 | Lux Video Theatre | Selena Shelby | Episode: "A Deadly Guest" |
| 1960 | Dr. Kate | Dr. Kate | Episode: "Spitfire” |
| 1960 | Startime | Host | Episode: "Academy Award Songs" |
| 1960 | Checkmate | Joan Talmadge | Episode: "Lady on the Brink" |
| 1961 | The Investigators | Elaine | Episode: "Death Leaves a Tip" |
| 1962 | Insight | Edith Stein | Episode: "The Cross in Crisis" |
| 1962 | Wagon Train | Hannah | Episode: "The Wagon Train Mutiny" |
| 1963 | The Andy Williams Show | Guest | Episode: #1.16 |
| 1963 | The Andy Williams Show | Guest | Episode: #2.3 |
| 1964 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Host | Episode: “The Younger Generation” |
| 1964 | Insight | Marie | Episode: "The Hermit" |
| 1966 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Addie Joslin | Episode: "When Hell Froze" |
| 1967 | Insight | Auschwitz Victim | Episode: "Why Does God Allow Men to Suffer?" |
| 1968 | The Red Skelton Show | Clara Crowley Appleby | Episode: "Clara and Me and Mama Makes Three" |
| 1969 | Insight | Catherine | Episode: "Prince in the Apple Town" |
| 1969 | The Jim Nabors Hour | Guest | Episode: #1.11 |
| 1970 | My Three Sons | Sylvia Cannon | Episode: "Who Is Sylvia?" |
| 1970 | The Jim Nabors Hour | Guest | Episode: #2.15 |
| 1971 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Guest | Episode: The 42nd Annual Photoplay Awards |
| 1971 | The Failing of Raymond | Mary Bloomquist | Television film |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | Ruth Ames | Episode: "If I Should Die Before I Wake" |
| 1972 | Dr. Amanda Fallon | Episode: "Discovery at Fourteen" | |
| 1973 | Dr. Amanda Fallon | Episode: Amanda Fallon | |
| 1974 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Sophia Ryder | Episode: "The Desertion of Keith Ryder" |
| 1979 | The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel | Granny Arrowroot | Television film |
| 1980 | Sister Patricia | Episode: "Another Day, Another Time" | |
| 1980 | Charlie's Angels | Eleanor Willard | Episode: "To See an Angel Die" |
| 1981–1990 | Falcon Crest | Angela Channing | Main cast |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Elizabeth Quinn | Episode: "The Visitor" |
| Burns and Allen | Gracie's Christmas Party | December. 25, 1947 | Wyman played Gracie Allen, due to the star's illness |
| 1946 | Academy Awards | Best Actress | The Yearling | ||
| 1948 | Johnny Belinda | ||||
| 1951 | The Blue Veil | ||||
| 1954 | Magnificent Obsession | ||||
| 1948 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Johnny Belinda | ||
| 1950 | World Film Favorite – Female | ||||
| 1951 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | The Blue Veil | |||
| 1982 | Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama | Falcon Crest | |||
| 1983 | |||||
| 1957 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Continuing Performance by an Actress | Fireside Theatre | ||
| 1959 | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series | Fireside Theatre |
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