Jane Wyatt
Birthday: 12 August 1910, Campgaw, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name: Jane Waddington Wyatt
Height: 163 cm
Born in Campgaw, New Jersey, Jane Waddington Wyatt came from a New York family of social distinction (her father was a Wall Street investment banker and her mother was a drama critic). Jane was raised ...Show More
I was never a member of the Communist Party, but they brought up all sorts of charges that I had bee Show more
I was never a member of the Communist Party, but they brought up all sorts of charges that I had been to the Lab Theater, which was considered subversive. All we did there were the classics, "Volpone", "The Cherry Orchard". I still don't know how they managed to find a Marxist subtext in Feydeau. Hide
Our shows were written to be entertaining, but the writers had something to say. Every script always Show more
Our shows were written to be entertaining, but the writers had something to say. Every script always solved a little problem that was universal. It appealed to everyone. I think the world is hankering for a family. People may want to be free, but they still want a nuclear family. Hide
[on why she initially turned down the role on Father Knows Best (1954)] I'd been doing a lot of live Show more
[on why she initially turned down the role on Father Knows Best (1954)] I'd been doing a lot of live TV drama in which I was the star. I didn't want to be just a mother. Hide
I never vacuumed at home wearing my pearls. In fact, I never vacuumed at all. I was always working a Show more
I never vacuumed at home wearing my pearls. In fact, I never vacuumed at all. I was always working at the studio. I would have gone crazy staying at home like Margaret Anderson, and my family knew that. Hide
Jane Wyatt'S roles
