Here is the biography of Jane Wyatt:
Jane Waddington Wyatt was born on August 12, 1910, in Mahwah, New Jersey, but was raised in Manhattan. Her father, Christopher Billopp Wyatt, Jr., was a Wall Street investment banker, and her mother, the former Euphemia Van Rensselaer Waddington, was a drama critic for the Catholic World. Both of her parents were Roman Catholic converts.
Wyatt made her film debut in 1934 in One More River and went on to appear in numerous films throughout her career, including Gentleman's Agreement with Gregory Peck, None but the Lonely Heart with Cary Grant, Boomerang with Dana Andrews, and Our Very Own.
In addition to her film career, Wyatt was a stage actress and appeared in several plays, including Lillian Hellman's The Autumn Garden, opposite Fredric March.
Wyatt is perhaps best known for her role as Margaret Anderson on the television series Father Knows Best, which aired from 1954 to 1960. She played opposite Robert Young as the devoted wife and mother of the Anderson family in the Midwestern town of Springfield. This role won Wyatt three Emmy Awards for best actress in a comedy series.
In addition to her work on Father Knows Best, Wyatt guest-starred in several other television series, including Wagon Train, Going My Way, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Wyatt was married to investment broker Edgar Bethune Ward from November 9, 1935, until his death on November 8, 2000. The couple reportedly met in the late 1920s when both were weekend houseguests of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park, New York. Ward later converted to the Catholic faith of his wife.
Wyatt suffered a mild stroke in the 1990s but recovered well and remained in relatively good health for the rest of her life. She died on October 20, 2006, at the age of 96, at her home in Bel-Air, California, due to natural causes.
