Jane Wyman Net Worth

Jane Wyman's Quotes

• The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself everytime you meet a human being.
• I guess I just don't have a talent for it, some women just aren't the marrying kind - or anyway, not the permanent marrying kind, and I'm one of them.
• [on winning the 1949 Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role of Johnny Belinda (1948)]: I won this award for keeping my mouth shut, so I think I'll do it again now.
• [on her ex-husband's, Ronald Reagan's death in 2004]: America has lost a great president, and a great, kind gentleman.
• [Who said in 1968 on her refusal to publicly discuss the political career of her ex-husband, Ronald Reagan]: It's not because I'm bitter or because I don't agree with him politically. I've always been a registered Republican. But it's bad taste to talk about ex-husbands and ex-wives, that's all. Also, I don't know a damn thing about politics.

Interesting Facts about Jane Wyman

1. Her Best Actress Oscar for Johnny Belinda (1948) makes her the only wife of a future U.S. President (Ronald Reagan) ever to win such an award.
2. Adopted mother of nationally syndicated radio talk show host Michael Reagan.
3. Her name changed to "Jane Faulks" when she was unofficially "adopted" by the Faulks family, middle-aged neighbors of her single mother. Moved to So. California with Mrs. Faulks when she was widowed in 1928
4. Several sources have given her date of birth as January 4, 1914, which would mean she was one of the first (and one of the very few) actresses to make herself older. She is a serious convert to Roman Catholicism, attending Mass with good friend Loretta Young.
5. Apparently broke up with Ronald Reagan over her love for Lew Ayres, but that relationship failed in the long run.
6. Mother of Maureen Reagan and Michael Reagan.
7. Daughter, with third husband - actor/former president Ronald Reagan - Maureen Reagan dies of malignant melanoma (skin cancer) at her Sacramento-area home. [August 2001]
8. Holds the record for the longest screen kiss, with Regis Toomey in You're in the Army Now (1941), at 3 minutes and 5 seconds.
9. Before she was a successful actress, she was once a switchboard operator.
10. Had taken a break on the ninth and final season of Falcon Crest (1981), during the third episode, due to the health problems she was suffering, but came back for the last three episodes of the series.
11. Was always good friends with Loretta Young.
12. Has 2 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
13. Daughter, Maureen Reagan, was admitted to the John Wayne Cancer Institute for malignant melanoma. [11 December 2000]
14. Appeared in every episode of Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (1955) and was nominated for an Emmy twice.
15. Before she was a successful actress, she was a chorus girl.
16. Was very good friends with: Julie London, John Forsythe, Barbara Stanwyck, Virginia Mayo, Rod Taylor, Dennis Morgan, Alexis Smith, Chao Li Chi, Bob Curtis, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Robert Conrad, Ernest Borgnine, Danny Thomas, Buddy Ebsen, Cary Grant, Robert Mitchum, Cesar Romero, Doris Day, Fernando Lamas, Arlene Dahl, Betty Grable, Carol Channing, Anne Jeffreys, Esther Williams, Ann Doran, Ray Milland, Loretta Young, Tony Curtis, Betty Hutton, Mickey Rooney, Aaron Spelling, Earl Hamner Jr., Larry Hagman, Barbara Bel Geddes, Howard Keel, Eddie Albert, Gavin MacLeod, Ann Sheridan, Eve Arden, Karl Malden, Abby Dalton, Ruta Lee, Claire Trevor, Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Broderick Crawford, Rock Hudson, Leslie Nielsen, Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin, Lauren Bacall, Yvonne De Carlo and Agnes Moorehead.
17. Replaced Gracie Allen for an evening of "The Burns and Allen Radio Show" when Gracie had a migraine. It turned out to be the only time Gracie missed their show in all the years Burns and Allen performed together.
18. She would never talk about Ronald Reagan in an interview, but voted for him three times and attended his funeral.
19. In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by either Lydia Simoneschi or Dhia Cristiani. She was occasionally dubbed by Rosetta Calavetta, Renata Marini, Rina Morelli or Giovanna Scotto.
20. Was a close friend of USC School of Cinematic Arts professor Drew Casper.