Born Sarah Jane Mayfield in St. Joseph, MO. Button-nosed actress who began her career as a radio singer and entered films in the mid-1930s as a bit player and chorine (using the name Jane Durrell). Wyman was pigeonholed as a peppy blonde in mostly low-budget fare until garnering recognition for her sensitive performance in Billy Wilder's harrowing THE LOST WEEKEND (1945), opposite Ray Milland. She went on to distinguish herself in several fine dramas, earning plaudits for her roles in THE YEARLING (1946), as a deaf-mute rape victim in JOHNNY BELINDA (1948) and as the object of Rock Hudson's MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION in the 1954 Douglas Sirk melodrama. From 1955 until its cancellation in 1958 Wyman appeared regularly on TV as hostess and star of "Fireside Theatre" (renamed "The Jane Wyman Show" in her honor). Following an absence of several years, she resurfaced in a number of TV movies and emerged as one of America's favorite matriarchs in the popular soap, "Falcon Crest" (1981-90). Wyman was formerly married to actor and future President Ronald Reagan, with whom she collaborated to produce daughter Maureen Reagan, sometime actress, singer and White House adviser. Her second husband (1952-54) was Fred Karger, Fox musician and vocal coach. Visit the Internet Movie Database for a detailed listing of Miss Wyman's film and television credits.  Nominated for Actress 1946: THE YEARLING  Actress 1948: JOHNNY BELINDA  Nominated for Actress 1951: THE BLUE VEIL  Nominated for Actress 1954: MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION 4 nominations, 1 Award