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| ...as Amanda Grayson (1986) | |
| Actor: | Jane Wyatt |
| Character: | Amanda Grayson |
| Born: | 12 August 1911 |
| Place: | Campgaw, New Jersey |
| File:Amanda, Journey to Babel.jpg | |
| …as Amanda Grayson (1967) | |
Jane Wyatt (born 12 August 1911; age 112) is an American actress who played Amanda Grayson, wife to Vulcan Ambassador Sarek and mother of Spock, in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Journey to Babel" and again in the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
Born in Campgaw, New Jersey, Wyatt attended the Chapin School in New York City. She later attended, but did not graduate from, Barnard College before becoming a professional actress.
After roles in several Broadway plays, she made the transition to film with notable roles in films such as Lost Horizon (with Leonard Mudie); Gentleman’s Agreement (with Dean Stockwell); Task Force (with Kenneth Tobey); and My Blue Heaven (with Lois Hall) among many others.
From 1954 to 1960, she played Margaret Anderson in the popular television series Father Knows Best (co-starring Elinor Donahue as her daughter), a role for which Wyatt won three Emmy Awards. In 1977, she reprised this role for a Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas television special.
Throughout the 1970s, Wyatt appeared in several TV-movies including Amelia Earhart (with Stephen Macht, Susan Oliver, Garry Walberg, and Dallas Mitchell); Superdome (with Michael Pataki and Susan Howard); and A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (with William Wellman, Jr. and David Ogden Stiers).
Wyatt also made many television guest-appearances including a notable recurring role as Katherine Auschlander in the television series St. Elsewhere (with Norman Lloyd, Ronny Cox, Chad Allen, France Nuyen, Brian Tochi, Deborah May, Jennifer Savidge, Alfre Woodard, and Ed Begley, Jr.)
Retired from acting, she is reported to have suffered a mild stroke in the 1990s from which recovered well and continued to live in California.
Jane Wyatt died on October 22, 2006.
External links
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- Jane Wyatt at Wikipedia