---
name: "Jane Wyatt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jane-wyatt"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 August 1910"
died: "20 October 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-18T12:23:15.944907+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jane Wyatt

Actor. Born 12 August 1910 in Campgaw, New Jersey, USA. Died 20 October 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 August 1910, Campgaw, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 20 October 2006
- **Active:** 1966–1986
- **Also known as:** Jane Waddington Wyatt
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 83 (1), 1980s 78 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Adventure 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $133m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Wyatt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234089, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943553/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2021

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md) (78)

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## Biography

Jane Wyatt (also credited as Jane Waddington Wyatt) was an American actress. She played Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock, in the 1967 Star Trek episode "Journey to Babel" and reprised the role in the 1986 film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Wyatt is also known for her role as Margaret Anderson in the television series Father Knows Best (1954–1960), for which she won three consecutive Emmy Awards, and as Sondra in the 1937 film Lost Horizon. Her other film credits include Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and House by the River (1950). She began her career on the New York stage and made her film debut in One More River (1934).

Born on 12 August 1910 in Campgaw, New Jersey, Wyatt died on 20 October 2006 in Los Angeles.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, memory-alpha.fandom.com, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), Fi1m 78, as Amanda — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), Fi1m 78, as Katherine Auschlander — [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, as Amanda — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors* (1993), as Narrator (voice)
- *Amityville: The Evil Escapes* (1989), as Alice Leacock
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), as Amanda — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *Missing Children: A Mother's Story* (1982), as Judge Eloise Walker
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Katherine Auschlander — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as Agnes Simpson
- *The Millionaire* (1978), as Mrs. Mathews
- *The Nativity* (1978), as Anna
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Mildred Grayson
- *A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story* (1978), as Eleanor's Mother
- *Superdome* (1978), as Fay Bonelli
- *Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas* (1977), as Margaret Anderson
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Laurette Ferot, Margaret Anderson, Margaret Wallingford, Marcy Banes
- *The Father Knows Best Reunion* (1977), as Margaret Anderson
- *Tom Sawyer* (1976), as Aunt Polly
- *Amelia Earhart* (1976), as Amy Earhart
- *Treasure of Matecumbe* (1976), as Aunt Effie
- *Katherine* (1975), as Emily Alman
- *You'll Never See Me Again* (1973), as Mary Alden
- *Neighbors* (1971), as Mary Robinson
- *Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law* (1971), series, as Margaret Wilson
- *Weekend of Terror* (1970), as Sister Frances
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Mother
- *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Edwina
- *CBS Playhouse* (1966), series, as Ned's Mother
- *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Amanda — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *Never Too Late* (1965), as Grace Kimbrough
- *See How They Run* (1964), as Augusta Flanders
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Anne White
- *The Two Little Bears* (1961), as Anne Davis
- *Alcoa Premiere* (1961), series, Acting
- *Play of the Week* (1959), series, Acting
- *The Bell Telephone Hour* (1959), series, Acting
- *Interlude* (1957), as Pure Stubbins
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Heather Mahoney
- *Father Knows Best* (1954), series, as Margaret Anderson
- *The Motorola Television Hour* (1953), series, Acting
- *The United States Steel Hour* (1953), series, Acting
- *Criminal Lawyer* (1951), as Maggie Powell
- *The Man Who Cheated Himself* (1950), as Lois Frazer
- *My Blue Heaven* (1950), as Janet Pringle
- *Our Very Own* (1950), as Lois Macaulay
- *House by the River* (1950), as Marjorie Byrne
- *Your Show of Shows* (1950), series, Acting
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, Acting
- *Task Force* (1949), as Mary Morgan
- *Canadian Pacific* (1949), as Dr. Edith Cabot
- *Bad Boy* (1949), as Mrs. Maud Brown
- *No Minor Vices* (1948), as Miss Darlington
- *Studio One* (1948), series, Acting
- *Pitfall* (1948), as Sue Forbes
- *Gentleman's Agreement* (1947), as Jane
- *Boomerang!* (1947), as Madge Harvey
- *The Bachelor's Daughters* (1946), as Marta Jordan
- *Strange Conquest* (1946), as Dr. Mary Palmer
- *None But the Lonely Heart* (1944), as Aggie Hunter
- *The Kansan* (1943), as Eleanor Sager
- *Buckskin Frontier* (1943), as Vinnie Marr
- *Army Surgeon* (1942), as Elizabeth Ainsley
- *The Navy Comes Through* (1942), as Myra Mallory
- *Weekend for Three* (1941), as Ellen 'Gretch' Craig
- *Hurricane Smith* (1941), as Joan Bradley
- *Kisses for Breakfast* (1941), as Laura Anders
- *Girl from God's Country* (1940), as Anne Webster
- *Lost Horizon* (1937), as Sondra Bizet
- *The Luckiest Girl in the World* (1936), as Pat Duncan
- *We're Only Human* (1935), as Sally Rodgers
- *Great Expectations* (1934), as Estella
- *One More River* (1934), as Dinny Cherrell

## Gallery

- ![Jane Wyatt](https://film.one/media/person/467272/gallery-d9a7cd27a938.jpg) Jane Wyatt — Trailer screenshot Licencing information :https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Jane_Wyatt_in_Gentleman%27s_Agreement_trailer_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Hollywood Stars manager Charlie Root (left), actress Jane Wyatt (center) and Los Angeles Angels manager Bill Sweeney (right) sit atop a pile of baseball equipme (1943)](https://film.one/media/person/467272/gallery-0db1f13dbcdd.jpg) Hollywood Stars manager Charlie Root (left), actress Jane Wyatt (center) and Los Angeles Angels manager Bill Sweeney (right) sit atop a pile of baseball equipme (1943) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Charlie_Root%2C_Jane_Wyatt_and_Bill_Sweeney_1943.jpg/1280px-Charlie_Root%2C_Jane_Wyatt_and_Bill_Sweeney_1943.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Members of the Hollywood Committee for the First Amendment disembarking plane in Los Angeles, California. The members are Marsha Hunt, Shepperd Strudwick, Paul  (1947)](https://film.one/media/person/467272/gallery-b4670bc6b709.jpg) Members of the Hollywood Committee for the First Amendment disembarking plane in Los Angeles, California. The members are Marsha Hunt, Shepperd Strudwick, Paul  (1947) — Los Angeles Daily News, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Committee_for_the_First_Amendment_1947.jpg/1280px-Committee_for_the_First_Amendment_1947.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Poster for TV play Daisy Daisy (1955)](https://film.one/media/person/467272/gallery-5499aacbffb5.png) Poster for TV play Daisy Daisy (1955) — NBC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Daisy%2C_Daisy.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jane Wyatt](https://film.one/media/person/467272/gallery-6b71bfb49ef9.jpg) Jane Wyatt — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Wyatt](https://film.one/media/person/467272/gallery-f51f543063ec.jpg) Jane Wyatt — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Wyatt](https://film.one/media/person/467272/gallery-cfd7da86db0a.jpg) Jane Wyatt — Image via TMDB
- ![Publicity photo of the cast of the television special Father Knows Best Reunion. Standing, from left: Elinor Donahue, Robert Young, Jane Wyatt. Seated, Lauren C](https://film.one/media/person/467272/gallery-d0a278b5570b.jpg) Publicity photo of the cast of the television special Father Knows Best Reunion. Standing, from left: Elinor Donahue, Robert Young, Jane Wyatt. Seated, Lauren C — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Father_Knows_Best_Reunion_1977.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of the Andersons at Thanksgiving from the television program Father Knows Best. Fro left-Lauren Chapin, Billy Gray, Robert Young, Jane Wyatt and Elinor Do (1954)](https://film.one/media/person/467272/gallery-d4537f7ea806.jpg) Photo of the Andersons at Thanksgiving from the television program Father Knows Best. Fro left-Lauren Chapin, Billy Gray, Robert Young, Jane Wyatt and Elinor Do (1954) — Bureau of Industrial Service.  The Bureau was a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam and was widely used by those in the television industry for distribution of publicity material., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Father_Knows_Best_Thanksgiving_1954.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jane Wyatt](https://film.one/media/person/467272/gallery-3c51b63efa22.jpg) Jane Wyatt — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Wyatt](https://film.one/media/person/467272/gallery-8cd095471865.jpg) Jane Wyatt — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1959: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *Father Knows Best*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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