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| 3 | Jane Wyman (born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American actress and dancer whose career spanned seven decades. |
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| 5 | Wyman spent her early years in Hollywood as a supporting actress and bit player, before breaking out as a star in 1945 with ''The Lost Weekend''. She won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actress for her performance in ''Film/JohnnyBelinda'' (1948), and won the Golden Globe three times. She was also featured opposite Creator/RockHudson in the loose melodrama duology composed of ''Film/MagnificentObsession'' (1954) and ''Film/AllThatHeavenAllows'' (1955), both directed by Creator/DouglasSirk. She achieved continuing success in television playing the lead role of matriarch Angela Channing in the soap opera ''Falcon Crest'' (1981–1990). |
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| 7 | Outside of acting, she is known for being the first wife of UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, a fellow actor who would go on to become the 40th [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates President of the United States]]. They married in 1940 and divorced in 1949. |
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| 10 | !!Films with pages on TV Tropes: |
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| 12 | * ''Film/{{Stage Struck|1936}}'' (1936) |
| 13 | * ''Film/TheKingAndTheChorusGirl'' (1937) |
| 14 | * ''Film/MyLoveCameBack'' (1940) |
| 15 | * ''Film/PrincessORourke'' (1943) |
| 16 | * ''Film/TheLostWeekend'' (1945) |
| 17 | * ''Film/OneMoreTomorrow'' (1946) |
| 18 | * ''Film/{{Night and Day|1946}}'' (1946) |
| 19 | * ''Film/JohnnyBelinda'' (1948) |
| 20 | * ''Film/{{Stage Fright|1950}}'' (1950) |
| 21 | * ''Theatre/TheGlassMenagerie'' (1950) |
| 22 | * ''Literature/SoBig'' (1953) |
| 23 | * ''Film/MagnificentObsession'' (1954) |
| 24 | * ''Film/AllThatHeavenAllows'' (1956) |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{Pollyanna|1960}}'' (1960) |
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