Favorite Jane Wyman Performance
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Mark-192 — 21 years ago(June 23, 2004 03:35 PM)
Has to be
FALCON CREST
!
The final episode tied up
all
loose ends and the final poignant scene was a monologue from Angela Channing about the Falcon Crest estate and all that had happened good and bad, but in the end, the estate was still there through thick and thin.
That was the last time I saw Jane Wyman in anything. I take it she retired after that? -
AriesJB4 — 21 years ago(June 23, 2004 04:48 PM)
The last time that Jane Wyman appeared on television was as the mother to Jane Seymour on "Dr. Quinn:Medicine Woman" in the early 1990's (the pilot episode). She was excellent in the role, but once the character began to make occasional appearances as part of the plot, Georgiann Johnson took over the role.
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wbrainard — 19 years ago(September 16, 2006 11:15 PM)
I enjoyed Jane Wyman in the 1961 tv pilot by Desilu Studios, "Dr. Kate"; Wyman played a country doctor based on the book "Dr. Kate Angel On Snowshoes"; sadly the show was not picked up by the 3 networks but the pilot exists and can be had on vhs. I got my copy on Ebay. I just got "The Blue Veil" on dvd. A shame this has never been released on video or dvd but I've read there are copyright flaws about releasing it. "Lucy Gallant", "So Big" and "All That Heaven Allows" are wonderful movies. Also catch Janie singing and dancing with Jack Carson in 1944's "Hollywood Canteen" starring Bette Davis and John Garfield. She talks about being "reaganized" in this picture!
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prjdean — 21 years ago(June 30, 2004 12:21 AM)
All the renewed interest in Ms. Wyman made for some fascinating posts - especially that she may have been invited to the Reagan funeral and also that she and Nancy appear to be on amicable terms after past animosity. The performance I recall most fondly of hers is The Blue Veil(1951) in which she plays a young woman who loses her own child at birth and then becomes a nanny/nursemaid who sacrifices thru many years all for her charges and even a boy she raises as her own whom she loses to his birth mother - the final scene that reunites her with all of her "children" will bring tears to the hardest of hearts. Unfortunately, this film never plays on television so many fans may be unfamilar with it. It deserves a better fate.
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jude-thadd — 20 years ago(September 20, 2005 03:32 AM)
hi
she prob. my fave after maureen, and im only 24!
fave-its hard.
from what ive seen, prob. "stage fright", such a great antithesis to marlene, but "the yearling" is up there. i was surprise, thought it would go nowhere, yet she brings such a dramatic, and emotional performance form somewhere deep in her, with an ability to let you feel her pain, and eventually share her liberating joy, in the arms of her son-if anyone can think of another star who could have played it as well, let me know.
possibly only o'hara. -
wmteebe — 19 years ago(July 29, 2006 11:56 AM)
I have 2 favs. This will surprise all. Wide Open Faces and Spyring! I saw these 2 in 1938 or 39. I was OVERHELMED! Yes, SHE did many great roles. In JUST one scene in Spyring that I run over and over you could see SHE was what acting is all about!
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pish_360 — 19 years ago(January 21, 2007 07:51 AM)
I have always loved her acting since I saw her in Pollyanna. Yesterday, I saw Johnny Belinda for the first time. I have to say that she deserved her Oscar. The fact that she doesn't even say a word, just shows that acting comes from the emotions and not the words. I don't think anyone could match up to that because it is certainly one of the best lead actress perfomances to ever win an oscar.
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HarlowMGM — 15 years ago(March 20, 2011 02:23 AM)
JOHNNY BELINDA but then I loved her in everything. She was always very good, even in her early small parts. It's a surprise it took her so long to reach stardom, the talent was always there but I guess she got locked into B movies and second leads and it was tough to climb out of them.