America’s Finest Mom Dies at 96

This news went under the radar… I just heard this today, Jane Wyatt died in her sleep of natural causes, on 10/20/06 at the age of 96. Jane Wyatt is known as the mom on the Father Knows Best 1950′s TV series. She also played Spock’s mom on the Star Trek series. Wyatt had a successful film career in the 1930s and ’40s, notably as Ronald Colman’s lover in 1937′s “Lost Horizon.” She also had a supporting role with Gregory Peck in “Gentlemen’s Agreement.” But it was the Father Knows Best series that brought her fame. She acted in more than 80 movies. Although she was never a “star,” she enjoyed a long career playing devoted, refined, and understanding women. America’s finest mom will be missed.