Oscar Winner Jane Wyman dies at 93. Wyman won an Oscar for her role as the deaf girl which is raped in “Johnny Belinda,” (1948). I loved Jane in “The Yearling,” 1946 and in the “The Lost Weekend.” Wyman also earned best actress Oscar noms for “The Yearling” (1946), “The Blue Veil” (1951) and “Magnificent Obsession” (1954). She won three Golden Globes for best actress for her work in “Belinda” and “Blue Veil” and in 1951 was given a trophy for as World Film Favorite (Female).
She also married actor and future president Ronald Reagan in 1940 and divorced in ’48. I once heard it said that while filming “Johnny Belinda,” Jane had just lost a baby and was in the process of divorcing Reagan. Maybe that’s what made her so convincing in the role of Johnny Belinda. Her tears and pain appeared too real on film, which won her an Oscar.
Gone, but forever immortalized on film.
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