Jane Waddington Wyatt (WY-ET; August , â€" October , ) was an
American actress. She starred in a number of Hollywood films such as
Frank Capra's Lost Horizon, but is likely best known for her role as
the housewife and mother Margaret Anderson on the CBS and NBC
television comedy series Father Knows Best, and as Amanda Grayson, the
human mother of Spock on the science-fiction television series Star
Trek. Wyatt was a three-time Emmy Award-winner.Wyatt was born on
August , , in Campgaw, Bergen County, New Jersey, and raised in
Manhattan. Her father, Christopher Billopp Wyatt Jr., was a Wall
Street investment banker, and her mother, Euphemia Van Rensselaer
Waddington, was a drama critic for Catholic World. Both of her parents
were Roman Catholic converts. Wyatt had two sisters and a
brother.While in New York City, Wyatt attended Miss Chapin's School,
where she had roles as Joan of Arc and as Shylock She later attended
two years of Barnard College. After leaving Barnard, she joined the
apprentice school of the Berkshire Playhouse at Stockbridge,
Massachusetts, where for six months she played a variety of roles.One
of her first jobs on Broadway was as understudy to Rose Hobart in a
production of Trade Windsâ€"a career move that cost her her listing in
the New York Social Register (she later was relisted upon her
marriage). Receiving favorable notices on Broadway and celebrated for
her understated beauty, Wyatt made the transition from stage to screen
and was placed under contract by Universal Pictures.
American actress. She starred in a number of Hollywood films such as
Frank Capra's Lost Horizon, but is likely best known for her role as
the housewife and mother Margaret Anderson on the CBS and NBC
television comedy series Father Knows Best, and as Amanda Grayson, the
human mother of Spock on the science-fiction television series Star
Trek. Wyatt was a three-time Emmy Award-winner.Wyatt was born on
August , , in Campgaw, Bergen County, New Jersey, and raised in
Manhattan. Her father, Christopher Billopp Wyatt Jr., was a Wall
Street investment banker, and her mother, Euphemia Van Rensselaer
Waddington, was a drama critic for Catholic World. Both of her parents
were Roman Catholic converts. Wyatt had two sisters and a
brother.While in New York City, Wyatt attended Miss Chapin's School,
where she had roles as Joan of Arc and as Shylock She later attended
two years of Barnard College. After leaving Barnard, she joined the
apprentice school of the Berkshire Playhouse at Stockbridge,
Massachusetts, where for six months she played a variety of roles.One
of her first jobs on Broadway was as understudy to Rose Hobart in a
production of Trade Windsâ€"a career move that cost her her listing in
the New York Social Register (she later was relisted upon her
marriage). Receiving favorable notices on Broadway and celebrated for
her understated beauty, Wyatt made the transition from stage to screen
and was placed under contract by Universal Pictures.
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