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Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman

Biography

Jane Wyman (born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American singer, dancer, and character actress of film and television. She began her film career in the 1930s, and was a prolific performer for two decades. She received an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Johnny Belinda (1948), and later achieved success during the 1980s for her leading role in the television series Falcon Crest.

Wyman was the first wife of Ronald Reagan. They married in 1940 and divorced in 1948, before Reagan ran for public office. She is the only person to have won an Oscar and married a future President of the United States.

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Shadows of Sobriety: Unraveling the Human Cost in *The Lost Weekend*

on The Lost Weekend | Jul 21, 2025

Billy Wilder’s The Lost Weekend (1945) is a cinematic gut-punch, a raw exploration of alcoholism that sidesteps moralizing for something far more unsettling: an unflinching look at human fragility. Ra... Read more

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