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1 | Our shows were written to be entertaining, but the writers had something to say. Every script always solved a little problem that was universal. It appealed to everyone. I think the world is hankering for a family. People may want to be free, but they still want a nuclear family. |
2 | I was never a member of the Communist Party, but they brought up all sorts of charges that I had been to the Lab Theater, which was considered subversive. All we did there were the classics, "Volpone", "The Cherry Orchard". I still don't know how they managed to find a Marxist subtext in Feydeau. |
3 | I never vacuumed at home wearing my pearls. In fact, I never vacuumed at all. I was always working at the studio. I would have gone crazy staying at home like Margaret Anderson, and my family knew that. |
4 | [on why she initially turned down the role on Father Knows Best (1954)] I'd been doing a lot of live TV drama in which I was the star. I didn't want to be just a mother. |
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1 | Along with actor Ricardo Montalban, Ms. Wyatt was among a few established Hollywood actors who had a role on the original 1960's Star Trek TV series episodes (1967: 'Journey to Babel') in addition to appearing 20 yrs later in 1986 Star Trek film ("Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home"). |
2 | Attended the Chapin School and Barnard College. |
3 | She was a staunch liberal Democrat. |
4 | Best remembered by the public for her starring role as Margaret Anderson on Father Knows Best (1954). |
5 | Following her death, she was interred with her husband Edgar Bethune Ward at San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, California. |
6 | Turned down the role of Old Rose in Titanic (1997) with the reasoning that she wanted to remain in retirement. The role went to Gloria Stuart. |
7 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6350 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. |
8 | Today, those who fondly recall her in the archetypal 1950s family sitcom Father Knows Best (1954) may be surprised to learn that when the series debuted in 1954, the series did so poorly in the ratings that CBS canceled it in March 1955. A flood of protests came from viewers insisting that the series be reinstated. The series was moved to an earlier time, and it gradually became a hit. |
9 | Received a special tribute as part of the Annual Memorial tribute at The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007). |
10 | Was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch). |
11 | Was an invaluable member of the March of Dimes charitable organization since 1943. Donations were directed toward the March of Dimes at the time of her death. |
12 | Jean Vander Pyl played the wifely role opposite Robert Young on the "Father Knows Best" radio program in 1949. However, both Young and Eugene B. Rodney, Young's partner in ownership and production of the series, wanted Wyatt to play the role when it went to television. |
13 | Won three consecutive Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Margaret Anderson on Father Knows Best (1954). |
14 | She was directly descended, on her mother's side, from the van Renssalaer family, one of the earliest Dutch families to settle in the Colonies, as early as 1638, and which at one time owned most of what is now New York City. Renssalaer County in upstate New York is named after them. From the same line, she was also a great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Philip Livingston, signer of the Declaration of Independance. |
15 | Has two sons: Christopher and Michael Ward, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. |
16 | In Lost Horizon (1937), she worked for director Frank Capra. In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), the first assistant director was Frank Capra III. |
17 | She was a devout Catholic, whose late husband died on the day before what would have been their 65th wedding anniversary. |
18 | Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1986. |
19 | Joined Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and other Hollywood stars on a flight to Washington in 1947 to protest the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Schlitz Playhouse | 1952 | TV Series | Mattie Smith |
Lights Out | 1952 | TV Series | |
Chesterfield Presents | 1952 | TV Series | |
Criminal Lawyer | 1951 | | Maggie Powell |
Nash Airflyte Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | |
The Man Who Cheated Himself | 1950 | | Lois Frazer |
My Blue Heaven | 1950 | | Janet Pringle |
Our Very Own | 1950 | | Mrs. Fred (Lois) Macaulay |
House by the River | 1950 | | Marjorie Byrne |
Task Force | 1949 | | Mary Morgan |
Canadian Pacific | 1949 | | Dr. Edith Cabot |
Bad Boy | 1949 | | Mrs. Maud Brown |
No Minor Vices | 1948 | | Miss Darlington |
Pitfall | 1948 | | Sue Forbes |
Gentleman's Agreement | 1947 | | Jane |
Boomerang! | 1947 | | Madge Harvey |
The Bachelor's Daughters | 1946 | | Marta Jordan |
Strange Conquest | 1946 | | Dr. Mary Palmer |
None But the Lonely Heart | 1944 | | Aggie Hunter |
The Kansan | 1943 | | Eleanor Sager |
Buckskin Frontier | 1943 | | Vinnie Marr |
The Navy Comes Through | 1942 | | Myra Mallory |
Army Surgeon | 1942 | | Elizabeth 'Beth' Ainsley |
Weekend for Three | 1941 | | Ellen |
Hurricane Smith | 1941 | | Joan Bradley |
Kisses for Breakfast | 1941 | | Laura Anders |
Girl from God's Country | 1940 | | Anne Webster |
Lost Horizon | 1937 | | Sondra |
The Luckiest Girl in the World | 1936 | | Pat Duncan |
We're Only Human | 1935 | | Sally Rogers |
Great Expectations | 1934 | | Estella |
One More River | 1934 | | Dinny Cherrell |
Young Indiana Jones | 1992 | TV Series | Older Vicky |
Amityville: The Evil Escapes | 1989 | TV Movie | Alice Leacock |
Baby Boom | 1988 | TV Series | Margaret Anderson |
St. Elsewhere | 1983-1988 | TV Series | Katherine Auschlander |
Hotel | 1983-1987 | TV Series | Katherine Jenkins / Agnes Simpson |
The Love Boat | 1979-1987 | TV Series | Margaret Anderson / Marcy Banes / Margaret Wallingford / ... |
Starman | 1986 | TV Series | Stella Forrester |
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | 1986 | | Amanda |
Fantasy Island | 1978-1983 | TV Series | Martha Wilson / Mildred Grayson |
Missing Children: A Mother's Story | 1982 | TV Movie | Judge Eloise Walker |
Happy Days | 1982 | TV Series | Joan |
Quincy M.E. | 1980 | TV Series | Mrs. Bridges |
The Millionaire | 1978 | TV Movie | Mrs. Mathews |
The Nativity | 1978 | TV Movie | Anna |
Superdome | 1978 | TV Movie | Fay Bonelli |
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas | 1977 | TV Movie | Margaret Anderson |
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | 1977 | TV Movie | Eleanor's Mother |
The Father Knows Best Reunion | 1977 | TV Movie | Margaret Anderson |
Gemini Man | 1976 | TV Mini-Series | Miss Carlisle |
Gibbsville | 1976 | TV Series | Emily Kinsworth |
Amelia Earhart | 1976 | TV Movie | Amy Earhart |
Treasure of Matecumbe | 1976 | | Aunt Effie |
Medical Center | 1975 | TV Series | Louise Bycroft |
Katherine | 1975 | TV Movie | Emily Alman |
Ladies of the Corridor | 1975 | TV Movie | Mrs. Nichols |
Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1974 | TV Series | Edwina |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1974 | TV Series | Margaret Wilson |
Tom Sawyer | 1973 | TV Movie | Aunt Polly |
You'll Never See Me Again | 1973 | TV Movie | Mary Alden |
Neighbors | 1971 | TV Movie | |
Alias Smith and Jones | 1971 | TV Series | Sister Julia |
Weekend of Terror | 1970 | TV Movie | Sister Frances |
The Virginian | 1964-1970 | TV Series | Mrs. Lori Kinkaid / Mrs. Sarah Brynmar |
Insight | 1967-1970 | TV Series | Mrs. Clark / Mrs. Daniels |
Here Come the Brides | 1970 | TV Series | Emma Peak |
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | 1970 | TV Series | Emily Williams |
Love, American Style | 1969 | TV Series | Mother (segment "Love and the Good Deal") / Ellen Palmer (segment "Love and the Pill") |
CBS Playhouse | 1968 | TV Series | Mother |
Star Trek | 1967 | TV Series | Amanda |
Confidential for Women | 1966 | TV Series | Narrator (1966) |
Never Too Late | 1965 | | Grace Kimbrough |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1965 | TV Series | Anne White |
See How They Run | 1964 | TV Movie | Augusta Flanders |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Sarah |
Alcoa Premiere | 1963 | TV Series | Martha Ellison |
Going My Way | 1963 | TV Series | Kitty McMullen |
Wagon Train | 1962 | TV Series | Heather Mahoney |
The Two Little Bears | 1961 | | Anne Davis |
The United States Steel Hour | 1961 | TV Series | Phyllis Bannister |
Play of the Week | 1961 | TV Series | |
General Electric Theater | 1961 | TV Series | Beatrice Freeman |
Father Knows Best | 1954-1960 | TV Series | Margaret Anderson |
Studio One in Hollywood | 1952-1958 | TV Series | Bunny Gates |
Interlude | 1957 | | Prue Stubbins |
Playwrights '56 | 1955 | TV Series | Glenda Bingham |
The Motorola Television Hour | 1953-1954 | TV Series | Ruth Updyke |
The Philip Morris Playhouse | 1953 | TV Series | |
Robert Montgomery Presents | 1950-1953 | TV Series | Lucy Warriner Kitty Foyle |
The Plymouth Playhouse | 1953 | TV Series | |
Fireside Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | Valerie |
The Ford Television Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Finding Shangri-La | 2007 | Documentary | |
Frank Capra's American Dream | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Interviewee: Actor |
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors | 1993 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
A Most Unusual Man | 1993 | TV Movie | Herself |
The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Herself |
7th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Herself |
Live with Kelly and Michael | 1990 | TV Series | Herself |
The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Herself |
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist | 1987 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration | 1986 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Comedy Series |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra | 1982 | TV Special documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
Hour Magazine | 1982 | TV Series | Herself |
The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1977 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
This Is Your Life | 1973 | TV Series | Herself |
The Kraft Music Hall | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
You Don't Say | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |
Girl Talk | 1966 | TV Series | Herself |
Confidential for Women | 1966 | TV Series | Herself - Narrator |
Password All-Stars | 1962-1965 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Contestant |
The Bell Telephone Hour | 1961-1963 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess |
The Match Game | 1963 | TV Series | Herself - Team Captain |
Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
The Chevy Show | 1961 | TV Series | Herself - Special Guest |
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
Story of a Family | 1960 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
About Faces | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1959 | TV Series | Herself - Recipient |
The Ed Sullivan Show | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
What's My Line? | 1958 | TV Series | Herself - Mystery Guest Duo |
Your Show of Shows | 1952 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Performer |
Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 | 1936 | Documentary short | Herself - Observer |