CNN reports actress Jane Wyman has died.

[edbermac]

Breaking; at 93, one time ex of Ronald Reagan.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/10/obit.wyman.ap/index.html

[ronnykmarshall]

1. A great actress.

Sad for Michael Reagan. He's lost his sister, father and now his mother.

[hlthe2b]

11. umm. ok

It is sad when one loses their parents and certainly a sibling. But, he is in his 60s... So I'm going to save most of my sympathy for so many many others who did not get the chance to live a long life and experience their family.... (Say our military families serving in Iraq and all those civilians, for example).

[terrya]

17. She was marvelous in "All that Heaven Allows"

Directed by Douglas Sirk. Co-starring Rock Hudson and Agnes Moorhead.

And yes, Michael Reagan has now lost his family with Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. Apparently, he isn't close with Ron Reagan and Patti Davis. Sad.

[ronnykmarshall]

22. I love that movie.

[LiberalFighter]

2. If only she could had lasted longer than Nancy Reagan

[valerief]

3. Oh, god, the corporate media is going to throw us into Ray-gun Hell now.

I hope I live to be 93.

[radfringe]

5. wonder how many republic candidates

will now claim to be so much like reagan that they also have a dead ex-wife?

[hlthe2b]

6. No way... they will mention, but that will be reserved for Nancy

Nancy, was, after all, the "love of Ronnie's life..."


She, though, is likely to follow soon, if recent images are true to her frailty (Nancy, that is).

[valerief]

10. I can see a Newz piece mentioning she died and was Ray-gun's ex.

Then the story will go into Ray-gun and his wonderfulness for 10 full minutes and Wyman will not be mentioned again. That's how they do it today.

[ronnykmarshall]

8. I think that's a little far fetched.

She was her own woman and had her own life.

[valerief]

12. That fact has nothing to do with today's fascist proganda machine. nt

[ronnykmarshall]

14. Oh I'm sure "KKKarl" kkkilled her!

:eyes:

[valerief]

15. How trolly! nt

[hlthe2b]

4. Ahh, I always liked her as an actress...

I guess her last major role was on the old evening "soap," Falcon Crest. She was great on that.

[never_get_over_it]

7. My FAVORITE political pin from back in the 80s

simply stated Jane Wyman was right....lost it in a some march or other in DC and tried to replace it but never successful

[babylonsister]

9. Mother 'really' knew best! RIP, Ms. Wyman. nt

[TheDebbieDee]

19. That was Jane Wyatt.........She died a couple of years ago

at the ripe old age of 94 or 95.

To Trekkers, she's also famous for portraying Mr. Spock's Mom, too.

[babylonsister]

20. Damn! I remember when she died, too, it slipped my mind. Thanks.

Can you remember if Ms. Wyman played 'Johnny Belinda', I think the name was, about a deaf mute? Don't even know where that memory came from.

[mcscajun]

25. Jane Wyman won an Academy Award for her performance in "Johnny Belinda"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040495/awards

[babylonsister]

28. So I have retained some old brain cells-thanks! nt

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[Gidney N Cloyd]

16. Poor lady will forever be confused with Jane Wyatt.

[LeftishBrit]

18. A great actress

RIP

[KansDem]

21. I just saw "Lost Weekend" this past weekend.

Lost Weekend

Excellent movie, and way ahead of its time!

[BadgerKid]

23. RIP Spock's mother. n/t

[ronnykmarshall]

24. She played Spock's mom??

[BattyDem]

29. Jane Wyatt played Spock's mother, not Jane Wyman. n/t

[BadgerKid]

33. Oops...embarrassed. n/t

[Mabus]

26. time to dig out my "Jane was right" button

referencing her divorce from Reagan.

[musette_sf]

37. i have one of those too n/t

[Mabus]

38. Ah, those were the days

I saw it in a friend's office. I was a student and she worked on campus. I went by here office to go to lunch with her and she had the button on her bulletin board. I told her I thought it was a great button and she gave it to me. She had several of them.

[musette_sf]

39. also have one that says

"NO MO'RON FOR US"

[Mabus]

40. That's better than my "Another Brown One for Bush"

which were some (joke) buttons passed out in Indian country after GHWB called Jeb's kids the "brown ones". I also still have my original 1988 "Lick Bush" button (which I also wore in 2000 and 2004).

[BattyDem]

27. I'm so sorry to hear that.

:cry:

If you ever get a chance to watch "Johnny Belinda" (one of her early movies), do it. She plays a deaf/mute who is raped and gets pregnant, which causes a scandal (it was made in 1948). Obviously, she couldn't speak, yet her performance was AMAZING! She won an Oscar for it. :-)

Of course, I'll always remember her as Angela Channing on "Falcon Crest" - she was terrific in that role!

RIP, Ms. Wyman.

[book_worm]

30. A fantastic actress. Ronnie felt overshadowed by her fame

which is one of the reasons why the marriage didn't last.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

36. She got an Oscar in '48, Ronnie divorced her.

Guess he couldn't stand an accomplished woman for a wife.

[kskiska]

31. Looks like Michael might inherit some money.

Ronnie probably left everything to Nancy, which would go to her children on her death. I doubt he left Michael anything.

[libnnc]

32. Won an Oscar without having to utter a word

"Johnnie Belinda" 1948

Excellent picture. Lew Ayers and Agnes Moorehead co-stared. One of my favs, actually.

[Mutineer]

34. Not too many of the old Hollywood era stars left

anymore.

[valerief]

35. I read some gossipy tidbit a while back somewhere that she was as dumb as a stump.

I'm sure it was something some other movie star said about her.

[Gloria]

41. She acted after Falcon Crest, too...If I remember correctly, she played

in a couple of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman episodes....at least I think she did.

Did Ronnie divorce her or did she dump him? Did he start cheating on Wyman with Nancy Davis? I'm not sure, anybody know?