Jane Wyman: Oscar-Winning Actress and Reagan's First Wife Dies at 90

Jane Wyman was an American actress. Born Sarah Jane Mayfield on January 5, 1917, in St. Joseph, Missouri, she began in Hollywood in the 1930s as a bit player.

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a deaf woman in Johnny Belinda (1948) and was also nominated for The Yearling, The Blue Veil and Magnificent Obsession. She starred in the hit TV series Falcon Crest from 1981 to 1990.

Wyman married Ronald Reagan in 1940, and they divorced in 1949. She was married four times. She died at her home in Palm Springs, California, on September 10, 2007, at age 90, of natural causes.

Achievements: Academy Award for Johnny Belinda (1948), Golden Globe awards, Falcon Crest.

Birth: January 5, 1917 - St. Joseph, Missouri.

Profession: Actress.

Interesting Facts: She never spoke publicly about her marriage to Reagan.