Her "Falcon Crest" (1981) co-stars, Susan Sullivan and Lorenzo Lamas, both went to visit her in the hospital, while the ninth and final season was filming.
Her Best Actress Oscar for Johnny Belinda (1948) makes her the only wife of a future U.S. President (Ronald Reagan) ever to win such an award.
Her best friend Esther Williams is the stepmother of "Falcon Crest" (1981), co-star, Lorenzo Lamas, whose father was Fernando Lamas, who married Williams on New Years' Eve, 1969, till his death in 1982. Ironically, Wyman, Lamas and Williams, knew each other for many years, before.
Her ex-husband, Ronald Reagan, died of complications of Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia. [5 June 2004].
Her father, Manning Jefferies Mayfield, died when she was only 5.
Her name changed to "Jane Faulks" when she was unofficially "adopted" by the Faulks family, middle-aged neighbors of her single mother. Moved to So. California with Mrs. Faulks when she was widowed in 1928
Her parents were Gladys Hope Christian, an a doctor's stenographer and office assistant and Manning Jefferies Mayfield, a meal-company laborer.
Holds the record for the longest screen kiss, with Regis Toomey in You're in the Army Now (1941), at 3 minutes and 5 seconds.
In 1991, she received the Golda Meir Award from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel.
In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by either Lidia Simoneschi or Dhia Cristiani. She was occasionally dubbed by Rosetta Calavetta, Renata Marini, Rina Morelli or Giovanna Scotto.
Interred at Forest Lawn Mortuary and Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California, USA.
Lived in a retirement home in Palm Springs, California, before she resided at the Rancho Mirage Country Club, where she died.
Met Lorenzo Lamas's father, Fernando Lamas, on an episode of "Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre" (1955), when at the time of filming, Lorenzo was a 3 month old infant. By the time Lorenzo Lamas was 21, he persistently auditioned for a co-starring role in the long-running TV series, "Falcon Crest" (1981), opposite Wyman, as her grandson. His persistence paid off, and he won the role.
Mother of Maureen Reagan and Michael Reagan.
On an episode of "Falcon Crest" (1981), Wyman's movie The Blue Veil (1951), showed flashback scenes when her character reminisces about being told in the hospital that her newborn son had died.
Ranks fourth behind Mickey Rooney, Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis, but in front of Eddie Albert and Ernest Borgnine, in appearances of movies, she was featured in over 80 films.
Remained good friends with Susan Sullivan, during and after "Falcon Crest" (1981).
Replaced Gracie Allen for an evening of "The Burns and Allen Radio Show" when Gracie had a migraine. It turned out to be the only time Gracie missed their show in all the years Burns and Allen performed together.
Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman had a daughter Christine who was born June 26, 1947 and lived 9 hours.
Several sources have given her date of birth as January 4, 1914, which would mean she was one of the first (and one of the very few) actresses to make herself older. She is a serious convert to Roman Catholicism, attending Mass with good friend Loretta Young.