BIOGRAPHY AND PERSONALITY OF A FAMOUS LEO: JANE WYATT

Actress, born in Campgaw, New Jersey, USA. She studied at Barnard College, then joined the Berkshire Playhouse in Stockbridge, MA before moving to New York where she made her Broadway debut in 1931. When touring in the hit comedy Dinner at Eight in 1933, she was offered a contract by Universal and went on to appear in many Hollywood films, notably Lost Horizon (1937) with Ronald Colman. From the 1950s she appeared mainly on television and became best known for her role as Margaret Anderson in the long-running sitcom series Father Knows Best (1954–5, 1959–60, 1977), in which she co-starred with Robert Young.