Biography
Her relaxed and serene charm made her a natural for TV, and she won the Emmy Award three years in a row for her most famous part, happy homemaker Margaret Anderson on the landmark family sitcom, "Father Knows Best" (CBS, 1954-55; NBC, 1955-58; CBS, 1958-60). If, in retrospect, the show's patriarchal attitudinizing is most compelling as a cultural indicator of 50s nuclear family ideals, Wyatt nonetheless also presented a good-humored woman of …
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Career Milestones
| Played recurring role of Katherine Auschlander on several episodes of the popular NBC medical drama series, "St. Elsewhere" (dates approximate) | ||
| Was a panelist on the syndicated TV game show, "Oh My Word" | ||
1930 | Broadway acting debut as understudy, aged 19, to Rose Hobart in the play, "Tradewinds"; that same year, also understudied Katherine Wilson in the play, "The Vinegar Tree" | |
1932 | Stage breakthrough: played ingenue lead in "Give Me Yesterday" | |
1933 | Took over Margaret Sullavan's role in the hit Broadway play "Dinner at Eight" after Sullavan left the cast | |
1934 | Played first female lead in a film, "Great Expectations" | |
1934 | Signed by Universal Studios; first film, "One More River" | |
1937 | Played one of the female leads in her best-remembered feature film, "Lost Horizon" | |
1940 | Returned to the New York stage to act in "Night Music" | |
1948 | First film in color, "Canadian Pacific" (released in 1949) | |
1950 | Returned to the New York stage to play the role of Nina Denery in "The Autumn Garden" | |
1951 | Last film for six years, "Criminal Lawyer" | |
1952 | Made her TV debut guesting on an installment of the anthology drama series, "Robert Montgomery Presents" | |
1954 | Played Margaret Anderson on the popular family sitcom, "Father Knows Best" (which aired on both CBS and NBC during it initial run) | |
1957 | Only feature film during the run of "Father Knows Best", "Interlude" | |
1964 | First TV-movie, "See How They Run" | |
1965 | Last film for 11 years, "Never Too Late" | |
1966 | Hosted the ABC talk show (with dramatizations included), "Confidential for Women" | |
1967 | Fondly remembered career highlight: Playing Amanda, the human mother of the half-Vulcan Mr. Spock on the cult science-fiction TV series, "Star Trek"; guest starred on the episode "Journey to Babel" | |
1976 | Re-entered motion pictures after 11-year absence to act in "Treasure of Matecumbe" | |
1977 | Reprised the role of Margaret Anderson for two TV-movies, "Father Knows Best: The Father Knows Best Reunion" and "Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas" | |
1986 | Made another one-shot return to features after a decade absence; recreated the role of Amanda for the feature film, "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" | |
1989 | Was one of the judges for the "Mother/Daughter USA Pageant" | |
1995 | Suffered mild stroke | |
Awards
1958 | Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance By an Actress In a Leading in Father Knows Best |
1959 | Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress In a Leading Role (Continuing Character) In a in Father Knows Best |
1960 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance By an Actress In a Series in Father Knows Best |