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Jane Wyman: Lost Weekend
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Later, Wyman earned an Academy Award nod and a Golden Globe win for The Blue Veil (1951); a special Golden Globe trophy as "World Film Favorite" in 1951; and an Oscar nomination for Magnificent Obsession (1954). Her other noteworthy films include The Lost Weekend (1945) and Pollyanna (1960).
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Wyman had to go from young woman to old lady again in Robert Wise's So Big (1953), the third screen version of Edna Ferber's novel. It proved popular, but not as much as her next film, another property filmed twice before, Magnificent Obsession (1954). In this, the first of a string of lush melodramas produced by Ross Hunter, wastrel Rock Hudson indirectly causes both the death of Wyman's doctor husband and then Wyman's blindness. Reformed, he becomes a surgeon and restores Wyman's sight for a tearful climax. Most critics directed any praise they offered to Wyman's sincere underplaying, which won her a fourth Oscar nomination (she lost to Grace Kelly in The Country Girl).
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Wyman said "The Blue Veil" was her favorite film. It was made in and around New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral and released in 1951, about the time she became a Roman Catholic. It earned her a best actress Oscar nomination, but she lost out to Vivien Leigh's memorable performance as Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire."
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The film that finally launched Wyman's career into the upper echelon of Hollywood stars was Billy Wilder's THE LOST WEEKEND which went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture of 1945. Wyman (on loan-out to Paramount) played girlfriend to Ray Milland's tortured author in this startling and powerful story of alcoholism and received very positive reviews for her performance.
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Years later when her ex-husband ran for president, Wyman never spoke to the press about their marriage. She preferred to keep those details private. She did, on the occasion of his death, say that "America has lost a great president and a great, kind and gentle man."
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