Actress Jane Wyatt died on October 20, 2006 at the age of 96. Reports say she died at her Bel-Air home in her sleep of natural causes. At the news of her passing, hundreds of websites and message boards mourn and exchange stories about how this woman influenced their lives. An online guestbook was immediately created to allow Jane Wyatt fans to gather and write down their memories of her through television and film. Fans, even if they've never met her in person, connect with her on a different level. Fans relate to her through the public eye, not simply as an actress, but as a friend, educator and mentor. On the tragic day of October 20, 2006, Jane Wyatt's spirit carries on, but her legacy and accomplishments will remain in our hearts, textbooks, television and movies until the end of time. On a bright sunny afternoon on August 12, 1910 Jane Wyatt arrived into this world. Sister of three brothers and daughter of an investment banker father and theater critic mother. Although she was born in New Jersey, she grew up at a young age in New York City. Wyatt received his basic formal education at the Chapin School and then attended Barnard College in New York City. Despite the privilege of having a mother involved in theater, Wyatt was drawn to the irresistible call of the stage which forced her to end her brief stint at Barnard College to hone her acting skills at the BerkshirePlayhouse in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. For six months she played several roles, followed by a role as Rose Hobart's understudy in a Broadway production of Trade Winds. This position opened "doors" for her and she began to get noticed by various production companies, especially Universal. Universal noticed Wyatt's talent and offered her her first film role in the film One More River. Wyatt went on to have a thriving film career after her impressive debut, which led to her performance in Lost Horizon, which has to be considered her most outstanding achievement in film. However, his success did not come without difficulty. During the late 1940s and 1950s his film career suffered due to his open conflict with Joseph McCarthy, the Red Scare and the Hollywood blacklist. During this period several Americans were accused of being communists. or communist sympathizers and were victims of aggressive investigations by government committees and agencies.