I’ve always found strange that Jane Wyman was often billed in later years as “Miss Jane Wyman” (!?!?!). This venerable actress passed away on September 10 and I was surprised to find out that I had only seen four of her movies. Of these, I remember her memorable performance in The Lost Weekend, a film that gave me nightmares (yes, the scene when Ray Milland sees the bats coming out of the wall…).

I also moderately enjoyed Alfred Hitchcock’s Stage Fright, that I saw as a teen, but frankly being more intrigued in Marlene Dietrich’s presence than any one else’s. There’s also Pollyanna, which made my sisters weep and myself bored to tears. Finally on my short list stands Bad Men of Missouri, of which I remember exactly nothing. So my interest to the world of Miss Jane Wyman remains minimal. But her own contribution should be saluted by movie fans.

Here’s the sexiest photo I came across of her, which I think must have been taken early in her career: