Only two days after I wrote in "All About Me" about my lifelong affection for the film LOST HORIZON, the last of its cast, Jane Wyatt, passed away at 96. She was 26 when she played Ronald Coleman’s love interest, a woman who, thanks to the preservative powers of Shangri-la, looks about a century younger than she actually is. The actress herself continued to look youthful and lovely throughout her long career, which included both movies and TV. The two roles for which she’s best remembered are Margaret Anderson, the wise and patient mother who always knew best in the ‘50s TV series, “Father Knows Best” – and as Amanda Grayson, Mr. Spock's Earthling mother on Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. (Trivia note: Jane appeared in 207 half-hour episodes of "Father Knows Best" from 1954 to 1960 and won three Emmys as best actress in a dramatic series in the years 1958 to 1960.)
