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==Casting and production==
Wyman, who won an [[Academy Award]] in 1948 for her role in the film ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'', retired from acting in 1962 at age 4845.<ref name="NYT"/> Nothing offered to her over the following 19 years interested her, until ''Falcon Crest'' lured her out of retirement.<ref name="NYT"/> Wyman was initially undecided about taking the role, which was so different from the "self-sacrificing" characters she had previously played.<ref name="Napa VR">{{Cite web|url=https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/falcon-crest-star-jane-wyman-dies/article_b3538cc4-e4fa-5c3f-97db-92db70e62b88.html|title=''Falcon Crest'' star Jane Wyman dies|first=Bob|last=Thomas|publisher=Associated Press|website=[[Napa Valley Register]]|date=September 10, 2007|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> She said:
 
{{quote| I read the pilot script for ''Falcon Crest'' and all of a sudden, it just struck a bell. I thought, 'Well, I've always done the four-handkerchief bits'—you know, everybody walking outside and saying, 'Wasn't it marvelous?' ... Angie Channing is a very heads-up lady, so why don't we just go ahead and play her? I really like her. A lot. She's very much a 1981 kind of lady. You just can't miss on a thing like this. You really can't. If you do, you're dumb.<ref name="NYT"/>}}